Home sweet home proved to be so once again for the Borderland Thunder when they needed it the most. The Thunder capped off a stellar 17-1-6 campaign at the Ice for Kids arena with a pair of wins over the Feathermen Hawks–6-1 and 5-3–to clinch first-place in the Superior International […]
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Snow plows weren’t waiting for the storm to end before tackling the heavy snowfall that was dumped on the area this weekend. “Our crews were out at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. They were out plowing during the storm,” Raymond Roy, superintendent of operations, said this morning. While crews usually wait […]
Household Hazardous Waste Day 2002 may be held in Fort Frances two days after the 11th-annual World Health Organization International Conference on Safe Communities wraps up here if the town okays a request from the Rainy River Watershed Program. The request will be discussed at tonight’s regular council meeting, which […]
The August, 1960 opening of the “subway” was one of the first major projects undertaken in many years by Fort Frances. Ceremonies were held at the intersection of Portage Avenue and Third Street East. The Fort Frances Civic Band, under the direction of Nick Andrusco, played several numbers as a […]
A snowmobiler missing on Lake of the Woods early this morning was located by the Lake of the Woods Search and Rescue airboat, Kenora OPP reported. The incident began when five individuals had left the Keewatin area on snowmachines shortly after 2 a.m. to return to a cabin where they […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has unveiled the 72 nominees up for awards in the 10 categories at its annual banquet coming up March 23. The nominees are: •Employee of the Year (private sector)—Joanne Bliss (Royal Bank), Bill Boulton (NorFab Building Components), Jennifer Galusha (Kathy’s Katering), Nelli Halvorsen (NorWest […]
A large portion of this year’s Northwestern Ontario ‘AAA’ PeeWee rep squad includes seven players from the local Knights of Columbus ‘AA’ team. Preparing for the regional playdowns next weekend in Kenora are centres Tyler Miller and Eric Soucy, wingers Paul Dobransky and Brian White, and defencemen Danny Chapman, Tyson […]
They’ve been counting down the hours—even minutes—until today’s final bell marking the beginning of March Break. But after a few days of sleeping in, watching TV, and playing video games, most kids are bound to utter that dreaded phrase—“I’m bored.” Here are a few suggestions for how to combat the […]
Rudolf (“Rudy”) Lichtenstein, born in 1910, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2002 in Pine Acres Home in Westbank, B.C., where he had received loving care for more than three years. He leaves his loving wife, Sheri-Ann of Kelowna, B.C., and her sons, Raymond and David, and their families; as well […]
The Allan Cup is on display here today and tomorrow as the centrepiece of a ceremony Friday night to honour the 50th anniversary of the ’52 Canadians’ championship season. Eight surviving team members and seven representatives will be on hand to receive replica Canadians’ jerseys and a banner thanks to […]
The province has tabled a new contract offer in hopes of keeping thousands of public service workers from striking, but a local union president isn’t sure it will garner any more support than the one they rejected last week. Bob Dakin, president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local #711, […]
Supporters of Genevieve McGinnis met with Rainy River Chief Gary Medicine and the band council Tuesday night in an attempt to solve her housing problem. The protesters say there’s room in the new Manitou apartment complex for McGinnis—and they’ve been waiting since August for a decision to be made. “They […]
