Staff The Fort Frances Lakers’ play at the SIJHL “Showcase” weekend certainly turned out to be worth displaying. The Lakers swept both of their matinees in Spooner, Wis., edging the Duluth Clydesdales 1-0 on Friday and then beating the Fort William North Stars 3-1 on Saturday. With the wins, combined […]
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Staff The “Citizen of the Year” selection committee will have its work cut out for it as it must review a slew of applications before making a recommendation to town council at its meeting Nov. 8. A total of 17 nominations, some of which are for the same person, came […]
Staff While some parts of the region saw snow last week, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services program was kept busy. Two prescribed burns were ignited, with fire specialists reporting excellent results from the controlled burns. Fort Frances District ignited the Pekagoning Lake prescribed burn, […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team probably wishes it could have turned in Friday’s performance on Saturday. The black-and-gold romped to a 49-5 win over St. Pat’s in the opener of their home tournament, then steamrolled Westgate in a 58-14 rout later in the day. Fort High was unable […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Kay Graves on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Katie was born March 14, 1917 in Gardenton, Man. to William and Anastasia Rogoza. She was united in marriage to Harry Graves on […]
Duane Hicks With today being election day across Ontario, Cara Yellowega put a ballot in the box this morning at the Civic Centre. Voters have until 8 p.m. tonight to fill out their mail-in voting kit and bring it to council chambers. They also can put them in the outside […]
Duane Hicks The new sun shelter was completed at McIrvine Park over the weekend. Having been working in Fort Frances the past two years doing the natural gas line replacement project, Link-Line and Union Gas, supported by a handful of other businesses, donated labour and materials to build the structure […]
Peggy Revell Heidi Putzer showed off some of the costumes that were brought in for the first ever Hallowe’en costume exchange held Friday and Saturday at the J.W. Walker School gym. Costumes from across the district were collected and found new homes as the spooky holiday season rolls around for […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is a go for 2011. At an emergency meeting last night at the Memorial Sports Centre, about 15 locals heeded the call to salvage the tournament, opting to take on board positions in order to start planning for the 17th-annual event next […]
Duane Hicks Those who haven’t voted yet in the two local school board elections are reminded they must fill out and return their voting packages to the Civic Centre by 8 p.m. on Monday (Oct. 25). “They should not be mailing them back at this stage, but should be bringing […]
Staff The International Lake of the Woods and Rainy River Watershed Task Force has slated four more public consultations as a review of the binational management of regional water basins gets underway. One of these meetings is scheduled for this Tuesday (Oct. 26) starting at 7 p.m. at the Rainy […]
Peggy Revell Marie Saunders, Michelle Grynol, Dr. Jason Shack, and Nina Sokoliuk all were decked out in pink today—along with the entire emergency room and many other departments at La Verendrye Hospital—to celebrate “Pink Out Day” across the district. Organized by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, residents and […]
