Staff Alec Severson’s goal with three-and-a-half minutes to go in the second period proved to be the game-winner as the Thief River Falls Norskies edged the visiting Fort Frances Lakers 2-1 last night. The third-place Norskies (20-12-3-1) opened the scoring just under eight minutes into the first when Bryce Johnson […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation is seeking a courier to make same-day pot deliveries, starting with the Greater Toronto Area. The provincial corporation tasked with the online sales and distribution of recreational weed has posted a tender calling for “expedited same-day delivery.” “As OCRC’s marketplace evolves, the […]
Staff If you intend on taking a certain workshop at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre this winter and spring, you’d best act fast. Registration for the most recent lineup of workshops only was announced two weeks ago but the classes–which have been gaining in popularity in recent years–are […]
The Canadian PressArmina Ligaya TORONTO–The densely-populated Ontario municipalities that have said no to cannabis stores are a “painful haircut” to pot retailers’ expectations, but some remain optimistic that some cities will give them the green light down the line, industry players say. Municipalities in Canada’s most populous province had until […]
The Canadian PressColette Derworiz Jeremy Vander Meer had his first experience with salvaging a roadkill moose soon after he moved to Alaska nearly five years ago. “It was pretty easy, actually,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “It was kind of perfect.” The 31-year-old, who grew up […]
Duane Hicks “The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer,” namely Shawn Hall, left, and Matthew Rogers, respectively, tore down the house last Thursday night at the Townshend Theatre. The Vancouver-based blues duo, accompanied by Winnipeg’s Andrina Turenne on back-up vocals, was the most recent concert in the 2018-19 “Tour de Fort” […]
The Arctic deep freeze that has camped out over much of Canada over the past week is pretty standard for January, especially here in Northwestern Ontario. Enjoying outdoor activities when it’s blistering cold like it has been recently is tough. But if you dress properly, you still can have some […]
I regularly bemoan January’s negative qualities and whine about January to anyone who will listen. How January pulls my shoulders to my ears, my chin to my chest, and hunches my shoulders as I hurry in with wood and hurry “Gracie” as we walk–not to mention how difficult the struggle […]
My hands are sore today (Monday) as I spent the weekend in my wood shop beginning a new project which is made almost entirely of red oak. Beginning Saturday, on the coldest day of the year, I began planing the four oak boards and two ash boards to thickness. My […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances needs more building lots and that’s something town council will have to think about while working through the 2019 budget process. The “high priority” items listed on the preliminary 2019 capital budget currently includes phase one of developing the 27-lot Erin Crescent subdivision in the northeast […]
Sam Odrowski Local MP Don Rusnak toured the Seven Generations Education Institute’s new facility which is nearing completion here earlier this month and was impressed by what he saw. “Credit to the contractors and [Seven Generations CEO] Brent [Tookenay] for having the contractors work through the winter,” Rusnak said. “To […]
Samantha Pearson, who has spent much of her time this past year at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, is in need of both a new heart and a kidney. But she is not ready to give up, and is grateful for all the support she’s received from friends, family, […]
