With a pair of home games against the Schreiber Diesels over the weekend, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres had the chance to clinch fourth place and home-ice advantage heading into the SIJHL playoffs. Unfortunately, one three-minute stretch is all it took to dash those plans. The Sabres and Diesels were […]
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All of the 410 tickets for the upcoming “Faber Drive” concert have been sold. “They went on sale Thursday and were gone on Friday by lunch, so they sold out in a day-and-a-half,” said Adam Armit, who is responsible for bringing the group to town. “The same show is in […]
DONALDA ROSEANNE ‘DEE’ MAINVILLE Donalda Roseanne “Dee” Mainville, 70, of 113 Jourdain Cres., Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, March 7, 2008 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with her family by her side. She was born Aug. 1, 1937 in Fort Frances to the […]
A town crew repaired a broken sewer service line on the 100 block of Third Street West yesterday morning. The scheduled work temporarily closed one lane of traffic on that stretch of the road until the early afternoon.
Members of the Emo Figure Skating Club showed off their skills during their annual ice show Saturday night at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. This year’s show’s was entitled “Viva Las Vegas.”
Muskie goalie David Moen swallowed up a shot from the Thunder Bay ‘AAA’ Midget Kings in exhibition action here Saturday afternoon. Matt McLellan netted a second-period goal while Moen made every save as the black-and-gold earned a 1-0 win as a tune-up for their fifth-straight trip to the all-Ontarios in […]
Local youths will have no excuse to stay indoors and play video games during March Break next week as the town is offering a number of activities for them to do. Tying into its new “Passions! Threadworks 2007: Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts” exhibit, which will run until April 12, […]
The Rainy River District School Board continues to work steadily at restoring J.W. Walker to a state where it’s usable and safe for its students once again. But Education Director Jack McMaster said this morning parents should know that students will continue to go to their alternative accommodations when they […]
After 48 regular-season games, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres and Schreiber Diesels are deadlocked in a fourth-place tie in the SIJHL. And as luck would have it, the two teams are scheduled to square off here tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. to close out the season and determine who […]
MONTREAL—Forestry and newsprint giant AbitibiBowater broke off talks with its union yesterday after workers flatly refused to agree to wage and pension concessions the company said are desperately needed to lower operating costs. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union announced negotiations between the Montreal company and 30 CEP locals representing […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with The UPS Store, is encouraging area residents to grab their cameras and capture the essence of Rainy River District with their second-annual amateur photo contest. “We introduced the contest at our Home & Leisure Show last year with great success,” said […]
Brooklyn Hayes, a member of the Border Skating Club, navigated pylons last night at the Ice for Kids Arena.
