Duane Hicks While tax levies, along with sewer and water rates, won’t be decided until later in the 2009 budget process, Fort Frances residents will see a three percent jump for most user fees, with a greater hike for waste management services, in the coming year. Councillors received the 2009 […]
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Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team finally got the monkey off their backs. After a pair of tournament-final losses in Altona and Dryden last month, the Muskies took the next step with a 5-2 win over their NorWOSSA rivals, the Kenora Broncos, in the final of the first-annual Saints Christmas […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres keep proving their doubters wrong. Despite failing to add some offensive weapons prior to the preliminary Dec. 1 trade deadline, the squad has rattled off four-straight wins ever since, including a pair of road victories over the Schreiber Diesels on the weekend. The […]
Mitch Calvert Jordan Sinclair, a forward with the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ squad, looked to rag the puck past Tarran Romyn of the Northwestern Ontario Bantam All-stars (also a member of the local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ squad) during an exhibition game yesterday at the Ice for Kids Arena. Romyn […]
Mitch Calvert Muskie Garnet Cornell looked for an open man during the senior boys’ 56-53 win over Churchill (Thunder Bay) on Saturday at the “Fish Tank.” Cornell drained a late three-pointer that put his team up by 10 points in the fourth quarter, and the Muskies held on to finish […]
Duane Hicks Tim Fowler had his snow blower out early this morning along Third Street West as Borderland residents dug out from yesterday’s blizzard-like storm. Old Man Winter also wreaked havoc further east, with Highway 17 being closed east of Thunder Bay earlier today due to hazardous road conditions.
Duane Hicks Under the direction of Diane Maxey, the Fort Frances Choraliers performed the Christmas cantata, “Hope Has Hands,” at St. Mary’s Church yesterday afternoon. Despite the drifting snow and frigid wind, music-lovers filled more than three-quarters of the church to enjoy what’s become a local Christmas tradition. This year’s […]
Peggy Revell Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Michael Nelson) and his pilgrims got an earful from Harry Bailey (Michael Brady) during a pep talk that took place during the “intermission” of Fort High’s presentation of “The Canterbury Tales.” The show ran for three nights last week at the Townshend Theatre.
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced the opening of the NEXUS lane, effective Monday (Dec. 15), at the International Falls port of entry. The NEXUS lane will operate between 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. (CST) seven days a week. The NEXUS program allows pre-screened, low-risk travellers to […]
VNP Voyageurs National Park has begun checking lake ice conditions. At this time, travel is not recommended on any lake surface due to inadequate ice thickness. As well, three hazardous pressure ridges have been found on Rainy Lake in Black Bay. Park staff will continue to check ice conditions on […]
Peggy Revell This weekend is the last chance to participate in the “Adopt-an-Angel” program as it wraps up for another Christmas season on Sunday (Dec. 14). Run by Family & Children’s Services here, the program gets the public to play “Santa” to children in need from across the district. “Things […]
Douglas Byron Stuart, 81, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Byron was born Aug. 29, 1927 in Emo, Ont. to the late Charles and Maude Stuart He spent 12 years in Dryden, Ont., but had lived most of […]
