The Emo Atom Selects, led by Betty Meyers’ two goals, upended MEC (Fort Frances) 5-4 in recent minor hockey action. Tyson Romyn, Ryan Mutz, and Richy Wieringa also scored for the Selects while Andrew Lundy (two), Josh Sigurson, and Pierre Jourdain replied for the visitors. Meanwhile, Nathan DeBungee had four […]
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The Muskies already have shown they are a formidable squad on home ice, indicative of their three-straight blowout wins against NorWOSSA opponents within the confines of Memorial Arena. Now after Monday night’s 12-3 romp over the Kenora Broncos up there, the black-and-gold have served notice they can be dominating on […]
While their past accomplishments are quite impressive, Raymond Roy’s rink knows full well that you can throw all that out the window as they prepare for the provincial mixed curling playdowns here this weekend. The team’s second, Wayne Beacham, was runner-up at the national mixed playdowns in 1988 while Roy […]
Aquanauts Karli McKinnon, 10, and Boyd Badiuk, nine, combined for three silver medals and a bronze in their age group at the 18th-annual Prairie Winter Invitational meet in Winnipeg last weekend. McKinnon raced to second-place finishes in the 200m free and 50m free events while also taking third in the […]
While playing at the provincial level is nothing new for Angela Lee, what has changed for the new Northwestern Ontario junior ladies’ champ is her responsibility on the ice. Having played at the past two junior provincial playdowns for the Jackie Bonot rink, Lee got the chance to skip her […]
Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach was still waiting for his phone to ring Tuesday afternoon, eager to hear how the provincial government was proceeding, if at all, on Bill 79–what he called the “bill of chaos” last week. Also known as the Fairness for Property Taxpayers Act, Naturkach said Bill […]
Fort Frances certainly isn’t the only place where an Abitibi-Consolidated mill is taking downtime over the Christmas holidays, noted Susan Rogers, vice-president of corporate communications in Montreal. Local workers learned late last week that the mill here will shut down Wednesday, Dec. 23 at the end of the night shift […]
Fort Frances needs to find a little more than $1.4 million in its overall budget to avoid a property tax hike in 1999. But the $64,000 question is where? The committee of the whole of council has now met with the town’s four department managers and its economic development advisor […]
As adults and parents, we often pay lip service to the idea that our children–the upcoming generation–are our most precious resource. Yet frequently, what transpires in the hours between entry on and exit from the old yellow school bus are (depending on how verbal our children are) a sort of […]
With another $26,000 pledged in the last two weeks, the Rainy River hospital’s “Buy a brick, build it quick” campaign topped $180,500 as of last Thursday. The campaign is aiming to raise $300,000 by the Dec. 31 target deadline. Ken Johnston, editor of the Rainy River Record and the advertising […]
You might call it a sign of the times. The first of two signs promoting agriculture in Rainy River District was hoisted into place late last week just west of Fort Frances on a piece of land owned by Leon DeGagne. The second sign is set to go up just […]
Organizers of “A Magical Christmas House and Light Tour” say ticket sales are going over well, with even more expected to be sold right up until the event Sunday. The tour, slated to run from 5-8 p.m. and being staged by the Riverside Foundation for Health Care as a fundraiser, […]
