Peter Jensen, 12, and Donovan Taylor, 10, were in Winnipeg last weekend for the St. James Seal Program II long course meet. It was the first long course meet (50m pool) of the season for the Cyclone Swim Club members, who were competing against 200 12-and-under swimmers from 14 other […]
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Local swimmer Alex Parent, 15, has been named to Team Ontario. This means the member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts will represent the province at the Canada Games in Regina in August in the Paralympic division. Parent competed with two other clubmates, Jessica Lowey and Nichole Lowey, at the Junior […]
Jen Grozelle finished with a +481 to capture top spot in the women’s division at the provincial P.O.A. championships in Timmins last weekend. The Fort Frances bowler also qualified for the Northern Ontario team that will compete at the national championships in Saskatoon in May. Grozelle, a first-time bowler who […]
Unfortunately, the third time wasn’t a charm for the Muskie girls’ curling team. Competing at NWOSSAA for the third time in four years, the Amy Nielson rink once again fell short of a berth to the all-Ontarios—winding up in second place after winning a tie-breaker yesterday afternoon. “This is our […]
And the Oscar goes to . . . Okay, okay, so it wasn’t quite the Academy Awards, but the Borderland Thunder’s awards banquet Sunday night at the local Legion was meaningful nonetheless. And when all was said and done, Kurt Hogard was the big winner, collecting the trophies for top […]
The provincial government announced Monday new legislation for electoral reform, including the preservation of 11 ridings in Northern Ontario. The legislation also would increase the number of ridings in southern Ontario from 92 to 96, provide timely public disclosure of political donations, and re-introduce fixed election dates every four years. […]
Jerry O’Leary can be forgiven if he’s walking with a bit of a strut these days. In fact, the mayor of Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls, and everyone else involved in the 23rd-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival that wrapped up Sunday, probably are walking a little taller today. The annual festival saw […]
While the Tim Hortons Brier was being shown on two TV screens upstairs in the curling club over the weekend, Fort Frances’ equivalent was being held on the sheets down below. Thirty-two rinks took part in the annual men’s bonspiel this year, and it was the Scott Gobeil foursome who […]
Leanne Kaemingh has a different look about her these days. The 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Fort High is sporting some nifty braids—courtesy of some new friends she met last month while in Africa. That’s right, Africa. It all started with a phone call back in November from a friend […]
The local skate park committee will have a hectic two months ahead as it aims to raise $100,000 to see a park built here this summer. “We need $100,000. I know we can do it. I just hope we can do it in two months,” committee chair Rob Tovey said […]
A few weeks before she was to board a plane for Nagano, Japan, Joyce Gosselin spoke these words: “I want the gold really bad. That’s what I’m hoping for,” she had said. “I want to come back with something, and not just a ribbon.” She made good on her aspirations […]
The fifth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner coming up Sunday, March 20 at La Place Rendez-Vous is shaping up to be another successful fundraiser to help district families with medical expenses. “Things are going well,” said Georges Blanc, who helps organize the dinner as both co-owner of the Rendez-Vous and a […]
