Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ forwards Ryan Wildman and Jordan Larson had quite a busy week prior to suiting up for their SIJHL regular-season opener Friday night here against the Thunder Bay North Starts. After playing in a pair of pre-season games against the Sioux Lookout Flyers, the pair flew […]
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Duane Hicks Advocating for elderly patients being denied care Representatives of the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, along with the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE, are in the midst of a provincial campaign to advocate for elderly patients who are pushed out of hospital while they are acutely […]
Peggy Revell Some people send postcards. Others pick up T-shirts. But Stratton youth Corburn Bragg was able to bring home pieces of film history as a summer vacation souvenir. During a trip to Hope, B.C. back in July, the 13-year-old scooped up pieces of the bridge made famous in “Rambo: […]
Lucas Punkari On Friday afternoon at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Steve Arpin was, in his own words, “the happiest guy on Earth.” The Fort Frances native had just set a new track record in qualifying for the Fast Five 225 Camping World Truck Series race later that night, […]
Press Release Rainy River is now facing the prospect of emergency room (ER) closures due to a physician shortage. Recently, one of the two contract doctors resigned with two months’ notice. So as of Oct. 3, there only will be one physician in a community that sports a clinic with […]
Heather Latter Steve Latimer has seen the “Rachel’s Challenge” presentation and calls it powerful program—something not to be missed. While students in Grades 7-12 across the district will see the presentation during school hours next week, the public also is invited to one of the two events scheduled next Wednesday […]
Staff The Fort Frances Power Corp. was featured in the August issue of “The Distributor,” an Electricity Distributors Association publication, with a story about how it had helped return a fallen bald eagle chick from its nest back in late spring. The town had called FFPC superintendent Brian Mueller on […]
Heather Latter The local Celebrating Diversity Committee will be moving ahead with its promotion of the “Respect Campaign” to area businesses and organizations just as soon as more presenters are trained to offer the workshop. “We identified that we really didn’t have enough folks to be doing it,” noted committee […]
Peggy Revell District residents will have the chance to quiz and query the candidates vying to represent Kenora-Rainy River at Queen’s Park at two events slated for next week. With the Oct. 6 provincial election fast approaching, an all-candidates’ “meet-and-greet” is planned for next Wednesday (Sept. 28) at the Fort […]
Heather Latter Each year, Alberton council selects a senior from the community to recognize as an outstanding citizen. This year it was Barney Maher who received the honour, accepting the “Senior of the Year” award during last week’s council meeting. “It’s quite an honour and it was quite a surprise,” […]
Lucas Punkari For Anika Alexander, the start of a new year of school also is marking an entire new beginning for her life. The 14-year-old from Fort Frances is attending Vincent Massey High School in Winnipeg after she enrolled in the sports and arts program there to help with her […]
Lucas Punkari In the span of 24 hours, the mood inside the Fort Frances Lakers’ dressing room went from euphoria to disappointment. Following a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 shootout victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars at the Ice For Kids Arena on Friday night, the Lakers came crashing back to […]
