The Borderland Thunder’s season came to a crashing halt here over the weekend, suffering 13-2 and 7-0 losses to be swept in the best-of-seven SIJHL final to the Fort William First Nation North Stars. The North Stars, the defending SIJHL champs who had garnered a remarkable 42-2-4 record during the […]
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The Northern Action Group (NAG) wants town council to request that CN build overhead two walkways over the railroad tracks here in order to provide pedestrians with a safe means to travel between the north and south ends of town. “There are only two official crossing areas between Crowe Avenue […]
The town’s involvement in the River Walk Condominium project looks to be nearing an end as only a few of the 32 units remain unsold. “There was one sold recently, so we’re down to three,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said Thursday. “There’s people always in contemplation of buying one,” […]
Students in this year’s musical production at Fort Frances High School are asking for help from the public to make their performance as authentic as possible. This year’s musical is “The Music Man,” the story of a con man whose plans to scam a community by pretending to equip and […]
The next two games could be the last of the season for the Borderland Thunder if they aren’t able to come away with at least one win either tonight or tomorrow against the visiting Fort William First Nation North Stars. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. both nights at the […]
Wildlife is being blamed for a two-and-a-half hour power outage that affected 950 Hydro One customers on Couchiching and in Watten and Halkirk yesterday morning. Rainy Lake First Nation also was affected. A crew was on site to replace a fuse, with power being restored at 11:20 a.m. The outage […]
Bernard Joseph Audette, 66, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly on Thursday April 7, 2005. He is survived by his wife of almost 39 years, Aili Audette; daughter, Kathy Audette (Tom Legaree); son, David Audette; daughter, Sandra Lockhart (Gary); daughter, Judy Mudge (Guy); and grandchildren, Sheldon, Cameron, Dylon, Ashley, […]
Murtis C. Marsh, 84, of Eveleth, Mn. went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Mn. Murtis was born Sept. 13, 1920 to Ralph and Mabel (Pratt) Marsh in Yellowstone Township, N.D. He was raised in Webster, Wis., graduating […]
Despite a pledge of $1 billion from the federal government last week, farmers in Rainy River District would be advised to look to themselves and their communities for the keys to the long-term health and survival of agriculture. That was the basis of the message from Fort Frances Times publisher […]
A warm spring evening, combined with an enthusiastic community response, made the 2005 Bridal Open House at Northwoods Gallery and Gifts a hit. Northwoods owner Connie Cuthbertson said 95 people attended last night’s open house to sample some of the latest bridal fashions and, in some cases, to register for […]
The summons are out, and dozens of people will be appearing before the judge come April 29 and 30 when Fort Frances Crime Stoppers holds its second-annual “Bail or Jail” at the Memorial Sports Centre. It’s once again being held in conjunction with the local Chamber of Commerce’s home and […]
The La Vallee Volunteer Fire Department remained at the scene of a fire in Burriss until after 1 a.m. this morning. Firefighters responded to a call at 6:30 p.m. and arrived at the residence of Richard Garbowski on Highway 613 N., where they found a garage and house on fire. […]
