The Muskie ‘A’ football team took it on the chin Friday, losing 37-0 to the Oak Park Raiders, the defending Winnipeg High School Football League champions. The Raiders jumped on the scoreboard late in the first quarter after running back a pair of interceptions for touchdowns. They added 20 points […]
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The Borderland Thunder certainly have gotten their inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League season off to a great start. The Thunder posted comeback victories in each of their five games to capture first place at the SIJHL’s “showcase” pre-season tournament in Thunder over the weekend. After trailing 3-2 with eight […]
Following a minute of silence, bells will ring worldwide tomorrow at noon to mark the United Nations’ 20th-annual “A Peal for Peace.” Although no formal ceremony has been organized in Fort Frances this year, local residents are encouraged to remember the observation at noon tomorrow. “Wherever you are, whatever you […]
As the process to possibly close three local elementary schools moves forward, the Rainy River District School Board is seeking community members to form school closure committees. Parents of students at Alexander MacKenzie, Sixth Street, and Alberton Central are encouraged to apply to sit on the committees, with the deadline […]
CUPE Local #65 representatives and Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living administrators are returning to the bargaining table Tuesay after the province announced funding for the organization. On Friday, Community and Social Services minister John Baird announced the ACL here will receive $124,960 to enhance services and attract […]
The Borderland Thunder won their first game ever, beating the Feathermen Hawks (Thunder Bay) 7-4 in the opener of the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s pre-season tournament this morning in Thunder Bay. Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan was pleased how his team picked up its confidence after trailing 1-0 in […]
Glen Mills, the associate club pro at Kitchen Creek, carded a seven-over 151 after two rounds of the Ping Canadian Golfers’ Association assistants’ championship in Orillia. He sat in an eight-way tie for 42nd place heading into today’s final round, which teed off this morning at the Hawk Ridge Golf […]
Dr. Peter Sarsfield, medical officer of health and CEO of the Northwestern Health Unit, will make a presentation at the monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board on Saturday morning in Stratton. “He’s going to be talking about community involvement in public health services,” Sarsfield’s secretary, Karen Sinclair, […]
Couchiching resident Tom Bruyere was walking along River Road to Fort Frances on Friday to raise money to help maintain the new hemodialysis unit now up and running at La Verendrye hospital here. Bruyere, who discovered he had diabetes 28 years ago, was scheduled to walk about 20 miles on […]
The Superior International Junior Hockey League has decided to go ahead with its inaugural “showcase” tournament in Thunder Bay this weekend–complete with its two U.S.-based teams. There had been some doubt within the camps of the Iron Range Yellow Jackets (Grand Rapids, Mn.) and the Northwest Wisconsin Knights (Spooner) about […]
Although the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on airline traffic this morning, most passenger flights will not take off until later today. “What I can tell you right now is we are anticipating beginning our flight schedule at 6 p.m. (CST),” said Elizabeth Costello, a spokesperson for Mesaba […]
With frightening images of planes crashing into the World Trade Center and reports of thousands of lost lives dominating the media, schools–including some here–are prepared to deal with any impact of Tuesday’s catastrophic events on students. At schools under the Northwest Catholic District School Board, including St. Michael’s and St. […]
