The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association decided at Monday night’s board meeting to drop one team in both its Atom and PeeWee house leagues in order to have a larger number of players on each team. The PeeWee league will be pared down from five to four teams immediately while […]
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Heading into his first appearance at a world armwrestling championship, Allan Hartnell knew speed and experience would be the keys to victory. The 19-year-old Rainy River resident already had the speed and power to overtake the top armwrestlers in the world. The experience he gained along the way. “First it’s […]
In a season which saw the Muskie football team finish with an outstanding 4-1 exhibition record, what’s even more impressive is many of the team’s final stats. On both offence and defence, the black-and-gold were simply outstanding on both offence and defence–especially against their Manitoba counterparts. They were a perfect […]
The deadline to purchase “Gold Card” memberships at Kitchen Creek, which offer golfers a five-year membership at a reduced rate, has been extended until the club’s general fall meeting Nov. 22. The original deadline had been Oct. 7 but membership chairman Terry Martinson said the decision to extend it was […]
The Muskie junior girls dropped a tight 24-21 defensive battle to Thomas Aquinas (Kenora) in NorWOSSA basketball action there last Thursday. The turning point came in the third quarter when the Muskies lost their leading scorer, Sarah Noonan, after she was called for an “unwarranted” flagrant foul while battling for […]
Now isn’t the time to push for easier in-transit regulations when shipping livestock or products through the United States, NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton advised farmers Saturday night. Speaking at the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s annual meeting in Pinewood, Hampton said he became involved with the in-transit […]
The Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Coalition is putting together a proposal that would see elk re-introduced to the area southeast of Sioux Narrows next winter–and possibly earlier. The group met again last night in Kenora to finalize the site plans, and soon will be getting public input on the issue. […]
If you have ever wanted to go back in time to the “Roaring 20s,” then Emidio’s Garden Restaurant is the place to be next month when Fort Frances Little Theatre sets the stage there for its interactive murder mystery. “A Taste for Murder–A Deadly Birthday Party” begins Thursday, Nov. 5 […]
Commercial ratepayers in Fort Frances will see a decrease in their tax rates for a second consecutive year after town council passed a bylaw Monday night to drop the ratio down to 2.99 from 3.09 in 1999. That means for every one dollar a residential ratepayer would pay, a commercial […]
It could be said that life here is just what the doctors ordered as Dr. Daryl Brain and Dr. Andrea Coholic settle into their second month as associates with the Fort Frances Clinic. Although they’ve had their share of life in larger urban centres like Kingston, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, […]
Fort Frances resident Ted Scott doesn’t mind that he didn’t win last Thursday night’s record SuperStar Bingo progressive jackpot of more than $600,000. After all, his consolation prize wasn’t too shabby. Scott, a regular player at the Fort Frances Bingo Hall, won $49,615.86 on 50 numbers in the main prize […]
