Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were taken to school over the weekend by the defending SIJHL champs. After dropping a 5-1 decision to the league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday at the Ice For Kids Arena, the Lakers didn’t fare much better the following night as they fell 4-1 […]
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Tonight will see a few flurries with a low of minus-11 C (12 F). Tomorrow will continue the chance of flurries through the day and overnight, with a high of minus-five (23) and a low of minus-ten (14). Wednesday will see more chance of flurries through the day and overnight, […]
The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md.–Authorities in Maryland say a man suspected of several bank robberies was arrested after he robbed a bank in front of an off-duty police officer. News outlets report 51-year-old Fletcher Dorsett was arrested and charged with armed robbery, assault and theft. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Jennifer […]
Halloween night will be mainly cloudy with a low of minus-four C (25 F). For tomorrow, the first day of November, expect a chance of flurries lasting through the day and overnight with a high of one (34) and a low of minus-four (25). Saturday will bring a continuing chance […]
Jamie Mountain Reece Hopfner skated the puck around the stick-check of Red Lake Miners’ defenceman Carson Lux during the first period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 3-1 loss on Tuesday night in SIJHL action at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers next host the Thunder Bay North Stars tomorrow […]
Ken Kellar Sydney Stanley, left, braved the chilly weather to make a donation to Sunset Country Ford employee Brittany Strachan for the local dealership’s WE Scare Hunger food drive on Tuesday. The business has teamed up with students from Fort Frances High School to collect non-perishable food items for donation […]
Submitted A pile of oyster shells ready to be recycled. These shells were placed in bags about the size of the buckets seen in the photo, then placed back in the ocean in specific locations.
Sam Odrowski While many houses around town are decorated with ghosts, skeletons, and zombies, one Second Street East resident made a political statement with their decorations, writing onto tombstones various issues and viewpoints which they feel should be dead and buried. These include climate change denial, electoral reform, social conservatism, […]
Jamie Mountain Jaxon Gartzke sent the ball over the net and past the outstretched arms of a pair of Sioux Lookout Warriors’ defenders during the first set of the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s 2-1 win in NorWOSSA action on Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. The Muskies finished the regular […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky did her best to keep her Sioux Lookout Warriors’ opponent from scoring while Muskie teammates Grace Smith and Ayiana Gagne looked on during the first quarter of Fort High’s 62-27 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors in NorWOSSA junior girls’ basketball action on Tuesday afternoon here. […]
Jamie Mountain Keisha DeBungie eyed up the basket while Muskie teammate Aurora Hutton jostled for position with a Sioux Lookout Warriors opponent during the second half of Fort High’s 59-22 romp in NorWOSSA ‘AA’ senior girls’ basketball action on Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. DeBungie scored four points to help […]
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The Town of Fort Frances has had nearly twice as many accidental 9-1-1 calls this year, compared to 2018. From January to the end of September, there were 355 9-1-1 hangups, pocket dials, or dropped cell calls, which is up from 189 over the same period last year. “This is […]
