The pulp and paper mill closures and layoffs going on in various towns and cities throughout Northwestern Ontario throughout the past month and a half, is no cause for alarm for employees of Abitibi-Consolidated in Fort Frances, the mill’s general manager John Harrison said yesterday. “I don’t foresee any big […]
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Architect John Stephenson revealed some impressive drawings for the library at a public meeting last night, but said he and the library board have yet to find a suitable location to build. “We’re still struggling with location,” Stephenson said to the 22 people assembled upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum […]
In the end, integrity and Chrissy Thomson both won out. The 20-year-old Fort Frances golfer was the beneficiary of the honesty of playing partner Jill Hardy from Winnipeg, as a twostroke penalty accepted by Hardy gave Thomson a one-stroke victory in the Golf Manitoba amateur ladies’ championship in Winnipeg yesterday—the […]
The sound of Fort Frances Highlander Bruce Lidkea’s bag pipes lured in a crowd to an outdoor tent where numerous local municipal leaders, as well as Kenora-Rainy River District MP Robert Nault, gathered for a grand opening held by the Rainy River Futures Development Corporation last night. The RRFDC actually […]
Sunrise Meat and Packaging, owned and operated by Paul and Susan Peters, have relocated to just west of Barwick, to a location formerly known as Martin’s Meats, from their original store west of Stratton. “This will be more centralized for the business,” admits Peters, it is a great area to […]
With the singing event of the summer coming up next Wednesday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap marina, time is running out for fans to get tickets for this year’s “Quest for the Best.” “Quest” organizer Dawn Booth said tickets started moving immediately Monday, and have been selling […]
The hit song “Saturday Night” may have went off the charts decades ago, but the Bay City Rollers now seem to have found success on Tuesdays. The local slo-pitch team enters this week on top of the standings in the Tuesday night division of the Fort Frances Adult Slo-Pitch League […]
Sunrise Meat and Packaging, owned and operated by Paul and Susan Peters, have relocated to just west of Barwick, to a location formerly known as Martin’s Meats, from their original store west of Stratton. “This will be more centralized for the business,” admits Peters, it is a great area to […]
He’s spent most of his racing season south of the border, and his opposition here at home would probably prefer that he stay there. Fort Frances stock car driver Steve Arpin, who has been competing at a variety of Minnesota and Wisconsin racing facilities in an effort to better hone […]
While the Northwestern Health Unit continues to send away dead crows and ravens for testing, said evidence of the West Nile virus has yet to show up here this mosquito season. “We’ve sent away a total of 40 specimens in both the Kenora and Rainy River Districts, and they’ve all […]
Ron Bowman has been front-running almost the whole season, so there was no reason to think things would change in the season finale. Bowman steered “In Tune” to a fourth consecutive victory to clinch the title as the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s Wednesday night spring series champion. After registering two seconds […]
Bob Cavanagh was too hot to handle, even for three of the Fort Frances area’s better masters of the greens. The Perham, Mn. resident blazed to a course-record nine-under 63 in Saturday’s opening round, and went on to post a final score of one-under 178 to win the 49th-annual Smokey […]
