They say the focus of any minor hockey association in Canada is to teach the game and stress hard work over wins and losses. But for the long-running and successful Emo/Devlin/Barwick Minor Hockey Association, players and parents are faced with the extra challenge of travelling fair distances just to get […]
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Hallowe’en has come and gone like a ghost out of the corner of your eye, but the impression remains that local efforts once again were successful to ensure youngsters had a good time. “I talked to a few people [Thursday] and they seemed impressed with the ‘Scott Street Scare,’ and […]
Finance minister Jim Flaherty yesterday announced the Ontario government is on track to balance this year’s budget—despite recent economic pressures—but that tough choices will need to be made in the future. “This government will not surrender the hard-won gains that have restored Ontario to prosperity,” said Flaherty. “I want to […]
Fresh off last week’s announcement that Fort Frances will be one of the sites for CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” telecast Jan. 5, the local minor hockey association will be discussing preparation plans. FFMHA president Lynn Kellar said the board meeting Nov. 12 will include talks to organize a “jamboree” […]
Northwestern Health Unit staff and municipal councils across the region will get the results of its much anticipated operational review starting this week. The review, done at the request of municipal governments across the northwest to determine whether the health unit has been operated efficiently, will be revealed to its […]
The 22-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of local 16-year-old male is slated to appear in court here next Monday. Joseph Francis Terriault was arrested and charged July 31, after Nathan Edward Macdonald was found severely wounded around 3 a.m. in the backyard of […]
While ghouls and ghosts will be a common sight on the streets Wednesday evening, “Operation Pumpkin” once again will be on the lookout for the real monsters—vandals and thieves—on “Gate Night.” “‘Operation Pumpkin’ is where members of the police and volunteers from the community work together to keep an eye […]
The local public school board still doesn’t know when the province-wide grade 10 literacy test will be re-scheduled. “We’ve not heard any news of the grade 10 literacy testing,” said Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District School Board. In the interim, the board, including a literacy […]
Shovels, toques, and booster cables were out early this year as the first real taste of winter hit Fort Frances on Thursday morning. Police have been busy as drivers re-familiarize themselves with the annual winter conditions. “The roads right now are terrible. We are advising drivers to slow down and […]
Big ideas can come from a “coffee club.” And Barb Stainke, co-owner of the Bonnie Blue here with her husband, Chris, has dreamed up an event so grand in scale it would get into the Guinness Book of World Records—a non-stop 48-hour softball game. Dreamed up over the summer, during […]
Off Lake Evangelical Church held its annual fall supper and variety show fundraiser Sunday evening, with a packed house of about 90 people turning out. The 90-minute show, which featured 18 acts on the program, was very well received by those on hand. It consisted of vocals, instrumentals, and a […]
Local women clearly showed their support for breast cancer awareness as more than 200 attended the biennial “Luncheon of Hope” on Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. “It’s great to see women off all ages here today,” said co-organizer Karen Egan of the Rainy River District Breast Health Network. “Breast cancer […]
