Third Daniel Vandenbrand watched his shot intensely as Jonathon Vellinga (second) and Connor Mangoff (lead) leaned on their brooms during Saturday afternoon’s men’s final. The trio were part of Chris Silver’s Fort Frances rink, which fell 7-4 to Tanner Horgan of Sudbury.
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Nicholas Donaldson The husband-and-wife duo Darrol and Elana Van Deventer celebrated their successful plunge into the icy water Monday. The couple, who moved to the area from South Africa because he got a job at the New Gold mine, raised $1,000 for the Ditshego House of Laughter in South Africa.
Nicholas Donaldson Morgan DeGagne, Claudia Ellis, Harper Gunderson, and Ingrid Ellis warmed up with some chili and hot chocolate upstairs at La Place Rendez-Vous following their dip during the “Polar Plunge.” The quartet were part of the group that raised $2,789.75 for the “Friends of Animals,” the highest fundraising total […]
Jamie Mountain Third Jacob Horgan, left, and second Nick Bissonette were ready to sweep this rock down the ice during the final of the U21 provincial playdowns Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The pair were part of the Tanner Horgan rink from Sudbury that took down Chris […]
It was a Christmas windfall for Angela Halvorsen and Russ Gregoire of Emo, Ont., who won the $2,500 up for grabs on Christmas Eve in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Dec. 24-30 were Martin Dufrense (Rainy River), Ed and Betty McLeod […]
Duane Hicks The Canoon family, including mom, Fivyan, daughters, Oryana, two, and Fbaana, six, and dad, Rami, are settling in as the newest residents of Fort Frances. The Iraqi refugees have come here from Lebanon, joining the Al-Zeebaree family who arrived in late November.
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent A happy 2018 to all! Here’s hoping your holiday season was great and that we’re all destined for a great year ahead. — Belated happy 80th birthday wishes to Freeda Carmody, who celebrated this milestone on Dec. 28. May you enjoy many more years ahead–and continue to […]
Press Release Winter is a busy season in the Ontario logging industry, and snowmobile enthusiasts unfamiliar with the region and terrain often are unaware of the high volume of truck traffic on remote industrial forest access roads in winter. Nineteen drivers, two passengers, and two pedestrians were killed in snowmobile […]
From the OPP Prescription medications now are free for everyone under the age of 25 in Ontario. As of Jan. 1, the province has made the biggest expansion to medicare in Ontario in a generation, providing drug coverage to more than four million children and youth across the province. The […]
Jamie Mountain It was a tough day Saturday for a pair of Fort Frances rinks at the U21 provincial playdowns held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Tory Beaudry’s rink, consisting of Katrina Slomke (third), Ashley Payne (second), and Andrea Schram (lead), finished double round-robin play with a 3-3 record […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers (6-19-1-1) are hoping better days lie ahead. Given the squad ended the first half of the SIJHL regular season mired in a 10-game losing streak, any type of good fortune early on in 2018 would be a welcome gift. Head coach and general manager […]
Nicholas Donaldson Some 27 people braved the icy waters of Sand Bay behind La Place Rendez-Vous on Monday afternoon for the Fort Frances Voyageurs Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge.” A total of $9,665 was raised for seven different non-profit organizations during the event, which takes place every New Year’s Day. […]
