The Sunset Country Squash Club returned home with some strong results at the eighth-annual Red Lake Open squash tournament last weekend. In the men’s ‘B’ division final, Ben Andrusco defeated fellow club member Jason Kabel 3-1 in the best-of-five showdown. Local players Al Christiansen and Steve Krag also fared well […]
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Those who work out in the Memorial Sports Centre weight room and watch 38-year-old Dave Mitchell and 45-year-old Dean Patrow lift weights may dismiss them simply as a couple of older guys pounding the iron–maybe trying to relive something that had long since passed. But those who know them well […]
The Emo Bulldogs will compete in the ‘AA’ World Series qualifier June 15-16 in Rice Lake, Wis. The Bulldogs, who went to the world series last season, are guaranteed a berth but are playing in the qualifier for seeding purposes. This means another team can come out of the RRFDL […]
Longtime Muskies Adam McTavish and Sarah Noonan won’t be leaving Fort High empty-handed. The two collected most valuable player awards in each sport they played this past school year–and took home their respective Athlete of the Year awards. McTavish and Noonan, along with Siobhan Devlin, also were named to the […]
The Aquanauts put the finishing touches on their season with an awards banquet last night. Here is the list of winners: •Recognition of overall attitude, effort and improvement–Jillian Kellar, Suzanne Sonnasinh, Keegan Little, Nicole Lowey, Matthew Parent, Kenneth Kellar, Kyle Perrott, and Lauren Krueger; •Competitive Freestyle (George Mayhew Trophy)–Rachel Dutton […]
Muskie basketball standout Evan Woodland can do little wrong as his days at Fort High end and his academic and athletic career at the University of Manitoba stand three months away. For instance, when asked to name the U of M’s parading school mascot, the OAC student shook his head. […]
With 35 team captains and about 350 participants out collecting pledges, the first-annual “Relay for Life” here is quickly gathering momentum. The local event likely will follow in the footsteps of several “Relay for Life” events in southeastern Ontario, which collectively raised about $1.6 million for cancer research. The local […]
Students, parents, and community members will be applauded for their efforts by the Rainy River District School Board at its regular monthly meeting here tonight. Honoured first will be students Matt McQuaker (Sturgeon Creek School) and Heidi Friesen (Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program) for their participation in the national science fair […]
The popular BIA mid-summer “Mall Day” event, slated for Thursday, June 28, will have a completely new look this year. For the first time, Scott Street will be kept open to vehicular traffic, with the racks of display merchandise and various displays to be on the sidewalks. This change, according […]
“Quest for the Best” already is shaping up to be one of the highlights of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship late next month, with contestant forms available as of last week. “Quite a few people have called so far. And lots of people have picked up forms to enter,” […]
Rainy Lake continued to rise over the weekend, reaching 338.227 m (1,109.67 ft) Monday morning. But with no rain in the forecast, the lake level is expected to crest soon. “I would say for sure this week,” noted Raimo Tyrvainen, energy and utilities co-ordinator for Abitibi-Consolidated here. Namakan Lake, which […]
It seems Bill 140 won’t force residential tax rates to rise here–or cause cuts to the town’s 2001 budget–after all thanks to an education tax reduction. During a special meeting Thursday afternoon, council voted to keep tax ratios the same as legislated by Bill 140–and also received an indication from […]
