Mitch Calvert Fred Sinninghe watched his putt just sneak past the cup on the ninth green as teammates Peter Badiuk (middle) and Darryl Little kept a close eye during the second-annual Muskie Sports Association golf scramble Saturday at Kitchen Creek. The tournament saw 18 teams take part and raised just […]
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Duane Hicks Having just departed from The Harbourage, motorcyclists headed down the highway on Saturday morning for the local Alzheimer Society’s seventh-annual “Ride for Memories.” About 20 local riders joined up with fellow motorcyclists from across the region in Red Lake for a steak dinner at the Legion there. Organizers […]
Mitch Calvert Mike Wilson of the Barwick Blue Knights eluded the tag of Sight & Wolves’ second baseman Paul Visser while stealing second during the first inning of the Rainy River District Fastball League final at George Oltsher Field in Barwick yesterday evening.
Heather Latter Participants in the Muskie cheerleading camp worked on a variety of stunts yesterday evening. The camp, which also ran Tuesday, saw about a dozen girls take part.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Power Corp. crews were busy today erecting a new hydro pole, and switching over power lines, after the old one on the southwest corner of Portage Avenue and Second Street Eaast was struck by a transport truck around 2 a.m. No power outages were reported but […]
Peggy Revell Carine Gallagher, co-ordinator at Confederation College for the Community-Based BScN program, and Karen Poole, director of Lakehead University’s School of Nursing, spoke about the program and answered questions during an information session at the college campus here yesterday. The pilot program—which first ran in 2005 and saw its […]
Heather Latter Students entering Grade 9 at Fort Frances High School lined up there this morning to register for the 2009-10 year. About 600 Grade 10-12 students registered in June, which allowed for a smooth registration week for staff. School begins for district students next Tuesday (Sept. 1).
Heather Latter Mac Voison, right, founder of M&M Meats, posed with employees Jenna Novak, left, and Jamie Nelson after getting a “tattoo” on his cheek at the local store Monday. Voisin, along with company CEO James Petrozzi, were touring stores in the region since he hadn’t visited here in several […]
Peggy Revell Isabella Avis held on to her certificate and picked out her choice of colours from the miniature flashlights held by Fort Frances Public Library staffer Kaila Elders during the library’s summer reading program wrap-up party yesterday afternoon at the Lions Park. About 140 people in all turned out […]
Duane Hicks The “Hallett,” towed by the “Ward,” a tugboat now owned by George Armstrong Co. Ltd., made its final voyage yesterday evening from its former site at Seven Oaks to its new home as a tourist attraction along the La Verendrye Parkway just west of the Sorting Gap Marina. […]
Heather Latter Adrianna McCoy, left, and Kadynce Chabot got ready to ride the school bus last Thursday morning during the annual “First Rider” program held at Robert Moore. Two sessions were held, with more than 20 youngsters in each one, to teach school bus safety as well as prepare them […]
Peggy Revell As the sun began to set over Swell Bay on Saturday evening, Alexei Meegwan Bannon was one of many who joined in the inter-tribal dance following the grand entry at Nigigoonsiminikaaning’s sixth-annual pow-wow. The community welcomed people from far and wide as they celebrated their newly-built pow-wow grounds.
