With the new ice surface at the Memorial Sports Centre to be ready for the start of next season, the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association will have more ice time on a weekly basis. But there’s a catch. Added ice time requires more money to pay for costs. And that […]
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For a team that just reeled off five-straight shutouts in winning NorWOSSA last Thursday in Kenora, it would seem stressing defence would be the least of their worries But the Muskies know full well that their game–especially in the defensive zone–will have to be taken up a few notches when […]
When the Rainy River Owls girls’ soccer team takes to the field for the NWOSSAA playoffs this Friday, it will mark the first time a soccer team from there has advanced to that level of play. And they expect it won’t be the last. The Owls screeched onto the soccer […]
For a season that was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Muskie boys’ soccer team, the black-and-gold almost came home NorWOSSA champions. But a second-half collapse against the Beaver Brae Broncos put an end to their Cinderella season last Thursday in Kenora. The Broncos took advantage of a […]
From a forest trail to a hectic event, you never know where you are going to bump into him. And from a large fire to a small frog, you never know where he’ll be aiming his lens. For about 20 years, freelance photographer Bill Morgenstern has been photographing Rainy River […]
“If you ride one today, you’ll own one tomorrow.” That’s what the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ Association believes about the impact this unique animal has on its rider. Rachel Hill of Alberton would wholeheartedly agree. She has two of them and as far she’s concerned, there’s no finer horse in […]
Whether it’s learning to speak correctly, regain strength of a injured limb, or adapt to life at home with a disability, the rehabilitation department at La Verendrye hospital here can provide the services to keep people in step with their lives. Speech pathologists Lona Mohan and Lindsay Strickland have the […]
All Ann Cox of Fort Frances wanted was to keep herself focused on her goal towards achieving a diploma in Human Resources at the Confederation College campus here. She did that–and more. During convocation exercises for the graduating class of 2000 last Thursday evening at the Townshend Theatre, Cox also […]
A 31-year-old man who suffered severe brain damage as a teenager will include Fort Frances in his annual fundraising bike ride in August. Donny Stephen Little will cycle from Kenora to Fort Frances, Dryden, and then back to Kenora in three days. Little was a promising student with marks in […]
Provincial legislation passed May 17 has left the town’s administration struggling to avoid costly delays to June’s tax bills. The new legislation requires all municipalities to include an individual levy breakdown with every property tax bill. But that information may not be prepared in time for the June billing dates […]
Two programs–the Provincial Homelessness Initiative Fund and the National Child Benefit Strategy–have been adapted to the needs of local families and approved by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board. The programs, designed to fill in the gaps between existing social services, had to be formatted to suit local […]
They did it again. Fort High’s super mileage vehicle, fresh from the Super Mileage Challenge in Brainerd, Mn. last week, took third place in the modified class for the second year running. This marked the fifth year senior students in the Transportation Technology class at Fort High have taken on […]
