The results are in and they’re good. The Easter Seals Society held their “Penny Power for Easter Seals” campaign at six district schools last month, and it was a huge success. “We raised $3,126.63,” said Christa Werenko, chair of administration for the local Easter Seals. “We surpassed our expectations and […]
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The top two teams in the SIJHL this season will settle their differences with the league title at stake. The first-place Borderland Thunder (72 points) will challenge the second-place Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs (68 points) in the SIJHL championship series, after the Bulldogs pounded the Fort William First Nation Wolves […]
Don’t be fooled by today’s last gasp from Old Man Winter–the local minor soccer scene is already in full stride. Registration for the 2003 Fort Frances Minor Soccer Association season began in earnest Tuesday night upstairs at the Memorial Sports Complex, with approximately 280 youth signing up to get their […]
Fort Frances Power Corporation customers will receive rebate calculated at the rate of one cent per kilowatt hour on the number of kWh consumed between May 1 and Dec. 1, 2002 thanks to the benefit of the historical power agreement with Abitibi-Consolidated, the FFPC announced yesterday. “It’s good news for […]
The top two teams in the SIJHL this season will settle their differences with the league title at stake. The first-place Borderland Thunder (72 points) will challenge the second-place Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs (68 points) in the SIJHL championship series, after the Bulldogs pounded the Fort William First Nation Wolves […]
A decades-old hockey rivalry has gone on the chopping block because of concerns over fair play and officiating. Gordy Dault, principal/activity director of Falls High School across the river, confirmed that next year’s Broncos hockey schedule will see the traditional home-and-away series between the Falls and Muskies reduced to just […]
The necessity to re-examine trustee distribution throughout the Northwest District Catholic School Board region by provincial legislative decree, and a difference of opinion between northern and southern trustees, led to a stalemate at the ballot. The Northwest District Catholic School Board held its monthly meeting here Saturday morning and one […]
With his opponent holding the hammer in the last end of a tie game, Scott Gobeil had enough trouble on his hands without worrying about a worn-out slider. But a tiny piece of rubber picked up by the Fort Frances skip’s last rock had a gigantic impact on the final […]
After one year of meetings and sharing their enthusiasm for locomotives, landscapes, and miniature bridges and buildings, the Fort Frances Model Railroad Club is aiming to finish a set-up large enough to fill a room in the old CN station here by this fall. “The more people can relate to […]
After having the report of what local residents can and cannot dispose of during “Pitch-In Canada and Amnesty Cleanup Week” (April 19-26) sent back to committee for further discussion, town council has settled on an expanded but not all-inclusive list. Meant to clean up the town for the centennial celebrations […]
Mayor Larry Crawford and city manager Carl Holder of Paris, Tenn. will get a taste of what Fort Frances is all about April 30-May 3 when they come to visit what still may become their home town’s “twin city.” And CAO Bill Naturkach, who is on a hosting committee along […]
It is commendable that Fort Frances is participating in next month’s “Pitch-In Canada” week to clean up the town. Just last May, Fort Frances and Rainy River District were recognized as a “safe community” by the World Health Organization—a fact Maclean’s magazine noted in a recent article about safe places […]
