Staff For the first time, Plaza Lanes bowling alley is open during the summer. “It was a decision I made when I took over as manager,” explained Jayson McFarlane, who took over the business back in February. “It started from the days when I would come home for the summer […]
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Lucas Punkari After playing for their hometown team for the last two seasons, forward Colton Spicer and defenceman Jon Carlson are moving from the Fort Frances Lakers. The local players, along with goaltender Talor Joseph were traded from the SIJHL club to the MJHL’s Portage Terriers last Wednesday, in exchange […]
Lucas Punkari It’s not often that six members of the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame are under one roof, but that was the case during a get-together here on Friday afternoon. In an event that was hosted by 2012 Hall of Fame inductee Bill Selman at his cabin on […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances town council has jumped on board to support the local curling club’s bid in the “Kraft Celebration Tour”—and they are urging the public to vote for the cause as well. “It’s a real honour to be chosen as one of the communities across Canada,” said Mayor […]
Press Release The Community Garage Sale, originally set for Saturday, July 20 in conjunction with “Railroad Daze” in Rainy River, has been re-designed and re-scheduled to September as a charity auction. A veritable mountain of goods already has been donated for the event by members of the community, and the […]
Heather Latter Half a dozen people were on hand to support making the local community garden a permanent feature in the Town of Fort Frances during a public meeting held Monday night to consider the rezoning of the garden property. The Fort Frances Community Garden Planning Committee has requested to […]
Staff The traffic lights at Central Avenue were shut off at 1 p.m. on Monday and will remain that way for the next month-and-a-half while construction takes place on Second Street between Central Avenue and Mowat Avenue. “There’s not going to be any stopping [at the Central Avenue intersection],” explained […]
Staff The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club (BWDBC) here in Fort Frances has received $50,200 in funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation [OTF]. The club, which has held Dragon Boat Festivals on the river here for the past two Canada Days, will use the money to continue to develop the […]
Staff The second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival held on Canada Day was quite successful. “We had an amazing turnout,” said committee member Sarah Marusyk. “It’s hard to track exactly how many people were down on the water but we had 13 teams≤” she noted. “So we had probably about […]
Heather Latter There was a significant increase in the occupancy rate this year at the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope. Executive director Donna Kroocmo reported at last month’s annual general meeting held at La Place Rendez-Vous, that during 2012-2013 it saw 83 percent occupancy, which was up from […]
Heather Latter Despite the fact that local Treaty Three police officers received word last week that the Treaty Three Police Service board will be shutting down and laying off all of their officers within 45 days, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents the officers, and public supporters are […]
Heather Latter In an effort to help participants of the “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” retreat offset the cost to attend, retreat director Renée Martin-Brown is helping the girls plan a “Music in the Park” fundraiser for July 17 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Lions Park in Emo. […]
