Peggy Revell Certified personal trainer Courtney Koval led more than 30 participants in a fitness “boot camp” this morning at the Sunset Country Métis Hall on Armit Avenue. The free, 12-week program, which focuses on exercise and healthy lifestyles for all fitness levels, will run there every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30 […]
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Staff If the top two teams in the SIJHL believe someone is breathing down their necks, they’re right. The Fort Frances Lakers are charging up the standings thanks to a three-game winning streak, including a pair of home victories over the weekend. The third-place Lakers (22-11-3) doubled the second-place Dryden […]
Joey Payeur The true test of the successful time-out in hockey is how the team whose coach called for the break responds coming out of the group huddle. In that case, the Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals PeeWee ‘AA’ squad made their coach, Ed Vold, look like a genius. Having […]
Staff Town council will receive a financial request from Safe Communities Rainy River District for $.50 per capita funding for its 2010-11 programs at tonight’s council meeting. This rate is the same the group asked for—and received—last year. This money would be used to “help our communities become safer to […]
Joey Payeur It was a long way to drive just to go up against a familiar foe—twice. The Muskie girls’ hockey team ran into their NorWOSSA nemesis, the Dryden Eagles, on two separate occasions at the John Taylor Collegiate Piper Classic Tournament of Champions at the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg […]
Charles Dickens’ novel, “Oliver Twist,” vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers, particularly young children, in England in the 1830s. In the United States, the situation also was abysmal. Generally, workers were given no consideration whatsoever. This reached a climax in March, 1911. A fire in a shirtwaist factory killed […]
Peggy Revell Tyler Moffitt threw another Christmas tree onto the trailer while he and other firefighters made their way down Second Street on Saturday for the annual pick-up. Members of the Fort Frances Fire Brigade spent the afternoon traversing the streets of Fort Frances to pick up the trees and […]
Peggy Revell Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Jace Baldwin (96) checked to see if teammate Phil Jennrich (5) was open at the point while Dryden Ice Dogs’ defenceman Ben McClellan (19) looked to intercept the pass during Saturday night’s 6-3 win by the Lakers in SIJHL action at the Ice for […]
Gloria Jean Gadd, 72, of 268 Fifth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Jan. 7, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances after a courageous battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her parents, Albert and Marcia Felix, and her brother, Albert, Jr.; and leaves to […]
Peggy Revell Sherry George showed off the intricate pieces of lace and doilies that are a part of the “Snowflakes & Lace” display at the Fort Frances Museum. It is a part of the “Arts and Artifacts” exhibit which features the work of local artist. Also still on public display […]
Staff The Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals plan to feast on some out-of-town guests this weekend. The PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey squad hosts its annual tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre, with six team vying to have gold medals dangling around their necks by the time they leave the rink Sunday […]
Staff Jillian Langtry has small-town roots, but proved she is right at home in the big city when the spotlight comes on. Langtry put in a brilliant performance yesterday, racking up five goals to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 9-5 pounding of the College Jeanne-Sauve Olympiens (Winnipeg) […]
