Jamie Mountain Talk about showing your support! Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and Wayne Strachan and some Lakers’ players hopped on over from where their game against the Thunder Bay North Stars was taking place on the Ice For Kids rink, and looked on, as the Muskie boys’ hockey team […]
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Toilet paper supplies remain low throughout town. This is a recent picture Walmart, which has tightened restrictions to one pack per customer, while supplies last. Safeway and The Place are doing their best to restock shelves during the COVID-19 emergency. Citizens have been advised to stock-up on supplies, to prepare […]
File Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Noah Loveday had a breakout season this year in his final year of junior ‘A’ hockey and today was tabbed as the SIJHL’s Most Improved Player.
Shoppers have been met with empty shelves throughout town. This was Safeway’s toilet paper isle on Friday, and it hasn’t recovered since. Bulk buying has been sweeping North America, as shoppers bracing for a potential quarantine, stock up. Canned goods, meat, bread, cereal, baking supplies, cleaning supplies, paper towel, tissue […]
Ken Kellar Sawyer Hanson worked up the courage to show off his perch catch during the Fishing Derby that was held on Saturday as part of the Nestor Falls Winter Carnival. Organizers have announced this this was the last year for the festival, due to a lack of volunteers.
Jamie Mountain Mathieu Harrold of the Fort Frances Lakers and Jacob Brown of the Thunder Bay North Stars tried to get the better of one another during a first-period faceoff in the Lakers’ 6-5 overtime win on Tuesday night in SIJHL action at the Ice For Kids Arena. The win […]
Submitted The Muskie girls’ curling team compiled a 4-1 record through round robin play before pulling out a dramatic 4-3 win in a tiebreaker, to claim the gold medal at the NWOSSAA championships in Longlac. Pictured here with their medals, from left to right, are Ashley Payne, Jillian Cousineau, Anna […]
Ken Kellar Sawyer Hanson worked up the courage to show off his perch catch during the Fishing Derby that was held on Saturday as part of the Nestor Falls Winter Carnival. Warm and sunny weather on Saturday helped the Fishing Derby see a great turnout.
It was all smiles and cheers as members of the Muskie boys’ hockey team lifted the championship trophy with jubilation after knocking off the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) with an exciting 6-3 win in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the ’52 Canadians Arena here. […]
Jamie Mountain Left, Jacob Albright called the series as over as he motioned to the crowd after scoring an empty-netter to seal the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 6-3 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the ’52 Canadians’ […]
Fort Frances Public Library CEO Joan MacLeod and Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River client services co-ordinator Mary O’Connor display some of the items in the tactile bags that are available to borrow. The items are designed to be used by people living with dementia and their caretakers as a way […]
Madison Bliss, left, holds the DeGagne Award trophy, which was presented by 4-H volunteer Angela Haw, at the Rainy River District 4-H Club’s annual Awards Night dinner at the Stratton Millenium Hall on Friday night. The DeGagne trophy goes to the 4-H member who has accumulated the greatest number of […]







