Heather Latter Raegan Woodgate, nine, had her photo taken with Santa on Saturday at Wal-Mart during his first stop in Fort Frances. Money collected from the photos was going towards a local charity.
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Submitted CN Railway locomotive engineers took to the picket line here Saturday morning, joining some 1,700 engineers who have gone on strike across the country after talks with the company came to an impasse just before midnight Friday. The company used qualified supervisors and managers to keep trains running over […]
Press Release The local Nor-Fab Flames PeeWee and Dynamic Homes Hurricanes Atom girls’ rep teams are competing in Warroad this weekend. The Flames open action tonight at 7 p.m. against host Warroad (Olympic rink), then will face Roseau at noon tomorrow at the Gardens. They’ll wrap up play tomorrow at […]
Staff Both Muskie hockey teams and a volleyball squad will face some weekend work. The girls’ hockey team is in Dryden for a tournament today and tomorrow. The black-and-gold opened play against the Sioux Lookout Warriors at 12:30 p.m. (the score wasn’t known by press time), then will take on […]
Staff Apparently, the K&A Wolverines didn’t get the memo about how they were supposed to be the more tired squad. The Wolverines blitzed the Fort Frances Lakers to the tune of 57-18 on the shot clock, and scored twice in the final 20 minutes, to capture a 4-2 victory in […]
Staff With Christmas now less than a month away, the holiday season in Fort Frances officially will kick off tomorrow with the 52nd-annual “Parade of Lights.” The lineup will start up at 3 p.m. at the old CN station. If they so choose, people with floats will be able to […]
Staff A 14-year-old Kenora youth faces several charges stemming from an incident there Wednesday night. Police were conducting a RIDE check near the junction of Highway 17A and Darlington Drive when a vehicle stopped prior to reaching their location and turned to avoid it. The driver then proceeded south on […]
Staff Drivers passing by Central Avenue yesterday may have seen this friendly “mattress man” mascot on the corner promoting a sale now going on at Lowes Furniture and Appliances, located just west of Fort Frances on Highway 11/71.
Heather Latter Jesse Moorhouse, Cassandra Spade, and Brooke Hammer, all members of the Big Green Committee at Fort Frances High School, organized clothing there this morning during the last day of their winter clothing drive. Period one classes were asked to bring in donations all week and a total of […]
Peggy Revell With the annual “Parade of Lights” coming up Saturday (Nov. 28), Sammy Byma and Daffni Chabot added more glitter to the decorations for the local Girl Guides’ float yesterday evening. The parade, slated to start around 5 p.m., will begin at the old CN station and proceed east […]
Staff Fort Frances physician Dr. Robert Algie has been named the new president of the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Dr. Algie will take over the role at a conference in Toronto this week. The Ontario College of Family Physicians is a provincial, voluntary organization of family physicians that supports […]
Staff There couldn’t be a much more opportune time for the Fort Frances Lakers to put together their second winning streak of the season. The Lakers (6-14-3), coming off their biggest offensive output of the campaign in Tuesday night’s 9-6 victory over the visiting Wisconsin Mustangs, venture into Thunder Bay […]
