Staff A Stanley Cup champion will be vying for a different trophy here this summer. Atlanta Thrashers’ defenceman Dustin Byfuglien, who won Lord Stanley’s mug last season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, this week entered the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship coming up in July. Born in […]
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Staff A Stanley Cup champion will be vying for a different trophy here this summer. Atlanta Thrashers’ defenceman Dustin Byfuglien, who won Lord Stanley’s mug last season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, this week entered the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship coming up in July. Born in […]
Peggy Revell By a 4-2 vote last night, the Rainy River District School Board found newly-elected trustee David Kircher had breached confidentiality, but current trustees remain outraged over the outgoing school board’s actions to amend senior administration contracts at its final meeting. “Bottom line, if I’m sanctioned, I certainly think […]
Duane Hicks Starting in 2008, the province began uploading various programs it previously had downloaded to the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, reducing some of the DSSAB’s program costs and, theoretically, the levy amount district municipalities should have to pay. But the Town of Fort Frances feels it […]
Lucas Punkari It wasn’t the results they wanted but the experience of vying for a provincial crown on home ice was something Judy LaBelle and Roz Broman certainly will remember. Competing in the 2011 Cameco senior provincial playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club last week, Broman missed out on […]
Staff Fort High students are organizing an art auction and dinner to raise money for a trip to the “Big Apple” later this spring. The “Taste of New York” fundraiser is slated for this Monday (March 7) from 6-8 p.m. at the high school cafeteria. Just under two dozen students—mostly […]
Duane Hicks Those behind the proposed La Verendrye Parkway Village condominium here are excited about the renewed interest in the project, with an open house scheduled for next Wednesday (March 9) at the Civic Centre. The public is encouraged to drop by from 5-8 p.m. to meet Thunder Bay developer […]
Melissa Fletcher Prom may be more than three months away, but there’s already a buzz in the hallways at Fort High over finding the perfect dress. With prom being the most important pivotal event of the school year, the stress of selecting the ideal attire for the night of all […]
Staff Feedback and background information—but no recommendations yet—are outlined in an interim report released last week by the International Lake of the Woods and Rainy River Watershed Task Force. The International Joint Commission (IJC) established the task force last year after a request from both the Canadian and U.S. governments […]
Heather Latter She’s been called inspirational, genuine, and an amazing speaker, which is why Sandy Skirten, director of services with the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, is sure tickets for Margaret Trudeau’s upcoming talk here will sell out quickly. “We’ve already sold 170 tickets just by word […]
Duane Hicks In response to a question from council as to why the Town of Fort Frances seemingly has a higher-than-average number of police officers, the local Police Services Board is suggesting the OPP make a presentation to council addressing this query and much more. At its monthly meeting Friday, […]
Peggy Revell One year out of the gate, the district’s new abattoir is seeing a good response—and hopefully growth heading into its sophomore year. “We’re very pleased with the response that we’ve received from the public, the local producers, and area businesses,” said Steve Loshaw, president of the Rainy River […]
