Barbara Forsyth drove in this week from Dawson City, where they know how to bring history alive. A member of a former well-known Fort Frances family, and once a Homecoming queen at Fort High, Forsyth said she was intrigued by local plans to stage a centennial celebration in 2003. Part […]
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The sixth-annual Lake of the Woods invitational girls’ hockey tournament was held last weekend and both the local Novice and PeeWee teams had strong showings. Pollard’s Scarifiers went unbeaten through pool play in the Novice division, and then won their semi-final match against Dryden, but fell 1-0 to the St. […]
Tryouts for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team are now done and the head coach said he’ll be putting a strong squad on the court this season. “[Tryouts] were really good–we had over 30 kids try out,” enthused Dave Ashworth. “There was a lot of interest.” Ashworth also admitted it […]
The Emo Cowboys took top honours in the Bantam division while the Atikokan Voyageurs captured the Midget trophy at a tournament in Emo last weekend. After a scoreless first period, the Cowboys exploded for five goals in a six-minute span in the second en route to a 5-0 win over […]
Minor hockey action was shortened at Emo-La Vallee Community Centre last weekend due to the Bantam/Midget tournament. In one of the first games played, Emo Hawks scored with less than two minutes to play to earn a 3-3 tie with the Emo Selects in Atom action. Mike Badiuk led the […]
Public health nurse Heidi Ivall was in Barwick last Thursday morning to present Jackie Champagne, owner/operator of Roseberry Runway, with the provincial “Eat Smart!” award. “This award-winning restaurant promotes healthy living in the community,” noted Ivall, by meeting exceptional standards in food safety, non-smoking seating, and healthier food choices. “At […]
Well over 400 students from Fort Frances and Rainy River high schools, as well as Big Grassy, Big Island, Lac La Croix, and Saskatcheway-Anishnabe, flocked to the Red Dog Inn here last Thursday for the Seven Generations Education Institute’s annual career fair. Focused on getting kids to think about what […]
In just over five months of active campaigning, “Care Close to Home” is closing in on its goal of $3.5 million for two major renovation projects at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances and the Emo Health Centre. The $8.3-million projects will provide much-needed improvements to both facilities, focusing primarily […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team will host a nine-team tournament that gets underway Friday morning and wraps up Sunday afternoon. Fort Frances–who will play in Pool ‘A’ against the Maroons, Beavers, North End, and Dryden–will open action Friday at 11 a.m., with their second game at 5 p.m. […]
Since she started collecting pledges in mid-October, Cathy Kowal has been aiming to raise $5,000 to make it to a marathon run for arthritis in Florida in January. Now, a little over a month later, it looks like she will be going to Walt Disney World given she’s exceeded her […]
Two dozen district residents piled onto a bus early last Thursday morning and headed out to the Agribition show in Regina, Sask. for four days. And they returned home Sunday night with rave reviews. The tour, organized by Angela Halverson of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., was the second […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association has been denied permission by town council to run a separate canteen upstairs in the arena kitchen during hockey tournaments and Muskie games this season. “This puts a challenge up for us to raise funds,” noted Dave Egan, a member of the “Ice for […]
