Even though the Muskie boys’ soccer season came to an abrupt end with a pair of losses at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Marathon on Saturday, the coaches still came away with the feeling of satisfaction. Not blessed with an array of talent, the black-and-gold had a successful run in pre-season […]
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Hannah Carter finished her stellar Muskie career in style Monday at Fort High’s annual “Recognition” night, winning three major awards including female athlete-of-the-year. She also took home the Patti-Jo Reid Trophy as the senior girls’ basketball MVP and was honoured as the outstanding contributor for the girls’ soccer team. Siobhan […]
Greg Ross fired a 72 to win the “Harry Barefoot” championship flight at the Memorial golf tournament Sunday at Kitchen Creek, finishing four strokes ahead of Mike Bolstad. Rob Badiuk and Jim Kilmister each carded 77, one stroke better than Dean Wilson. Gerry Hercun had a 76 to top the […]
The Emo Bulldogs, looking for their third-straight league title, earned two more wins last week to improve to a perfect 4-0 atop the Rainy River District Fastball League standings. Emo opened action last Tuesday with a 5-3 win over the previously unbeaten Barwick Blue Knights (now 2-1), led by a […]
The executive of the Fort Frances Visserettes approved the hiring of Stephanie Logan at its annual general meeting May 26 with a grant to hire a student under the Summer Career Placement Program. Also at that meeting, Rob Morgan was elected president, with Bob Grynol assuming the position of past […]
Parents who have children with special needs can’t be guaranteed that assistance for their child will be available come September, Education Director Wayne McAndrew told public school board trustees last night. In fact, the school board won’t know how many special education assistants it can hire until sometime this summer, […]
Despite cold, windy conditions, 56 adults and 11 children turned out to participate in the sixth-annual “Hip Hip Hooray” walk along the waterfront here Sunday afternoon. While participation was down from last year, that didn’t discourage event organizer Jenny Wonfor. “I was very pleased with the walk itself even though […]
Rita Chénier said she feels like she’s come home. The Sudbury native is on the third week in her new position as executive director of Family and Children Services here, taking the helm from Betty McLeod who retired at the end of April. “I love the area,” she enthused Friday, […]
Need something to keep your kids from going stir-crazy during the middle of summer? Well, Anna Defrancesco has an idea for you. The Fort Frances Summer Music Camp ’98 will be taking registrants at the Alexander MacKenzie School gym June 18 from 3:30-7:30 p.m. The camp itself will be held […]
Rabies isn’t a problem here, with sources at the NorWest Animal Clinic here suggesting local veterinarians haven’t come across the virus in animals in years. But that doesn’t mean the public should let their awareness of the disease dissolve, warned Terry Whiting, a disease control veterinarian with the Canadian Food […]
The Mr. Fun in the Sun contest is a go for its third year after all when Steve Fry, Dino Morelli, Steve Niskala, and Kevin Sieders stepped forward by Monday’s deadline. Another five contestants are vying for this year’s Miss Fun in the Sun crown, including Amanda Cherry (Gagne’s Pharmacy), […]
Grade five students at Huffman and Robert Moore here got a chance to hear first-hand about the job of a Canadian Forces “Snowbird” when a pilot and an avionics technician paid a one-hour visit to each school last Thursday morning. Besides a video presentation, and a question and answer session, […]
