Joey Payeur A notion that sprung from a potato chip bag will see Ron MacKinnon feasting on the coaching knowledge of one of Canada’s legendary junior hockey bench bosses. The Fort Frances resident was one of 18 minor hockey coaches selected to attend the Old Dutch Coaching Academy, which is […]
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Duane Hicks Thanks to the generous support of community members, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will continue with its “Project Petunia” beautification program later this spring. As of Friday’s deadline, the Chamber’s call for sponsors resulted in 18 local businesses and individuals donating a total of $2,350, which will […]
Duane Hicks Town council is throwing its support behind the fight to keep door-to-door mail delivery here. Council passed two resolutions at its regular meeting Monday night following a request from Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Local 538 president Sandra Lange. “Canada Post informed the public that they intend […]
Duane Hicks Organizers of the inaugural “Medical NAFTA” meeting being held here July 3 are looking for testimonials from local residents who have had to travel far to receive medical services. Fort Frances Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, who has been co-organizing the meeting with International Falls Coun. Cynthia Jacksa, said the […]
Staff While it did not raise as much as last year, the Voyageur Lions Club’s second-annual “Jail or Bail” fundraiser Saturday at Canadian Tire here still raised $4,500 for two good causes. A total of 15 “convicts” were nabbed and forced to raise “bail,” including Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, […]
Haley Anderson The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business & Community Expo is ready to hit the Memorial Sports Centre this Friday and Saturday. Although the Chamber has hosted an annual exposition for 26 years, this will be its second geared towards local business. In years past, the expo […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances will run the former Ontario Travel Information Centre here this summer. Mayor Roy Avis said the town is in the process of inking an agreement with the province to lease the building, which was closed in the spring of 2012. “The tourist information centre as we […]
Heather Latter Despite not receiving money from the Ministry of Education to fund a rebuild of Donald Young School in Emo, the Rainy River District School Board is continuing to look at options for the K-8 school, which was deemed “prohibitive to repair” back in 2003. “Donald Young School is […]
Joey Payeur It’s a long road to the Dudley Hewitt Cup, especially for any team from Northwestern Ontario having to ride a bus for double-digit hours just to get there. But that road might get immensely shorter for the Fort Frances Lakers—if the price is right. Lakers’ president Milt Strachan […]
Duane Hicks Members of the Rainy River District OPP and local Substance Abuse Prevention Team, including OPP Cst. Anne McCoy, SAPT co-ordinator Hugh Dennis, Christina Jewell, Jeanne Pasch, Tiffany Clifford-Smith, Insp. Steve Shouldice, and Cst. Chris Halverson (accompanied by his German Shepherd partner, “Diesel,” who sniffs out drugs), joined forces […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Angela Cole, left, wasn’t concerned about how many Dryden Eagles tried to stop her as she helped Fort High to a 2-0 triumph Monday afternoon as the NorWOSSA regular season got underway at the Struchan Gilson Memorial soccer field here.
MASON-Born to Kurtis and Erica, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a boy, Finley Eric, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz. on May 8, 2014 at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Thrilled are big brother Kaylor, grandparents; Wendy Cates, Phil Banks & Dorie Anna Dueck, Kevin & Alice Mason, […]
