With numerous projects in mind following input from both consultants and the public, the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is asking the town set aside $80,000 in its 2003 budget so the group can start making those ideas a reality. “We’re looking to get something is place for the centennial,” said […]
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What a difference a night makes. After managing just one goal on 43 shots in a 1-1 tie Friday night against the visiting Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs, the Borderland Thunder readjusted their rifle scopes and were deadly accurate in a 7-3 defeat of the Bulldogs on Saturday night at the […]
While the snowfall so far might not warrant much use for it quite yet, CN police here now have a new snowmobile to aid in the fight against trespassing on CN property during the winter. “As soon as we get some snow, I’ll be out there,” Cst. Pete LeDrew of […]
Suddenly, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, Rachel Lynn Nelson left this world to continue her life on another level. Visitation for family and friends will be held at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, Ont. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002 from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. […]
After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Mary Margaret Catherall passed away Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mary was born Nov. 14 in Niagara Falls, Ont. She loved gardening and good books, but most of all her family. She was unselfish […]
It was almost a perfect debut. The second half of the NorWOSSA court sports season kicked off here yesterday afternoon with the Muskies winning three of four matches against the visiting Kenora Broncos. Larry Pham had 23 points as the Muskie junior boys’ basketball squad turned a one-point halftime deficit […]
They are different-coloured horses who both showed they have got a pretty mean kick. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams will be involved in on-ice clashes tonight with teams that dominated them the last time they hooked up. The female Muskies (0-4) will look to get back on […]
Couchiching First Nation began broadcasting a new radio station Wednesday on 92.3 FM. The plan is to broadcast Thunder across the airwaves—Borderland Thunder hockey, that is. The new station has a remote that will allow it to broadcast away games as well as ones here at home. “One of our […]
While 15 people at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (McKellar site) are believed to have contracted the Norwalk virus, no cases have been reported yet in the Kenora-Rainy River Districts, the Northwestern Health Unit said Thursday. “There’s none that we know of,” said Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and medical officer […]
Emo OPP is continuing to investigate a single-vehicle accident on Frog Creek Road around 11 a.m. yesterday that left one female teenager dead. The teen, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was taken by ambulance to La Verendrye hospital, where she was pronounced deceased, police said. Her identity was […]
Local Christmas shoppers once again will be greeted by the jingling of bells this holiday season. The Fort Frances Salvation Army kicked off its annual Christmas kettle campaign yesterday morning in front of the SAAN store on Scott Street. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon was on hand to take the first shift […]
The Borderland Thunder’s latest acquisitions will be moving from the outhouse to the penthouse. Head coach Dave Allison announced yesterday the addition of forwards Ryan Sinclair and Christopher “Critter” Nagurski in two separate cash transactions as the Thunder head into this weekend’s two-game set here against the Thunder Bay KC […]
