Heather Latter Grade 7 and 8 students from St. Michael’s School, as well as those visiting from Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton, were served a small solidarity lunch of broth and rice yesterday as part of the “THINKfast” leadership forum—a 24-hour educational and fundraising fast.
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Staff The Judy LaBelle rink from Fort Frances had mixed results yesterday during the opening day of action at the Northern Ontario senior women’s provincial playdowns in Kapuskasing. LaBelle, who is joined by third Wendy Brunetta, second Maureen Thomson, and lead Trudy Badiuk, fell 9-5 to Marion Clark (Thunder Bay) […]
the OPP Red Lake OPP has concluded an investigation into the death of 46-year-old Bertha Quill of Pikangikum, who was residing in Red Lake. Quill was found unconscious and unresponsive outside near Howey Street in Red Lake on the morning of July 12, 2011. She was taken to the Red […]
Duane Hicks Gillons’ Insurance was named Business of the Year (16+ employees) during the 16th-annual Bell Business Awards banquet last night at the Adventure Inn. Also nominated for that award were Ainsworth, Fort Frances Times, and Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. Betty’s of Fort Frances, meanwhile, captured the Business of […]
Duane Hicks Nick Beyak, owner of Sunset Country Ford Sales Ltd., graciously accepted the Entrepreneur of the Year Award last night during the 16th-annual Bell Business Awards at the Adventure Inn.
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team is headed to the NorWOSSA semi-finals after dumping the host Red Lake Rams 7-1 in their single-game quarter-final contest last night. Shilo Beck dominated on offence, scoring four goals to spark her team to victory. Hailey Clendenning, Katie Sinclair, and Amy Penner also tallied. […]
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Byron Katapaytuk is the recipient of the SIJHL Pizza Hut Player-of-the-Year award, the league announced this morning. The 20-year-old from Moose Factory leads the SIJHL in scoring with 83 points (32 goals/51 assists) heading into the Lakers’ final game of the regular season tomorrow night […]
Lucas Punkari The Sioux Lookout Flyers have given the Fort Frances Lakers fits throughout the 2011-12 regular season. But the Lakers had no such trouble with the Flyers here last night, skating away with a 4-2 victory in their penultimate contest before the playoffs. After falling behind 2-1 late in […]
Heather Latter It may be winter outside but it was a busy day at the “beach” inside at the Fort Frances Nursery School yesterday with Makayla Gibbs, left, and Alexis Latter getting wet in the wading pools that were filled for the youngsters.
Heather Latter Kindergarten students at J.W. Walker School were visited by OPP K-9 handler Cst. Chris Halverson and two-year-old German Shepherd “Diesel” on Tuesday. The pair, along with Cst. Anne McCoy, stopped by to return the students’ puppet, “Jiggly Jaguar,” which recently had gone missing. Police had conducted an “investigation” […]
Duane Hicks While the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association/Ontario Good Roads Association conference in Toronto normally is a chance for local delegates to bend the ears of various ministers, there won’t be any of that for Fort Frances’ reps this year. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. John Albanese and Rick Wiedenhoeft, […]
Staff It’s a must-win situation for the Muskie girls’ hockey team tonight in Red Lake. The black-and-gold are in a single-elimination quarter-final game with the Rams, with the winner advancing to face the first-place Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-finals. The teams originally were scheduled to square off Tuesday […]
