While Mayor Dan Onichuk only has been at the reins for little over a month, he’s got definite goals in mind for the year ahead. And like he said in campaign promises, the involvement of the same citizens of the Town of Fort Frances who elected him are a pivotal […]
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The district’s first baby of 2004 arrived yesterday morning at La Verendrye Hospital. Dawn and Dale Morrisseau of Emo are the proud parents of a 7 lb, 13 oz. baby boy, who was born at 9:13 a.m. The couple, who have two other children, named their son Marcus Andre Morrisseau.
The Town of Fort Frances will be one step closer to seeing a new CAO hired after a selection committee meets a shortlist of applicants for the position tomorrow. Mayor Dan Onichuk, along with Couns. Neil Kabel and Roy Avis, travelled to Thunder Bay today to meet with a rep […]
It was a late push, but it was enough to push the Eagles over the cliff. Brock Benjamin set up Brian White for the game-winner, then added an insurance marker all within the last five minutes of the third period, as the Muskie boys’ hockey team (11-1-1) pulled out a […]
Kyle Guba of Sudbury wasn’t about to let a little cut keep him from chasing the championship trophy. Okay, it was a nasty cut, one that opened up his chin from side to side and eventually took 12 stitches to close, but that still didn’t stop him from racing in […]
There’s no place like home, but Kenora’s not a shabby alternative. That’s the feeling of the six district-based players who make up almost a third of the roster of the Kenora Stars Midget ‘AAA’ hockey team, which earned a 2-1 exhibition victory over the Thunder Bay ‘AAA’ Kings at the […]
Bone-chilling temperatures failed to stop 15 young people from coming out to the Fort Frances Children’s Complex on Saturday to sign up for a new recreational program being offered by the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club. The “Jack Rabbit” program is now up and running here to teach youngsters aged […]
A house on the 600 block of Church Street caught fire Monday afternoon after the owner earlier had used a blowtorch to thaw a frozen water pipe. Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson said firefighters responded to a call made by a passer-by at 3:23 p.m. to find the blaze—which […]
For a moment, the Muskie boys’ hockey squad had their hearts in their mouths. Then the referee decided to let them taste victory, instead. David Pierce’s goal on the black-and-gold’s fifth chance gave Fort High a 2-1 shootout victory over the Hudson (Wis.) Raiders in the consolation final of the […]
Staff with Riverside Community Counselling Services spent their first full day of work in their new location at the old St. Mary’s parish rectory on Monday, joining the similarly relocated Valley Diabetes Education Centre there. “It’s a little bit bigger than we where were,” director Jon Thompson said of the […]
In recent Novice action of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association, International Falls scored seven times in the first period en route to a 15-2 romp over Emo OPP. The visitors added two more goals in the second period, then iced the win with a six-goal outburst in the third. International […]
Family and friends attended a reception for newlyweds Paul and Damaris Gerber, who reside in Switzerland, on Sunday afternoon at the Calvary Baptist Church. A video was shown of the wedding, which took place in a castle in Spiez, Switzerland last July. Paul’s parents and sisters, Heidi and Helen, attended […]
