Joey Payeur Jamie Davis didn’t know what to expect on his first trip to the OFSAA ‘AA’ boys’ hockey championship, held last week in Burlington/Oakville. That would include witnessing a comeback of legendary proportions that will be talked about by local high school hockey fans for years to come. The […]
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Joey Payeur No matter what their record says, Hailey Beaudry and her curling crew brought plenty home from their inaugural experience at OFSAA. The majority of their souvenirs, which took the form of priceless experience on Ontario high school curling’s biggest stage, won’t show their true value until next year. […]
Joey Payeur “You know we just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening.” Such were the words Burt Lancaster uttered as ballplayer-turned-doctor Archibald “Moonlight” Graham in the cinematic classic, “Field of Dreams.” The Muskie girls’ hockey team might take issue with that philosophy. They made […]
Duane Hicks If you were creating a map of Northwestern Ontario and northeastern Minnesota, what businesses, trails, and landmarks would you include? That’s exactly what the “Heart of the Continent Partnership,” which now includes the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, will be asking area businesses and others in the near […]
Duane Hicks More than 60 years’ worth of issues of the Fort Frances Times, along with information about the museum’s artifact collection, now are accessible using a computer at the Fort Frances Museum. Jeremy Hughes, who was under contract for the past year as a digital records developer for the […]
Heather Latter The Fort Frances Civil Air Search and Rescue chapter is looking to increase its membership base, which it started to do earlier this month with a spotter training course at the Fort Frances Airport. “Basically, what the course was is we teach you how to look at the […]
Duane Hicks With organizers gearing up to the make the third-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival the best one yet, a challenge has been thrown out to get teams from south of the border involved this Canada Day. “This year, we’d like to make it even bigger and even better, […]
Heather Latter Given the many benefits of walking, Jolene Quast, a health educator with the Northwestern Health Unit here, is pleased with the positive response to the “Walk Away Winter” walking group that started up last fall and runs Thursdays from noon-1 p.m. “I’ve had a very good response so […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances might end up leasing the Ontario Travel Information Centre building it has been pursuing use of since the provincial service was shut down nearly two years ago. Council passed a resolution Monday night that the town investigate and negotiate an agreement with Infrastructure Ontario for leasing […]
Duane Hicks If the War of 1812 were fought today, who would win: Canada or the United States of America? That question will be answered here July 2—if all goes to plan with the annual “Peace Pull” international tug-of-war. Because this year marks the 200th anniversary of the end of […]
Duane Hicks The town has given its blessing to a grant application to redevelop the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel into a market square. Council approved a funding application Monday night to be submitted to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp., under the Strategic Economic Infrastructure Program, in hopes of securing […]
Heather Latter The 74th Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is set to begin next week, with local performers of all ages taking part in four different divisions. “Things are moving along as expected,” said Festival committee chair Joleen Beninger. “I’m looking forward to the next couple of […]
