The Muskie boys’ hockey team faces a pair of must-win games today if they are to have any chance of advancing to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London. Fort High faced the 20th-ranked Fr. John Redmond Redhawks this afternoon (the outcome was not known by press time), then will […]
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It looks like town residents will be paying $1 a bag to have their garbage picked up starting later this spring after council agreed to include it as part of the 2004 budget during a special meeting last night. While the bylaw to implement “bag tags” effective May 31 has […]
Fort Frances residents now may be facing a 15.25 percent property tax increase for 2004, not 18-20 percent as previously believed, as the town continues to crunch numbers. Treasurer Peggy Dupuis noted during a special committee of the whole meeting last night that as the budget currently stands, residential, multi-residential, […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team faces a pair of must-win games today if they are to have any chance of advancing to the quarter-finals of the all-Ontarios in London. Fort High faced the 20th-ranked Fr. John Redmond Redhawks this afternoon (the outcome was not known by press time), then will […]
There was singing in the hallways at the Memorial Sports Centre as the Borderland Thunder returned from their must-win game in Dryden on Tuesday night full of confidence. The Thunder pulled out a 2-0 victory to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2, with Game 6 tonight at 7:30 p.m. at […]
It looks like town residents will be paying $1 a bag to have their garbage picked up starting later this spring after council agreed to include it as part of the 2004 budget during a special meeting Wednesday night. While the bylaw to implement “bag tags” effective May 31 has […]
Fort Frances residents now may be facing a 15.25 percent property tax increase for 2004, not 18-20 percent as previously believed, as the town continues to crunch numbers. Treasurer Peggy Dupuis noted during a special committee of the whole meeting Wednesday night that as the budget currently stands, residential, multi-residential, […]
Dear sir: I live by the Rainy River. The water that flows along this river already has been used four times (Valerie Falls, Calm Lake, Crilly, and Fort Frances) to provide electric power for this area. The river then flows into Lake of the Woods and, in Kenora, its power […]
To the editor: I’m a bit put out with Harry Vandetti’s writings of past history. Surely to God he can research the truth about the shooting at the farm near the Sturgeon Creek bridge, two-and-a-half miles east of Barwick. Where in the world did he get the story of the […]
Dear editor: As members of the community, we enjoy viewing events that support the activities in our area. However, it is with great disappointment that I write this letter. My husband, sister, brother-in-law, and I attended our first Borderland Thunder game of the year, in which a “fan” threw a […]
Dear sir: While returning to Fort Frances on a trip from Ear Falls on Sunday, March 14, our vehicle broke down. By necessity, we had to pull off the road on a curve about two km north of Sioux Narrows. Several vehicles stopped to see if they could be of […]
Dear editor: I am writing as a citizen of Fort Frances who is concerned with there not being an extension to the bike trail in the west end of town, especially in regards to Wal-Mart being on the highway. It seems to me that if the town was so anxious […]
