Heather Latter Couple celebrates 70 years together Gilbert Gillies wrote these words to his fiancée, Ruby, back on Nov. 17, 1941: “I love you more and more and miss you more as the days go by and my love and ours is going to last throughout the years.” And lasted […]
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Lucas Punkari A year ago, Zacharia Warkentin played the role of second on Jordan Potter’s Port Arthur Curling Club rink (Thunder Bay) that went unbeaten en route to capturing the Northern Ontario Bantam boys’ title. This past weekend at the Fort Frances Curling Club, the 16-year-old was skip as he […]
Duane Hicks Public meeting slated Feb. 15 Carrying through with part of the strategic plan mayor and town council developed last year, the Sister Kennedy Centre board of management is seeking input on how to make the centre the focal point of all services for seniors. It has scheduled a […]
Duane Hicks Town council will hold off doing anything about the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel until a local task force makes its recommendation. In a report received by council at its budget meeting Monday, Chief Building Official Rick Hallam noted that while the sale, remediation, and restoration of the building […]
Duane Hicks The 2012 preliminary capital budget will be a lean one, having been cut by more than half since the last meeting. Town council received an updated preliminary capital budget Monday, which had been trimmed by $4.6 million since the Jan. 16 committee of the whole meeting. Mayor and […]
Heather Latter This year’s “Relay for Life” here will be held June 15 at Fort Frances High School, not June 29 as originally planned. The reason for the change stemmed from the last weekend in June leading into the Canada Day holiday weekend. “We were running into conflicts with volunteers […]
Lucas Punkari For seven local hockey players, the next two months will be among the most exciting times they’ve ever had. Ian Tookenay, Hunter Koles, Lauren Vold, Parker Orchard, Noah Loveday, Cole Tymkin, and Brett Hahkala will represent Fort Frances on this year’s N.W.O. All-Stars PeeWee ‘AAA’ squad, which will […]
Lucas Punkari Following a 4-3 shootout loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs here Jan. 30, Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan stressed the importance of his team being more consistent heading into the playoffs. After this past weekend’s home games—a 4-2 win over the Ice Dogs on Friday […]
Heather Latter Frigid temperatures didn’t stop students at St. Michael’s from having a blast while going on dog sled rides around the school yard yesterday morning. The rides were provided by Burton Penner of Borealis Sled Dog Adventures from Vermilion Bay and kicked off a fun-filled day there, with students […]
Duane Hicks Infant Anthony Brunetta, seen here with dad, Ryan Brunetta, and mom, Ellen Gibson, was the focus of attention for students in Becky Booth’s Grade 2 class at Robert Moore School on Friday during the “Roots of Empathy” program. It works to create emotional literacy and prevent bullying amongst […]
Duane Hicks “Friends of the Library” president Cathy Robinson admired some of the penny auction items on display at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre in preview of the annual Valentine’s bake sale and cookie walk slated there this coming Monday (Feb. 13). The organization is accepting new or […]
Lucas Punkari Alex Gustafson went airborne to keep the play alive for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team last Wednesday as they took on the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here. Gustafson was able to keep the ball in-bounds as the black-and-gold cruised to a 53-21 victory. See story C8.
