Jamie Mountain The bigger they are, the harder they are to tackle. That’s what this pair of Muskie football players found out as they struggled to bring their teammate to the ground during one of the team’s practice sessions on Friday night at Fort High. The Muskies were working hard […]
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of RRDSB The Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB) welcomes two student trustees to the table starting this school year. Bjorn Van Der Loo and Olivia Kreger, the two new student trustees, took their Oath of Office at the Sept. 4 meeting. Van Der Loo, a Grade 12 student at […]
Jamie Mountain Barwick Blue Knights’ shortstop Vaughan Wilson stepped on second base to record an out during his squad’s 3-1 win over the Fort Frances Braves in the third-and-deciding game of the Rainy River District Fastball League championship series last Wednesday night at Couchiching. Wilson scored what ended up being […]
Jamie Mountain Brady Wicklund of the Fort Frances Lakers, left, attempted to dig the puck free while he was checked into the boards by a Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ defender during the third period of his squad’s 6-3 loss in the SIJHL pre-season opener for both teams on Friday night […]
Jamie Mountain Jesse Carmody has recently joined Plaza Lanes here as its new manager and is planning to revamp the local bowling alley with his wealth of management experience in an effort to help boost membership.
Jamie Mountain Aurora Hutton raced the ball over half-court and was looking to set up the offence quickly as she was pursued closely by Rachel Anderson during a Muskie senior girls’ basketball tryout practice on Monday afternoon at Fort High. The Muskie coaching staff had to make some tough decisions […]
Ken Kellar Local resident and gardener John Pohanka was surprised when what he thought was a cucumber plant began to grow these strange, spiky yellow veggies. Opinions on what Mr. Pohanka has on his hands are divided: a neighbour thought he’d managed to grow a tomato-cucumber hybrid, while horticulturalists on […]
Ken Kellar Canadian rock icon Carl Dixon thrilled the crowd at the Townshend Theatre for the first show of the 2019-2020 Tour De Fort season on Thursday evening. Dixon spoke at length about his career and near-fatal car accident in 2008, all the while playing hits from his time in […]
Jamie Mountain Members of the Muskie football team were hard at work during one of their annual training camp practices on Friday afternoon here, running tackling drills and working on other areas of their game. The Muskies are slated to open the WHSFL season on the road this Friday (Sept. […]
Jamie Mountain Nick Hahkala jostled for position with his Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ opponent in an attempt to win the face-off to start the second period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 6-3 loss in the SIJHL pre-season opener on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Ice Dogs […]
Sam Odrowski Local MPP Greg Rickford, centre, visited Jon and Ashley Barker at Barker Logging in Devlin yesterday for a funding announcement. The announcement was for $170,341 to expand production capabilities at the business and construct a bush shack for its employees. The funds also helped offset the costs of […]
Ken Kellar Jill Savage brought her guitar and her voice to the stage, accompanied by Grace Kooistra on piano, at the Rainy Lake Square last week during Market Thursday. It was the first public performance for the pair of musicians.
