Duane Hicks Residential electricity rates for Fort Frances Power Corp. customers have gone up but thanks to the historic power agreement, they still remain the cheapest in Ontario. During an operational update before town council last week, FFPC president and CEO Joerg Ruppenstein explained that because of a recent rate […]
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Joey Payeur Fort Frances’ speedy sister-brother combination is heading south to heat up the U.S. Midwest concrete once again. Marie-Mai and Yannick Langevin will return to Valley City, N.D. on Saturday to take another run at being the best in their class at the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby Region […]
Cameron Penney A total of 49 people from Rainy River District, including 19 from Fort Frances, were recognized by the province for their volunteer efforts at the 2016 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards held Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here. Volunteers were saluted for their decades of service to a […]
Duane Hicks “You can’t go through life just with a catcher’s mitt. At some point, you’ve got to throw one back.” Words of wisdom from 2015 “Citizen of the Year” Larry Patrick, who was honoured Friday evening during the town’s annual appreciation dinner at Sunny Cove Camp. “Being ‘Citizen of […]
Joey Payeur In just over five weeks, Saturday night is going to be alright for fighting. The Couchiching Arena will be the venue for Combat Culture’s “Throwdown at the Duke” Muay Thai amateur kickboxing event on July 9, sanctioned by the World Kickboxing Federation. Combat Culture co-founder Dave Zuniga of […]
Cameron Penney While it was cool and rainy on the weekend, it was lovely weather for a duck—which 11-year-old Chloe Dolyny and her pet duck, “Waddle,” certainly can attest to. Dolyny has hatched ducklings in her backyard before but Waddle is the first one that became a family pet. The […]
Joey Payeur Every competitive and recreational angler searches for that one big fish they always will remember. That’s the fish that ended up in the live well of Ted Heyens and Kelvin Caul—and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Heyens latched onto a mammoth 8.79-pounder Saturday morning for the big […]
Heather Latter While performing his lip-syncing rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” Jay McFarlane enticed June Caul onto the dance floor during the “Sync or Swim” social hosted by the Fun in the Sun committee Saturday night at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. The event, which also […]
Denise Bliss, left, received a stylized trillium service pin in recognition of her volunteer efforts from Colleen Moran, program lead with the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat in Toronto, during the 2016 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards ceremony Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Some 49 people in the district received […]
Cameron Penney Chloe Dolyny sported a big grin while her pet duck, “Waddle,” sat on her lap. “Waddle” hatched from an egg last summer and imprinted onto Chloe. The duo go for walks together down the street and often attract attention from curious passers-by.
Joey Payeur Ted Heyens of Stratton, left, and Kelvin Caul of Devlin combined good fortune and good fishing to bring in this 8.79-pounder that made the difference as the pair captured the 15th-annual Emo Walleye Classic on Saturday with a two-day total of 23.94 pounds. It was the second-largest fish […]
After much debate and shenanigans (read “Elbowgate”), the federal government’s bill on assisted dying finally passed in the House of Commons yesterday. But don’t start cheering just yet. First of all, it’s clear Bill C-14 won’t pass the Senate—if it even does at all—prior to this Monday’s deadline (June 6) […]
