The local Border Skate Club returned home from the Northern sectionals in Timmins with their most impressive medal haul to date. Three skaters won four gold medals, including Sarah McComb, who led the way with top honours in the gold skills event and senior silver ladies’ freestyle program. The latter […]
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A record number of performers are rehearsing their pieces, lines, and steps these days in preparation for the 62nd-annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts in April. Up to 1,000 local musicians, actors, and dancers are set to perform during the festival, which runs April 15-28, association president […]
The Emo Toy Library held its first “Tune in to Family Fun” last Saturday at the Legion. ETL co-ordinators Josette Vargas and Joni MacGibbon, who dressed up with clowns for the event, were impressed with the support they received from the public in staging this fundraiser. “This is an excellent […]
A Supreme Court ruling on an agreement that dates back almost 100 years won’t provide any benefits to local customers of power companies other than the Fort Frances Power Corp., Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said Monday. That ruling upheld an agreement between the town and the company that owns the dam […]
In recent Novice hockey action at the Emo arena, the Food Town Fury (Fort Frances) skated home with a 3-1 victory over host Emo OPP on goals by Ben Bruyere, Jamie Buttner, and Matt Moen. Jared Hebert netted Emo’s lone goal. In Atom action, the Emo Leafs topped their local […]
With flowers in bloom, brightly-plumed birds in the trees, and brown lawns once again green, springtime often means the return of a world of colour everywhere we go. But Linda Lovisa is hoping artists will have just one colour on their minds for the “Shades of Yellow” exhibit opening April […]
Green’s Predators (Fort Frances) edged Atikokan 2-1 in overtime of the ‘A’ final Sunday to capture top honours at an Atom tournament at Emo. The Emo Selects took the ‘B’ crown while Gillons’ (Fort Frances) won the ‘C’ title. Mitch Kerr gave Atikokan a 1-0 lead in the final but […]
Five junior players from the Fort Frances Badminton Club competed at the Winnipeg Winter Club Invitational over the weekend. Tyson Storkson, Derek Thompson, and Adrian Bondett all competed in the boys’ singles ‘C’ division but were quickly relegated to the consolation side. Bondett went the furthest of the three, losing […]
The Town of Fort Frances will meet with representatives from other district municipalities next month to discuss the viability of forming an Area Services Board (ASB). CAO Bill Naturkach said at Monday night’s council meeting here that he’s arranged a meeting for a working group with the Ministry of Northern […]
With just two days to go before four Aquanauts make their first-ever appearance at the junior provincial swim meet in Brantford, head coach Roman Ramirez said all the necessary physical preparations are complete. All that remains is making sure Karli McKinnon, Jessica Cousineau, and Rachel and Heather Dutton are mentally […]
Five months after the Northwestern Health Unit initiated its universal influenza immunization program for the second year in a row, Dr. Pete Sarsfield said “maybe” as to whether the program is as effective as intended. “The bad news is there is no way of knowing,” noted the CEO and medical […]
Michael Perley, director of the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco, was at the Civic Centre over breakfast yesterday morning to dispel some of the myths around just what happens when a municipality bans smoking in public places. “We’ve absolutely established second-hand smoke is behind various fatal diseases. Years ago, […]
