Essentially the difference between the Borderland Thunder’s two games here this past weekend against the Fort William First Nation North Stars came down to penalties. In Friday night’s 4-1 loss to the first-place North Stars, the Thunder spent 47 minutes occupying the penalty box. “They’re going to come here and […]
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For those who still don’t have their Canadian Institute for the Blind crocuses yet, the plants are still available at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau while supplies last. “We do have some left. They’ve been selling well, but we’d like to sell them all,” said Karen Haney, assistant co-ordinator for […]
The Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team is holding its annual invitational meet today through Sunday at the Memorial Sports Centre. The local Cyclone Swim Club also will be competing, along with clubs from Dryden, Kenora, Marathon, Selkirk, Red Lake, and Thunder Bay (two). The meet is dual sanctioned for both […]
The membership of two unions at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill here ratified a new five-year deal in the past week. The International Association of Machinists Lodge #771 voted in favour of the contract last Thursday, Abitibi-Consolidated human resources manager Len Robinson said Friday. Meanwhile, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers […]
A workshop is being held here next week that will give people the chance to learn more about the Ojibway culture. Willie Wilson and Joanne Bruyere are presenting “Ojibway Cultural Awareness Training” at the Adventure Inn on Feb. 7-8, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. The two-day workshop will cover […]
In a continuation of its fundraising efforts, the Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society of Canada is holding a book sale here Feb. 10-12. And organizers still are looking for more people to donate books to the fundraiser, which takes place at Revco Carpet (950 Fifth St. W.) “We’ve […]
Hockey Northwestern Ontario has denied a request by the Borderland Thunder to join the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from the Superior International Junior Hockey League. The 12-man board, which met Jan. 29, nixed the Thunder’s request to join the MJHL next season, meaning the team now will have to take […]
Local Canada Safeway manager Dave McBride drew the three winning tickets for the Fort Frances Crime Stoppers draw there Saturday, with the money raised to go towards buying new playground equipment in town. Jamie Spencer, the three-year-old daughter of Fort Frances OPP Cst. Caroline Spencer, won the first prize of […]
We all know someone who has been touched by cancer. Often, cancer patients need to leave their home and community to receive treatment in Thunder Bay. But where will they stay? Thankfully, there is a home away from home available to all regional cancer patients. The Northern Cancer Research Foundation […]
Having held her first exhibit just last November, a Fort Frances native will be seeing one of her works being sold across Canada through Ducks Unlimited. Kari-Ann Anderson, the 30-year-old daughter of Bill and Judy Anderson, officially was named Artist of the Year 2005 by the Manitoba branch of Ducks […]
With news Monday that police had arrested and charged a Portage La Prairie man and woman in connection with a rash of armed robberies here over the past four months, local business owners are breathing a sigh of relief. “I’m glad to see it,” said Brian Cawston, who owns Einar’s […]
Rainy River District School Board staff underwent a day of training here Monday to familiarize themselves with computer programs designed to help students with learning disabilities. This was the fourth in a series of training sessions to ensure educational assistants, special education resource teachers, classroom teachers, and administration know how […]
