Staff A second tour of duty with the Fort Frances Lakers suits Cody Merritt just fine. The club has announced the 20-year-old forward from Winnipeg will return to the SIJHL squad this fall. “Cody is a player who works extremely hard to make himself better both on and off the […]
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From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 14 charges, and issued five warnings, during a one-day road check station along Highway 11 east of Fort Frances. On June 24, conservation officers from Fort Frances, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout, with the assistance of the MNRF canine unit, […]
Staff Dana Ward helped the Fort Frances Her-icanes stay ahead of the pack. Ward smashed an inside-the-park home run to lead off the game as part of a 14-8 victory over the Northwest Bay Beavers in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League East Division action Monday evening at VanJura. International […]
Joey Payeur They’re going down to Toronto for fun and games, but are approaching the task like it’s serious business. Five volleyball athletes and one coach from Rainy River District will pack their bags later this month to represent Team Ontario at the North American Indigenous Games from July 16-23. […]
Samantha Mueller of Fort Frances won the $1,000 up for grabs for Canada Day in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw for June 25-July 1. Randy and Cathy DeGagne (Fort Frances) and Alice Bremault (Rainy River) won the $100 on June 30 and July 1, […]
Joey Payeur If her plate was any more full, Amy Wilson-Hands would be asking for a to-go container. Not that the Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice head coach is upset about recently being selected as an apprentice in the “Changing the Game–Changing the Conversation” program put on by the Coaches […]
Staff Jamie Davis decided to pay tribute the best way he knows how–drive fast, win, and repeat. The Devlin native, who now lives in Fort Frances, once again left two different groups of rivals choking on his exhaust fumes as he continued his remarkable run of success at the Emo […]
Duane Hicks Davilyn Miller carefully wrote “O Canada” for the “Fun in the Sun” cursive-writing contest last Wednesday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre. Students in Grades 4-8 were invited to copy the patriotic song lyrics in either English or French in their best handwriting. She ended up winning the […]
Kiera Kowalski Peyton, Chloe, and Brett Dolyny, along with friends, Tanner and Gracie George, brought their favourite teddy bears to the Fort Frances Library and Technology Centre on Friday for the annual Teddy Bear Picnic. Children enjoyed train rides, bouncy castles, a magic act, and a visit from “Smokey the […]
Staff Ryan Trottier, left, the new clinical intern at Lidkea Optometry, drew the “Trip of the Month” winner for July as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services. Bryce Knapp of Fort Frances will be going on a New England/Canada cruise–a trip valued at $4,300. Next […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Girls’ and Women’s Hockey Association celebrated the life of the lumberjack with their festive and patriotic float in the Canada Day parade here on Saturday. The float earned the FFGWHA third place in the parade. West End Motors took first place with its Canada 150 […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–The Canadian government will pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million, and officially apologize to him, in settlement of a long-running lawsuit, a source familiar with the agreement said today. The Toronto-born Khadr, 30, who pleaded guilty to five war crimes before […]
