Joey Payeur There will be transitions aplenty when it comes to the Border Skating Club this season for its younger skaters. Longtime coach with the local club Penny McComb said the changes will involve the newest bladers of the bunch in the CanSkate division. “With me going south in the […]
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Duane Hicks Some have called the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre a jewel in the crown of Fort Frances, and Ontario Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell wholeheartedly agrees. Dowdeswell, who was in Fort Frances last Wednesday as part of her tour of Northern Ontario, said the state-of-the-art facility was the highlight […]
Heather Latter After last year’s event saw an excellent turnout of about 100 and raised more than $13,000 for cancer research, organizers of this year’s Terry Fox Run are hoping to make the 35th anniversary another success. The congregation of the Church of the Holy Spirit here once again has […]
Staff The Provincial Land Tax (PLT)— the property tax applied in unincorporated areas of Northern Ontario outside municipal boundaries—is being updated in order to address inequities between municipal property taxes and PLT. Changes to the PLT were the subject of an open house held last Tuesday evening at La Place […]
Heather Latter It looks like motorists will be using the Fourth Street detour for at least another six weeks, as the road work taking place on King’s Highway is almost a month behind schedule. Bay City Contractors Inc. are nearing the end of the first phase of the project (from […]
Heather Latter WO2 Nick Piotrowski of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadets is now a licensed pilot after earning his wings this summer. The 17-year-old took advantage of the Power Pilot scholarship through Air Cadets during a seven-week stint at the Discovery Aviation Academy in Sudbury. “It’s fun […]
Joey Payeur Jared Bethune has gone in a matter of two months from being a dejected non-draftee by the NHL to feeling sky-high about his big-league hopes once again. The Fort Frances native will get to showcase his talents in front of a horde of professional scouts when he takes […]
Duane Hicks Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, left, chatted with deputy mayor June Caul during a tour of the Fort Frances Tourist Information Centre last Wednesday. Dowdeswell spent the day touring sites around town and learning about the community.
Heather Latter Artist Brian Romagnoli used a scissor lift to work on the middle portion of the heritage mural dubbed, “E.W.Backus & Company,” on the west side of the CIBC building yesterday. He will spend about three weeks in town sprucing up the mural he painted back in 1999, as […]
Heather Latter Grade 1 students Jakobe Kempf, left, Aubrey Meeks, and Josh Dittaro were all smiles yesterday during their first day in the French Immersion class at St. Michael’s School here. French Immersion in both SK and Grade 1 was reinstated there this year after being previously phased out. The […]
Joey Payeur Muskies blueliner Avery Cates from Emo was a golden flash of pure acceleration while racing down the ice during one of the various skating drills put on by RISE Skills Testing during the last day of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association Development Week camp at the Ice […]
By Rachel D’Oro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska — North America’s tallest mountain doesn’t just have a new name. It also has a new elevation. Denali, the Alaska mountain formerly known Mount McKinley, is now officially 10 feet shorter, measuring 20,310 feet at its highest point, the U.S. Geological Survey […]
