Duane Hicks Whether they’re new kids on the block or mainstays who have years under their belt, some local businesses are getting primed for the 15th-annual Bell Business Awards being held tomorrow night at La Place Rendez-Vous. This year’s awards have drawn a total of 68 nominees, including a couple […]
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Lucas Punkari If Team Canada is in need of some goaltending prospects for the women’s hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, they only had to look as far as the Memorial Sports Centre last weekend to see some of the top netminders of the future. This […]
Lucas Punkari It’s been a long and winding road for Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Tyler Stevenson. But if the performance from the team’s captain so far this season is any indication, the hard travels soon may be worth it. The 20-year-old Edmonton native currently holds the SIJHL lead in goals […]
Lucas Punkari Having played one of their best games of the season in the semi-finals on Saturday, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team just “ran out of steam” in the final of the annual Kenora Invitational Tournament. Fort High was edged 65-60 by the Transcona Titans (Winnipeg) in the championship […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin will kick off his 2011 racing season with a bang this Saturday afternoon by running in the ARCA Series season-opener at the famed Daytona International Speedway in Florida. A winner of three ARCA races last season, Arpin will be driving the #25 Venturini Motorsports […]
Staff After earning one first-place and two third-place finishes at the Sunset Country regional figure skating competition here in late January, Sophie Potvin-Begin continued her recent run of success this past weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. The Border Skating Club member took part in the “Festival of Stars” competition on […]
Peggy Revell St. Michael’s students Roman and Ander Spuzak, along with Koda Radigan and Hailey Boshey (not pictured), stacked up 100 blocks as high as they could during activities yesterday morning to mark the 100th day of school.
Duane Hicks Having been named 2011 Librarian of the Year by the Ontario Library Boards’ Association, Margaret Sedgwick, chief librarian and CEO of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, proudly displayed her W.J. Robertson Medallion for outstanding leadership in the advancement of public library services in Ontario.
Duane Hicks Charles and Susan Deschamps enjoyed appetizers—whitefish cakes and wild rice salad—at the sixth-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” here Sunday at the Adventure Inn. The fundraiser brought in $6,500 for the local Alzheimer Society.
Lucas Punkari Dan Smith scored on Wisconsin Wilderness goalie John McLean to give the Fort Frances Lakers a 6-5 shootout win in SIJHL action Thursday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Smith also scored twice in the third period, including the game-tying goal during the last minute of regulation […]
It didn’t take Dave Kircher long to stir the pot at the Rainy River District School Board. Ever since it was revealed that hundreds of thousands of dollars went missing from Fort Frances High School over several years, Kircher has been spearheading a crusade demanding better accountability on the part […]
Most of us have faced the dilemma of what to do with an old pet as it nears the end of its life. The owners were leaving on an extended vacation. Alas, the big old dog simply wasn’t up to the trip and previously had not fared well by being […]
