Lucas Punkari Although the national playdowns aren’t until November, the Kathie Jackson rink already is pumped to be wearing the colours of Northern Ontario at the 2013 edition of The Dominion Curling Club Championships after capturing the women’s provincial title Sunday morning in Sault Ste. Marie. “We’re all extremely excited,” […]
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Lucas Punkari With the excitement of last Tuesday’s dramatic 3-2 overtime win over the Dryden Ice Dogs in Game 7 of the SIJHL semi-finals fading, the Fort Frances Lakers have been busy this past week getting ready for the Bill Salonen Cup final against the top-seeded Minnesota Wilderness, which gets […]
Lucas Punkari As St. Cloud State prepares for tomorrow’s “Frozen Four” semi-final in Pittsburgh against the Quinnipiac Bobcats, sophomore goalie and Fort Frances native Ryan Faragher already is sensing the buzz amongst Huskie fans as the team looks to win its first-ever national title. “There is a lot of excitement […]
Duane Hicks As the town moves forward on the process to see the “Huffman” residential subdivision on Williams Avenue become a reality, there’s positive signs that selling the lots won’t be a big problem. At yesterday evening’s budget meeting, municipal planner Faye Flatt said she tried to contact the 26 […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will start charging new fees at the airport in order to recover costs and keep the facility alive. At its budget meeting yesterday evening, council agreed all Medivac flights and all other government aircraft pay a flat rate landing fee of $200 plus […]
Duane Hicks Non-residents could be paying more to use the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre down the road. During a discussion of user fees at yesterday evening’s budget meeting, Coun. Paul Ryan noted the non-resident fee for membership at the library is $77. Each taxpayer in Fort Frances, meanwhile, […]
Lucas Punkari After taking to the ice for the past 14 years, Border Skating Club members Jillian Bobczynski and Chelsea Mosley both are seeing their time with the local club coming to a close. The graduating seniors took part in their final ice show at the Ice For Kids Arena […]
Staff A local “Relay for Life” team once again has organized the “You’ve Been Gnomed” fundraiser to help raise money for the fight against cancer. The fundraiser involves a garden gnome being moved from yard to yard—by paying a removal fee. “It’s a lot of fun,” enthused Jonathan Glueheisen, co-captain […]
Heather Latter Plans for “Kiss ’n Ride” developments at Robert Moore and J.W. Walker here are continuing after the Rainy River District School Board approved the projects in principle at its regular meeting last Tuesday night. The Fort Frances Traffic Safety Committee has been working toward the goal of increasing […]
Duane Hicks “The economic bubble has burst and denying that today is not an option.” That was the message Allan T. Bedard, with the Senior Retirees Against Pension & Elder Abuse, relayed Monday night as he delivered a report asking town council to place a two-year moratorium on any tax […]
Duane Hicks The town will not go ahead with a proposal to use Huffman School as a second location for the Sister Kennedy Centre. All four of the town’s executive committees reviewed a proposal from the Fort Frances Seniors Advisory Committee, which asked council not to demolish Huffman and turn […]
Duane Hicks As of Monday, June 3, every garbage receptacle could require a bag tag. While the matter won’t be formally decided until the next council meeting April 22, right now it looks like the cost of the tags will be reduced to $1.25 per bag from the current price […]
