The Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting the members of the 1989 Plaza Lanes Bantam Girls Bowling Team. These young bowlers were Canadian Gold Medalists, and the first bowlers to be nominated for the Hall of Fame honour. The Bantam Girls Bowling Team will be joined by […]

The Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame will be honouring the late Danny Johnson, who played in both the NHL and WHA, at its upcoming inductee ceremony and banquet. Johnson was chosen team captain in his last year with the WHA’s Winnipeg Jets. He also played for three teams in […]

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canada’s top court says it will hear a legal battle over Crown payments to Indigenous peoples who ceded a large swath of northern Ontario under two treaties in 1850. The Ontario government sought to challenge a ruling by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, which found the Crown had violated […]

By Stephen Whyno
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The NHL, NHL Players’ Association and NHL Alumni Association are teaming up to get hockey into the NFT marketplace. The organizations announced a multiyear deal Thursday making Sweet their official digital collectibles partner. While not confirming exact terms, NHL executive VP of business development and innovation Dave Lehanski said the […]

By Jenna Fryer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – From Italy to Iowa to the simulator and finally the Finger Lakes, there’s been no rest for Jimmie Johnson. He heads this weekend to Watkins Glen for one of this final two scheduled appearances in the IMSA sports car. Then he’ll turn his attention to planning […]

March 12th, 1979 – June 8th, 2022 It is with great sadness that the family of Shelley Ann Sharpannounce her passing on June 8th, 2022, at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Shelley was born on March 12th, 1979, in Elliot Lake, ON to Robert and […]

It’s graduation season in the Rainy River District as students of many different schools and education institutes prepare to cross their respective stages this month and enter the next phase of their educational or professional careers. Confederation College’s Fort Frances campus held their convocation ceremony at the Townshend Theatre on […]

The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s made a triumphant in-person return at the Fort Frances High School track on Saturday morning. Teams, individuals and even some residents of Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home turned out to the awareness walk to help raise money and understanding of Alzheimers and other forms […]

One word plays in an unending loop in my head these days, for many days, days that add up to years, decades perhaps, and that word is … kindness. I can only imagine the worry and stress Fort Frances residents are experiencing as flooding disrupts life in frightening and chaotic […]