The Town of Fort Frances will take the next step to getting a proposed remand centre here after approving a draft proposal presented by consultants Sandy Baroudi and Gerry Pisarzowski of the Toronto-based Advisory Services//GPA. “We have to move to forward on this so we can have a maintenance of […]
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The contract to construct the River Walk Condominium project on Front Street could be awarded today and then presented at tonight’s public meeting, Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach said. The deadline for bids from companies vying to build the 32-unit complex was 2 p.m. today. The Fort Frances Non-Profit Housing […]
A huge challenge awaits the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams as they host the league-leading Dryden Eagles tonight. The Eagles top the NorWOSSA boys’ standings with a 10-1 record while the last-place Muskies (1-6-1) are battling Sioux Lookout for the fourth-and-final playoff spot. Dryden took control of NorWOSSA right […]
For the first time in almost three months, the Borderland Thunder can call first place their own. They took two of three games from the Feathermen Hawks over the weekend, including a 7-1 win here Friday night, to grab sole possession of first place in the Superior International Junior Hockey […]
Whether Fort Frances will land a remand centre, replacing the jail which is slated to close in 2004, is be one of the items topping the agenda at Monday night’s town council meeting. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said this morning he wasn’t sure what the consultants—Sandy Baroudi and Gerry Pisarzowski of […]
After wrapping up their investigation Sunday morning, the Fort Frances Fire Department has determined a fire at Carpet and Tile Discounters early Friday was accidental. “There was a baseboard heater involved. After looking at the events that led up to the fire, we’ve determined it was an accident,” Fire Chief […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs are starting to make a habit of winning tournaments, going undefeated over the weekend at the Lake of the Woods Squirt ‘A’ invitational tournament in Baudette. The Mustangs dumped Warroad 6-1 in the ‘A’ final yesterday to claim their third tourney title […]
Margaret Frederickson (nee Vold) passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 at Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Fergus in her 80th year. She was the beloved wife of the late Fred Frederickson (1994); loving mother of Jo Ann and her husband, Richard Collins of Milton, and Erik and his wife, […]
Donna Jean Morrison, 69, of Aspen House in Fort Frances, Ont., went to be with our Lord on Friday, Jan. 25, 2002 with her family at her side. She was born Feb. 11, 1932 in Spooner Village, Mn. Mrs. Morrison immigrated to Canada in 1953 and had lived in the […]
The upcoming World Health Organization’s conference on safe communities and instituting anti-smoking bylaws are two of the many items on the agenda when the Rainy River District Municipal Association meets Saturday at the Red Dog Inn here. “First, we’re going to give an overview of the conference,” said Doug Anderson, […]
Firefighters on Friday afternoon still were combing through the scene of a fire that scorched a Scott Street business early this morning. The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to 608 Scott St. after Carpet and Tile Discounters was reported being ablaze around 4:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find the rear […]
With just over six weeks left in the regular season, the Superior International Junior Hockey League is on the verge of announcing the format for its inaugural playoffs. SIJHL president Jerry Blazino said Friday morning from Thunder Bay it was “all but official” that the post-season will involve the top […]
