Brian McCoy and Jason Ellman combined for a 457-pin total to capture top spot in the senior boys’ division of the “Buddy” youth bowling tournament Sunday at Plaza Lanes. Dino Morelli Jr./Sarah Noonan teamed up for second place (397) while Christopher Trapp/Adam Gray were third (288). In the senior girls’ […]
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The Muskies rolled into Kenora last Friday for their NorWOSSA matchup with the Broncos confident they were a good football team. Afterwards, the Broncos were left feeling the effects of that confidence. While there were several big plays in the black-and-gold’s 45-23 spanking of their arch-rivals, leaving the team atop […]
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team stumbled yesterday afternoon in Dryden, dropping three straight games to the Eagles by scores of 15-8, 15-11 and 15-9. With the three-game sweep, the Muskies have earned just two of six possible points so far this NorWOSSA season. Head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft admitted he […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team overcame a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the host Dryden Eagles 41-36 in NorWOSSA action yesterday afternoon. Trailing 26-24 to start the final stanza, the Muskies went on a 14-3 run to stun the home side and pick up their second-straight win of the young […]
The fight over Bill 136 may be over but the battle against the Harris government isn’t, with labour groups across the province putting their support behind the teachers’ fight against Bill 160. All four local teacher federations have joined the Fort Frances and District Labour Council, the most recent being […]
You can’t get “something for nothing.” That’s just one reason why Jeraldine Bjornson, minister at Knox United Church here, said she will speak out against opening a charity gaming casino in Fort Frances before voters go to the polls in November. And she’s expecting the local ministerial association–along with others–will […]
Community support for a drug and alcohol-free environment within the 10 area First Nations got a healthy endorsement here Friday morning when almost 300 people showed up to participate in a “Rally and Walk.” The event–the first of its kind–included a banner-waving march from the Senic River Mall on Second […]
For a little more than a year now, counsellors at the Door of Hope Counselling Services have been helping their clients find ways to deal with the stresses of everyday life. While providing a professional level of advocacy has evolved most successfully in terms of a client base, counsellor Ron […]
When Sandra Morrisseau joined the Couchiching Volunteer Fire Department, she probably never expected to be called to a fire at her own home. But early Sunday morning, she watched her house go up in smoke. “It’s completely lost,” Morrisseau said Monday from her brother’s home where she, her husband, Charlie […]
Shortly after passing a resolution not to commit more town dollars to the auditorium project at Westfort, Fort Frances council made a “friendly amendment” to kick in another $300,000 to bring its maximum financial commitment up to $1.8 million. But with that, the auditorium will house only 434 seats, not […]
Spotting a huge, unidentifiable object in the evening sky with flashing lights “not like an airplane” may sound far-fetched but it’s a scenario at least a dozen residents from Fort Frances to Barwick said they saw Sept. 20. Reported to be extremely large, stationary for up to an hour, and […]
