The “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign is closing in fast on its $3.5-million goal after town council, area First Nations, and phone-in pledges raised $570,000 in pledges in less than 24 hours. The campaign total now stands at more than $3.3 million. During a pancake breakfast at La Verendrye […]
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A shortage of pharmacists is being blamed for the delay in opening the pharmacy at the Canada Safeway store here but the company’s public affairs manager is optimistic it will be up and running by the end of January. “It has been going a bit slow for us,” admitted John […]
After years of negotiating, and months of controversy, town council brought debate over the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here to a close with its approval of the project Monday night. By approving two changes to zoning bylaws and the closure of streets for the project, the town removed […]
The section of the international bridge which was damaged Dec. 1 when a heavy truck entered the wrong lane will be repaired and re-opened by Jan. 21. In the meantime, southbound traffic will continue to use the centre portion of the bridge normally reserved for heavy trucks and trains. Northbound […]
It has been discussed for about a decade in Rainy River and now it appears the local Ontario Provincial Police will be getting a bigger and better detachment office. Bill Sobiski, facility manager for the Ontario Realty Corp. in Kenora, confirmed last week the process of improving the detachment has […]
This coming year, it will have been 40 years since the Gerber family made the long journey from their homeland of Switzerland to a farm just west of Fort Frances. In 1961, Johannes Gerber, along with his wife and 12 children, left their home of Basel, in the northwest corner […]
The Muskies exploded for six third-period goals here last Friday night en route to an 8-1 romp over the visiting Chisholm/Cook Bluestreaks. The win also left the black-and-gold undefeated so far this season, including a perfect 2-0 mark against American teams (they had trounced the Falls Broncos 8-3 here last […]
Despite sporting a 4-0 record in round-robin play, the local Tagg’s Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ team had to settle for fourth place in their nine-team tournament here last weekend. “Our boys played excellent. We went through the round robin play 4-0,” enthused co-coach Shane Bliss. “We were the best […]
Jared Catholique-Bruyere travelled to Toronto last month to participate in the Ontario Open, which also was the qualifier for the provincial judo team. In his first fight, Catholique-Bruyere took on Justin Yuen of Regina but lost due to a choking penalty. “When he lost his first fight, that put him […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team now sports a 1-3 record after falling 3-2 to Dryden here last Wednesday afternoon. “We were a little disappointed–actually a lot disappointed,” remarked co-coach Mark Lafleur. “We thought the girls could have played harder. But Lafleur also stressed it is not always the girls’ fault […]
The Fort Frances K of Cs skated away with a second-place showing from a “AA” PeeWee tournament in Kenora last weekend, losing their final game 6-2 to Red Lake. The KCs scored first on Andrew Perrault’s goal (assisted by Alex McQuarrie) but the lead was short-lived as the Rockets came […]
Although not everyone who went to Thunder Bay last weekend for the annual Northwestern Open walked off the squash court a winner, they all had a good time. “We had a lot of fun,” enthused Bob Tkachuk. On the court, Ben Andrusco of Fort Frances was crowned champion in the […]
