Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Children’s Complex held a wiener roast yesterday morning in conjunction with its recent group discussions relating to fall activities. Enjoying the perfect autumn weather were Aliya Mickelson, left, Sophia Tanguay, Landon DeGagne, and Seraphina Cox.
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Press Release Resolute Fort Frances Division and Unifor Locals 92 and 306 have agreed to extend a July manpower agreement allowing the #7 paper machine to now run up to Dec. 15. “The original manning agreement was expected to conclude next week,” noted Unifor national representative Stephen Boon. “But after […]
Heather Latter Local OPP Cst. Anne McCoy, right, gave Tania Bimm of Sundog Best Start Hub in Atikokan some pointers during a child car seat technician training course at the Northwestern Health Unit office here yesterday. Representatives from district agencies were on hand in order to be able to help […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is making is easier than ever to nominate someone for its “Citizen of the Year” award by offering the option of online forms. Those wanting to nominate someone online can go to the town’s website and fill out a nomination form. These can […]
Joey Payeur Laker Torrin Grange was in full stride on this first-period rush against Tim Cavar during the home squad’s 3-2 shootout win over the Thunder Bay North Stars on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Grange netted a second-period goal to help the cause.
Joey Payeur Quebec residents Dereck Pigeon, left, and Guillaume Normandin headed out in their kayak on Rainy Lake this morning to continue their 7,000-km journey from Prince Rupert, B.C. to Montreal following the Alexander Mackenzie Trail. The pair stopped here for three days’ rest before continuing their trip, which they […]
Press Release A new long-term labour deal between EACOM and Unifor has resulted in EACOM formally announcing this week that it will re-start the Ear Falls sawmill in the spring. The sawmill has been idled since Dec. 7, 2009 during the height of the U.S. housing crash. “Local MPP Sarah […]
Joey Payeur St. Francis School proudly displayed some of the fruits of their collection efforts last Wednesday after its food drive from Sept. 23-27 collected 300 items, which will go to the local Salvation Army. On hand were Lt. Dennis Maybury, left, and student reps Kaylyn Levesque, Ben Chapman, Mikaelah […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency is anticipating higher traffic volumes at the Fort Frances port of entry this Thanksgiving long weekend and would like to remind travellers to plan ahead to avoid delays. Travellers are advised to plan their border crossing outside of peak traffic periods if possible, […]
Joey Payeur Two teams, different approaches, same result. The Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball squads each improved to 4-0 in NorWOSSA play records after convincing victories over the visiting Kenora Broncos on Tuesday afternoon. The seniors cruised to a 31-15 win over the Broncos (1-2) while the juniors doubled […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers left the ice Tuesday night serenading their guests with the visitors’ own song of celebration. It was sweet music to the ears of the home crowd. Lucas DeBenedet scored the only goal in the shootout as the Lakers (5-1-0-1) earned their fourth-straight win with […]
I finally found it! The floor of the garage, that is. It all started with the approach of the hibernation season. “Elliott, you left the garage door open again. If we get a skunk in there, you’ll never be able to root it out of that jungle of junk on […]
