It is with great sadness that the family of James Albert David Bourre announces his passing on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Jim was born Nov. 18, 1968 in Rainy River, Ont. to Philip (Chipper) and Evelyn Bourre. He was raised […]
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Dear editor: A big thank you to both the boys’ and girls’ Muskie hockey teams. Both teams and coaches did a great job this season. The kids played with their hearts in the finals. Thanks also to Lucas Punkari for all his work. No thanks to the teaching staff and […]
Town council certainly has the unenviable task of creating a budget that will have as minimal an impact as possible on local taxpayers. Lost in all the talk of higher user fees and reduced services, however, is the option of dipping into reserves to ease the budgetary crunch. It may […]
Press Release During question period yesterday in the House of Commons, local NDP MP John Rafferty called upon the Conservative government to stop its reckless EI cuts that hurt Northern Ontario workers, especially those in the natural resources sector. “Under the Conservatives’ watch, we have seen over 27,000 jobs lost […]
Heather Latter The Maritime Marionettes portrayed the popular folktale of “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Townshend Theatre here yesterday evening as part of the Kids & Company entertainment series. The final concert will be “Motus O—Circus Terrifico” on Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m.
the OPP Two Fort Frances males face drug-trafficking charges after police executed a warrant at a residence on the 300 block of Third Street West here last Wednesday around 11 a.m. As a result of the investigation, police seized drugs, cash, and drug accessories. Both men are scheduled to appear […]
Duane Hicks Gerry Armstrong, left, lead Red Cross volunteer for the Fort Frances area, joined Mayor Roy Avis and Keri Rafter, Red Cross disaster management-community services co-ordinator, at a flag-raising yesterday to mark March as “Red Cross Month” in the Town of Fort Frances. The Red Cross wants volunteers from […]
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Jordan Christianson has been named the SIJHL’s player-of-the-week for the second time this season. Christianson, a 20-year-old from International Falls, earned the award yesterday after registering two goals and five assists in the Lakers’ three wins last week. He previously won the award Dec. 24 […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club is back again with its very popular Good Friday breakfast, with tickets now for sale. The breakfast will take place Friday, March 29 at 8 a.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. Tickets, which cost $10 each, are available from Green’s Brandsource and Lidkea Optometry, […]
Duane Hicks The town won’t be putting money into reserves this year but instead will earmark funds towards paying off retroactive taxes owed to Resolute. At the start of yesterday’s budget meeting, the town’s operating budget showed a deficit of $1,769,668. A total of $1,188,640 of this is the amount […]
