Embarking on a year-long trip to a foreign country is a daunting task for anyone. But for 17-year-old Kathrin Gorissen, so far her stay in Rainy River District has been a valuable success story. “It’s just a great experience to just leave home and to start another life,” said Gorissen. […]
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At least a dozen local residents are expected to take an icy dip for a good cause New Year’s Day as part of the inaugural “Polar Plunge” being staged by the Fort Frances Lions Club. “We’re quite pleased with how it’s going,” said organizer Jim Martindale, who also serves as […]
While it was not a cure-all for the problems high school teachers have been facing here since September, the president of Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation 5B said the two-year contract ratified last week reaffirmed the positive relationship between the OSSTF and public school board.
Despite some doubt it could carry on after losing provincial funding, the Sunset Country Tourism Association has shown little sign of slowing down. When the province announced it no longer would fund grassroots tourism associations, the local SCTA had to scramble to come up with the more than $100,000 shortfall. […]
The annual Community Christmas Dinner fed more than 200 people this year–well up from the number who had turned out last December.
For the second year in a row, the Muskie senior boy’s basketball team struck gold at the La Place Rendez-Vous Invitational tournament here last weekend.
Resident and non-residents alike will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for the first recreation fee increase here in a couple of years. The increase, which was across the board, is part of a new structure council approved at its meeting Dec. 11. They will take effect […]
They needed four games but the Muskie senior girls got the job done here last Thursday, beating the Kenora Broncos 3-1 to remain undefeated in the early going of the NorWOSSA volleyball season. “We started flat but halfway through the first game, we were back to ourselves,” head coach Adrian […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team dominated the court here last Thursday en route to a 44-28 victory over the Kenora Broncos to improve their NorWOSSA record to 2-0. “I was surprised when I looked up and saw that we were up by a decent margin,” head coach Dave Ashworth […]
The black-and-gold travelled to Kenora with a depleted lineup Saturday and came home on the short end of a 5-1 decision. Tara Lloyd (unassisted) tallied the Muskies’ lone goal. “We went down there short-benched,” noted co-coach Jim McMahon, adding a team from Winnipeg was supposed to play the Broncos but […]
Steve Arpin travelled to Minnesota on Dec. 8-9 for his first snocross race of the year and the 16-year-old Fort Frances native picked up right where he had left off last winter. Arpin placed first in all four of his events, including the Stock 440 L–Pro X 440, Stock 500 […]
Not even the fourth-ranked high school hockey team in Minnesota provided much of a challenge for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. The black-and-gold doubled the Baudette Bears 6-3 in exhibition action here last night to remain undefeated so far this season–both in NorWOSSA play and against U.S. teams. The Muskies […]
