Staff Crews were busy yesterday afternoon cutting down trees from the boulevard along the north side of the 200 block of Second Street East. The removal is being done ahead of a complete overhaul of the block, in which the sewer, water, and storm sewer infrastructure will be replaced before […]

Duane Hicks Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, and Jules Tupker, co-chair of the Thunder Bay Health Coalition, stood by the giant teddy bear that they took around Northwestern Ontario last Friday through this past Monday.

Muskie girls’ hockey head coach Todd Hamilton had the honour of speaking about his predecessor, former high school teammate and best friend Scott Clendenning.

Joey Payeur Hailey Beaudry of La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs used her power to full advantage as both a goal scorer and a playmaker Thursday evening as her team completed a sweep of the best-of-three women’s division final.

Joey Payeur Shelby Nosan of the Dawson Tigers legged out this triple but was unable to get home from third in the first inning of Dawson’s 13-3 loss to the Fort Frances Her-icanes on Monday evening at VanJura here.

Former mayor Glenn Witherspoon had the crowd in stitches with his comedic re-telling of memories of his hockey career.

Joey Payeur Ian Jodoin of CJ Contracting, right, couldn’t bear to watch the outcome even while putting his body on the line to try and block this pass from Garnet Cornell of Centra Pipelines during the men’s division final Thursday evening, with Centra claiming a 4-1 victory on penalty kicks […]

Former CFL all-star Jeff Treftlin voiced his appreciation for those who helped him in his formative football days with the Muskies.

Joey Payeur 1980 Muskie senior girls’ hoopsters Laurie Moxham, left, Tracy Roach, Kathy Kolynchuk, and Jean Bujold were part of the group that became the first women and first basketball players inducted into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame.

Eldest son Dennis Witherspoon proudly accepted the posthumous induction on behalf of his father, Fort Frances Royals’ creator Jim Witherspoon.

Nicholas Donaldson Following some safety information and a short video, Max Moen was ready to ride the bus during the Rainy River District School Board’s annual “First Rider” program held this morning at the Education Centre. Children then were driven around to each of the Fort Frances schools to gain […]

Nicholas Donaldson Laura Horton and Doug Sinclair stopped across from La Verendrye Hospital to offer tobacco for the Rainy River yesterday morning during the Youth and Elder Water Walk, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of local waterways and the responsibility to keep them clean and healthy. The […]