The Trans-Canada Highway reopened to all traffic around 8:30 p.m. yesterday after being closed for 20 hours due to a fatal truck accident about 25 km east of Dryden. The two transport trucks collided head-on around 1:30 a.m. yesterday, killing four people–two from Owen Sound, Ont., one from Beausejour, Man., […]
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It’s official: the ice is out on both the Canadian and U.S. sides of Rainy Lake. Mike Pawlikowski, the head pilot for Rusty Myers Flying Service here, declared the ice out Wednesday after a flight around 10 a.m. On Tuesday, he had reported some slushy ice was still blocking the […]
The body of a man reported missing in November was located yesterday by Kenora OPP. Robert Storey, a Northwest Angle First Nation resident, was discovered by the police, with the assistance of a helicopter, in Lake of the Woods. They were conducting a follow-up search of the water where his […]
Registration for the Borderland men’s soccer league will be held tomorrow from 7-9 p.m. in Room 138 at Fort Frances High School. The league is open to players aged 15 and over, and cost per player is $85. Those interested also must bring along their health card. League organizer Mike […]
While the fundraising total may have been less than last year’s, a sold-out crowd still flocked to the Rendez-Vous last Friday for the Ducks Unlimited 19th-annual banquet to support wetland conservation. “We were a little down from last year, but I thought that would happen,” said Barney Maher, chair of […]
The Borderland Thunder, Fort Frances’ entry in the new seven-team Superior International Junior Hockey League, was expected to name former NHL’er Mike Allison as head coach yesterday. Wayne Strachan and Shane Bliss were slated to be named assistant coaches. “To me, it’s exciting and a great honour,” said Allison, a […]
While Muskie spring camps commence this month in search of new talent, several graduating veterans are looking to take that next step to post-secondary education and the fields of Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union football. But one is leaning towards the classroom over the playbook. Fifth-year starting quarterback Gary Wager was […]
Something __ year-old Jackson Gillon bounced off the judo practice mat with a wide smile and urged his sensei to get the tapes rolling–video tapes of their winning weekend in Kenora. The Lake of the Woods Invitational Judo Tournament was held at the Beaver Brae Secondary School on April 28-29 […]
The month of May not only brings flowers. Aspiring Fort Frances High School football players can say hello to spring camp and the planning stages for mapping out the 2001 Muskie gridiron season. The annual Muskie football spring camp for the senior and junior varsity teams is set for May […]
Registration for the upcoming mixed slo-pitch baseball league will continue through next Wednesday in hopes of filling its 46-team capacity. Since accepting teams on April 30, the league has only signed 12 teams. “It’s slowed down in the past,” said league co-ordinator Megan Ross. “People are a lot more busy […]
Upon the opening of the Kitchen Creek golf course, perhaps the Beatles put it best: “Little darling, that ice is slowly melting . . . Here Comes the Sun.” Despite a few weeks delay, the Kitchen Creek golf course opened its doors yesterday and “officially” marked the beginning of the […]
A promising year lies ahead for the Fort Frances Muskie soccer teams after a strong showing on the pitch during the first high school soccer tournament of the year here. Both teams were undefeated throughout the exhibition tourney last Friday and Saturday–a impressive warm up for the regular season. “It […]
