Duane Hicks A dozen local groups and organizations are better off thanks to the Moffat Family Fund. Mayor Roy Avis handed out a total of $55,000 in cheques to this year’s successful applicants during Monday night’s council meeting. Kiwanis Sunny Cove Camp received $12,000 for a landing dock, which the […]
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Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Tourist Information Centre will remain open a month longer this season (through the end of September) and re-open next May under a new lease at a lower cost. After giving the province notice in February that the town was terminating its lease effective Aug. 31, […]
Joey Payeur The games were action-packed as Fort Frances Youth Soccer closed the books on another season Saturday during its annual wind-up for several divisions at the St. Francis Sports Fields.
Submitted Sandra McNay, BSC fundraising chair for the past three seasons, was selected for the Skate Canada Sunset Country Regional Volunteer Award.
Submitted Al Christiansen, with the Fort Frances Multi-Use Tennis Courts organizing committee, tested out the newly-constructed facility located at the St. Francis Sports Field late Monday afternoon. The courts are scheduled to be open to the public next week once proper signage regarding the rules of the facility is in […]
Submitted The Kenora Walleye Open will be taking place this weekend on Lake of the Woods.
Joey Payeur Adyson Wilson-Hands is going to have a bash at the beach–and then probably several hundred more. The Fort Frances teen recently became the first Region 1 athlete, along with Dryden’s Emily Heil, to be named to the Team Ontario U16 girls’ beach volleyball roster. “It is a honour […]
Staff The Fort Frances Her-icanes have just one blemish on their record this season. On Monday night, the defending champs let the team that put it there know they hadn’t forgotten. Charity McMahon scored four runs in helping spark the ‘Canes to a 19-8 rout of the Fort Frances Mud […]
Staff Step right up! The Centra Pipeline circus is about to begin, featuring Max Williams in the role of ringmaster. Williams set a new league-high for goals in one game this season with five in Centra’s 8-1 romp over Pharmasave in Borderland Soccer League men’s division play Monday night. Williams […]
From the MNRF A Sault Ste. Marie man has been fined $1,000 for failing to attach a game seal to a deer. David Burmaster pleaded guilty to failing to immediately attach his game seal to a white-tailed deer. Court heard that on Oct. 23, a conservation officer on patrol on […]
Staff At least two familiar faces will suit up again for the Fort Frances Lakers this coming season. Defenceman Connor Keith and forward Jack Bernie became the first two players from last year’s squad to have their return confirmed by the team earlier this week. Keith, an 18-year-old from Kenora, […]
Staff It was tough to tell what was causing Sheldon Kelly Sr. more agony: his injury or watching his son struggle for the first time in taking his place. On the other side, it was the opposite scenario as the father replaced the son with positive results. The Stratton Eagles […]
