Lucas Punkari For the first time in the 13-year history of the Fort Frances Girls Hockey Novice and Atom tournament, a host squad has captured the Atom crown. The Rolling Lake Lightning accomplished the feat Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena by blanking the Emo Penguins 4-0 in […]
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Joey Payeur With all hands on deck for the entire day this time around, the St. Francis Sentinels made it clear they are the team to beat this season when it comes to Grade 8 girls’ basketball. The Sentinels were the cream of the crop at the J.W. Walker Wildcats’ […]
Joey Payeur They weren’t expecting any housewarming gifts from their visitors. But the Robert Moore Mustangs’ Grade 8 boys’ basketball team made sure they reclaimed a souvenir to remember a historic day all the same. The host Mustangs edged the St. Francis Sentinels 10-6 on Saturday in the gold-medal game […]
Staff A pair of local bowling teams will be representing Sunset Country at the YBC provincial roll-offs March 5-6 in North Bay after striking gold at the zone round last weekend at Plaza Lanes here. The Bantam girls’ team, consisting of Alexis Parker, Kora Cook, Alina Eldridge, and Jacey Bump, […]
the MNR A Kenora resident has been fined $1,500 for offences related to wolf hunting. Jacques Choquette was fined $1,000 for abandoning the wolf pelt and $500 for failing to attach a game seal to the wolf. Court heard that on Oct. 16, conservation officers came across Choquette and his […]
Press Release The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced yesterday the finalists for the respective individual awards for the 2010-11 regular season. The determination process saw each SIJHL member organization submit names of those eligible, from their own team, as nominees for the various awards. From those submissions, the clubs […]
Staff The Fort Frances Skates & Blades Novice boys’ hockey team fared well in Kenora over the weekend, coming home with a second-place finish out of the 16-team field. Having gone undefeated up until the final, it would be Greendale (Winnipeg) that ended any chance of Skates & Blades taking […]
Duane Hicks Council agreed to a new collective agreement with the Fort Frances Professional Fire Fighters Association at Monday night’s council meeting, which includes a 16 percent wage increase over a four-year period, more benefits, and recognition pay. But in a press release issued immediately after the meeting, the Town […]
Duane Hicks Lidkea Optometry was honoured as Business of the Year (1-15 employees) last week at the 15th-annual Bell Business Awards at La Place Rendez-Vous here. “I’m kind of speechless right now. This is absolutely fantastic,” optometrist Dr. Bruce Lidkea said after receiving the award from presenter Deb Emes of […]
With only five games left in the SIJHL’s regular season, the game plan couldn’t be any clearer for the Fort Frances Lakers. “This is probably the biggest stretch of the season for us,” stressed Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan. “Depending on what happens in the next four […]
Duane Hicks While the Town of Fort Frances is claiming a new collective agreement with the Fort Frances Professional Fire Fighters Association will cost them dearly, the deal is on par with other fire departments in Northern Ontario. The arbitrated award includes a 16 percent wage increase over a four-year […]
Duane Hicks Town council is questioning why the Town of Fort Frances has a higher-than-average number of police officers. At Monday night’s regular meeting, Coun. Ken Perry said he’s done research and determined the national average for police officers in communities is 2.0 officers per 1,000 people, but the ratio […]
