Press Release Ontario mothers soon will have more options for where to have their babies. The province is planning to create two birthing centres, giving women more choice on where they can deliver healthy babies. Premier Dalton McGuinty was at Ryerson University’s Centre for Studies in Community Health yesterday to […]
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Press Release At 5 p.m. on Monday, the OPP received a call that a vehicle had gone through the ice on Lake of the Woods in the area of Rat Portage First Nations. Police arrived on the scene to see a Toyota Sequoia SUV and two new snowmachines on the […]
Vivian O’Donnell “Garden Colours Galore” is the theme the Fort Frances Horticultural Society chose for 2012 at a meeting of the executive back in January. An exciting program and itinerary were planned, with the first meeting of the year to be held next Monday (March 26) at 7 p.m. at […]
Heather Latter Local Confederation College students Kristina Webb and Sherry Sinclair will embark on the “opportunity of a lifetime” this May and June as they travel to Santiago, Chile and Florianópolis, Brazil as part of a summer studies program through the school. “There was an e-mail sent out about the […]
Press Release In March, 1981, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. established a Quarter-Century Club to honour employees of the corporation and auxiliary members with 25 years or more of service. In 2001, physicians who have had 25 or more years with hospital privileges at Riverside were included in the club. […]
Staff Thunder Bay darter Don Briand was the class of the field at the local Legion over the weekend. He came away with a pair of first-place finishes in the 13th-annual Gord Dunville Mixed Dart Classic. On Friday night, Briand and his partner, Desirae Alfred (Couchiching), topped the 18-team blind […]
the MNR Four Aylmer residents have been fined a total of $4,500 for charges related to illegal moose hunting. Michael McCreadie was fined $1,000 for hunting without a licence while Paul Ward and Max Ward were fined $1,000 and $500, respectively, for unlawful possession of wildlife and $750 each for […]
the MNR A Rainy River resident has been fined for having more than his limit of walleye. Dorion Ozykowski pleaded guilty under the Ontario Fishery Regulations and was fined $1,000 for possessing 10 walleye over his legal possession limit. Court heard that on Sept. 9, Ozykowski was found by U.S. […]
Staff Fort Frances native Joe Basaraba and the rest of the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs team will continue their quest to repeat as NCAA Division I men’s hockey national champs this weekend when tournament play gets underway in Worcester, Mass. The Bulldogs, who are seeded second in the Northeast region […]
Staff La Place Rendez-Vous clinched the top seed for the playoffs in local men’s basketball league play Monday night at Fort High, edging Boston Pizza 84-83 in the final game of the regular season. Josh Mastin had 37 points to pace the Vous, which finished the regular season with a […]
the MNR Two U.S. residents have been fined $4,400 for having an over-limit of walleye. Stanley Kosiorec Jr., of Cranesville, Penn., and James Roesler, of Coon Valley, Wis., both pleaded guilty under the Ontario Fishery Regulations to having an over-limit of walleye and each were fined $2,200. They also are […]
Duane Hicks A local group of volunteers has stepped forward to organize Canada Day activities here in Fort Frances. Following the theme, “It’s Eh Celebration,” the group is looking to have a parade, children’s activities, a singing competition, live music, fireworks, and more take place on July 1. A group […]
