Friday was Homecoming but it wasn’t the most pleasant one for former Muskie star Brett Watt. Watt, who quarterbacked the black-and-gold to an NWOSSAA title during his high school career here, returned to Westfort field last week as the first-year head coach of the Sturgeon Creek Schooners of Winnipeg. He […]
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While the Aquanauts are hoping for even better results in the pool this season, what is already known is that the local swim club definitely will be bigger. Some 120 swimmers have registered for the various programs, a sharp increase from 80 a year ago. And that has many people […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club is looking to draw new members into the house as it gets set to hold registration for the 1998-99 season this Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. New president Bill Gushulak said the club is looking to attract more curlers by offering a special flat […]
As the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team prepare to do battle against a new slate of opponents this year, its only concern is to get better by season’s end. After winning a pair of regular-season games last season, the team made great strides. But this time around, co-coach Gord McCabe […]
In the fall, bass tend to move into the backwaters and chase baitfish. If you find shad all the way back in the backwater area, this is a prime area to start looking for fall bass as they start their “feeding frenzy” to fatten up for the upcoming winter months. […]
Some 20 district municipal and business reps headed to Wausau, Wis. by bus at 8 a.m. today for the annual “Northern Networks” trade conference. And this year, with the low loonie on its side, the Canadian contingent plans to promote the strength of the U.S. dollar when it comes to […]
I was only six when Terry Fox began his “Marathon of Hope” in 1980. But even at that age, I got caught up in the excitement that surrounded the run. I mean, running across Canada was a pretty big thing on its own but to do it on one leg? […]
A high-ranking U.S. immigration official revealed yesterday there are no plans to enforce the law that comes into effect Oct. 1 that requires Canadians to check in at Customs before entering and leaving the States. Curtis Aljets, district director with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), said its border offices […]
CN expects to know within the next two weeks to what extent diesel fuel may have leeched off its property in the Central Avenue area. KGS Consulting is wrapping up a study on the site, where CN suspects the source of the contamination to be from an underground fueling facility […]
The 11th-annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce trade show was another success last weekend as people flocked to the curling club to check out what the exhibitors were offering this year. “The numbers [for attendance] were up slightly from last year,” Chamber office co-ordinator Dawn Booth said Monday, adding it […]
Despite whipping winds, drizzling rain, and cool temperatures, many people of all ages came out and ran for a good cause Sunday during the annual Terry Fox Run here. The event pulled in $5,200 in pledges for the Canadian Cancer Society as about 90 participants walked, ran, biked, and in-line […]
A tentative agreement between Abitibi-Consolidated and the two Communications, Energy and Papermakers locals here was reached in the wee hours of this morning. Mill manager Jim Gartshore said the company wrapped up negotiations on local issues and contract language with both CEP Local 92 and 306 around 3 a.m. But […]
