the OPP Motorists are warned to be extra careful while driving in the region. Collisions with animals are common at this time of year, however deer seem to be the main cause. With the number of collisions reported to the OPP over the past couple of months, deer are becoming […]
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Duane Hicks North-end residents will be happy to hear work on the Portage Avenue underpass has been moving along according to schedule—and should be completed by the first week of October. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told council Monday night that recent work has included pouring the concrete slab […]
Peggy Revell Local teen Harley Labbe is out to prove she’s the “Ultimate Fan” of country star Taylor Swift—and is looking for a little help. Labbe has been named one of 25 finalists by Country Music Television in a contest where enough votes for her home-made video will win the […]
Heather Latter The 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances) saw six cadets off to summer camp this year, with two already having returned home. Twin brothers, Able Seaman Clinton Gray and Able Seaman Matthew Gray, 13, attended HMCS Ontario in Kingston, where they spent two weeks in general […]
Staff As part of its five-year rehabilitation plan for the Noden Causeway, the Ministry of Transportation is planning to continue with Phase II of the work in the near future. MTO regional director Larry Lambert said in an e-mail Friday that tenders recently closed for the first major underwater repair […]
Mitch Calvert Video footage: http://fortfrances.tv/videos/KfVkCu-WwmI Kent and Steve Ballan may not have challenged for their second Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship title over the weekend, but they accomplished something just as satisfying. The brothers, along with Kent’s wife, Michelle, and Len Bedard, saved a young moose from drowning last week […]
The annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship provides plenty of fun for people of all ages, with games for kids, good food and drink, and, most importantly, some quality fishing. But none of it would be possible without the tireless work of volunteers who commit time and energy every year […]
Another Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is in the books and another win was had by the Minnesota duo of Joe Thrun and Jim Moynagh—their third-straight and fifth overall. This time around it wasn’t even close as Thrun and Moynagh brought in the biggest catch each day of the tournament […]
the MNR People who put illegal baitfish traps in local ponds and creeks, or sell baitfish without a licence, are committing offences and risk being charged, according to Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers from Dryden District. COs have found a number of illegal baitfish traps this summer. Baitfish traps […]
Mitch Calvert Steve Arpin will be part of the lineup for this Saturday’s Pennsylvania ARCA 200 at Pocono Raceway—only with a different car and race uniform. The Fort Frances native has signed on with the Venturini Motorsports Driver Development Program (affiliated with NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing), and will take the […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances siblings Chad and Mike Hanson moved up the charts at this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship quicker than the Hansons’ “MMMbop” song did back in 1997. But these Hansons don’t have plans of being a one-hit wonder after a fifth-place finish in just their second […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances native Mark Loveday will be wearing a Shattuck St. Mary’s Sabres jersey this fall. The youngster spent last season tending the pipes for the local K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ squad and his strong play landed him a spot with the Faribault, Mn.-based boarding school’s […]
