The 14th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament here last weekend was about the competition, the mind games, and, of course, the good times. Rod Tyreman of Red Lake noted it was awesome to see so many of the best-of-five matches go the distance. “It was hard squash and the draw […]
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Bob Gillon is hoping to make a number of local seniors’ lives a little bit brighter this spring with the garden-sharing program he’s created called “Sharecroppers.” The program aims to give seniors who do not have access to a garden the chance to help those who do with their gardening […]
Anka Rebehn is energetic and confident, but has a penchant for losing her identification. Although the 16-year-old German girl has been living at the home of Corey and Darryl Dyck in Rainy River since Aug. 21, she has had the chance to visit some other Canadian destinations–losing her passport somewhere […]
Participants and volunteers are being sought to take part in the “Relay for Life” at Pither’s Point in June. With the support of the local chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society, a group of about a dozen Fort Frances residents have struck a committee and hired a co-ordinator to organize […]
They are a small group of locals who gather once a week to chat over the airwaves on their small, portable radios–but they are always prepared to jump into action in case of an emergency. Not just anybody can be a ham radio operator. Training, a knowledge of Morse code, […]
It is bringing back memories of when I used to make twice-a-week visits to the late Margaret ‘Marg’ McLeod’s residence to get an update on local news and view her quilt-making. It was something else to watch–cutting material up into squares, sewing them together on her reliable modern sewing machine, […]
There’s been one trip, three families, and no complaints so far for 18-year-old Melanie Bourgeois of Belgium. “I want to go everywhere,” said Bourgeois, who is living in Fort Frances for a year as part of the International Rotary exchange. Leaving Belgium on a flight with almost 50 other exchange […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team had a real barn-burner in Dryden on Monday night but they came away on the short end of a 3-2 score. “It was a good game,” remarked co-coach Jim McMahon. “We were slow in the first period but we outplayed them in the second and […]
The Sunset Country Métis is ready to face a new term with a council that includes both familiar and new faces, as well as a couple vacancies, following Saturday’s election here. Former president Earl Klyne, Sen. Gordon Calder, and youth rep Nathan DeGagne were elected to the executive during polling […]
It’s been three months since nominations first opened for the municipal election last fall but Morley finally has a full council. Morley’s fourth councillor, Gary Jolicoeur, was sworn in last week, joining Reeve Gary Gamsby and Couns. Bill Romyn, Ken Haw, and George Heyens. “He’s been a councillor before and […]
The Muskies senior boys’ basketball team had a tough time at the Oak Park tournament in Winnipeg last weekend, coming home with a 1-2 record. “We had a tough weekend,” noted co-coach Mike Busch. “Every team ends up with an injury, we just ended up with the ’flu.” Still, Busch […]
The local K of Cs ‘AA’ PeeWee rep team dropped four of five games at a tournament in Brandon, Man. last week but still managed to come home as the ‘B’ side runners-up. After coming up flat in round-robin play, losing all three of their games, the team picked up […]
