When Willa Kunkel was looking for a script for this year’s Muskie Theatre production, one of her main concerns was finding something suitable for their first show in the new Townshend Theatre. She settled on “Fame” because she felt it was the most appropriate. “It’s a great story, with great […]
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With 577 names on its membership roster, the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 here isn’t hurting. But when it comes time to find a handful of those who will volunteer to sell poppies each year, it’s slim pickings, said Roly Crawford, acting president for the local Legion. In the end, […]
On July 11, 1943, Dick Collette of Fort Frances was about a year into his duty as an anti-aircraft gunner aboard the H.M.C.S. Iroquois when a German aircraft bombed one of the troop ships in their convoy near the coast of Spain. The S.S. Duchess of York had been carrying […]
When John Moran of Fort Frances joined the armed forces in 1941 at the age of 19, he was “gung-ho” to fight on the front line. But a hunting accident just prior to his enlistment changed all that. “I went to New Glasgow, N.S. to take basic artillery training. I […]
When Pvt. Ray Martin of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 stood in front of the cenotaph on Remembrance Day last year and, despite failing health, proudly saluted the war dead on behalf of the Korean Veterans’ Association, the emotion on his face was enough to make me cry. It […]
Three delegates from Namibia, Africa will be arriving in Fort Frances tomorrow to get a firsthand look at Canadian municipal politics–not to mention a good portion of Rainy River District. Boniface Mutumba, Lukas Muhepa, and Ria Dippenaar of the Namibian Town Clerks Forum (NTCF) will be the town’s guests Nov. […]
In addition to dropping its NAFTA trade challenge over the border waters fishing dispute, Minnesota has agreed to reduce its catch limit for walleye/sauger on the Lake of the Woods. But limits on Minnesota’s side of Rainy Lake will remain the same. Dennis Stouffer, with the Minnesota Department of Natural […]
Five points was all that separated the local 4-H team of Courtney Calder, Joe Sletmoen, Simone LeBlanc, and Jen Sletmoen from advancing to the semi-finals at the “Go for the Gold” provincial showdown Saturday in Toronto. Six teams competed in the event, held in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural Winter […]
It’s been a busy summer for Stacey Bruyere and her staff at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Interpretative Centre but things aren’t going to slow down too much over the winter as work continues on the exhibits. Bruyere said they’ve been running non-stop since the centre officially opened to the public in May. […]
With several players out of the lineup for various reasons, last Friday’s game here against the Kenora Broncos definitely was gut-check time for the black-and-gold. It was their toughest test of the NorWOSSA campaign so far–and they passed it with flying colours. The Muskies capped off a perfect regular season […]
Life couldn’t be any better for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team heading into the final game of the regular season today against Kenora. They go into it having already clinched first place and a bye in the NorWOSSA final next week. They also sport a perfect league record–their latest […]
Playing in their first tournament of the season, Mine Centre 1 showed they were in mid-season form as they cruised to the championship title of an eight-team tourney at Robert Moore on Saturday. Mine Centre 1–made up of players in grades seven and eight–put the finishing touches on a solid […]
