Heather Latter Corey Chowhan of Investors Group handed over the winning ticket for the August trip-of-the-month draw to Kiwanian Robin Wright on Tuesday morning at International Travel Services. Tara Svoboda of Fort Frances won a trip to Whistler, B.C. valued at $3,250. Next month’s trip is a Caribbean cruise worth […]
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the OPP The OPP is pleased to announce that Supt. Darrell Smiley has been named as the North West Regional Commander. His official start date was Aug. 3. Supt. Smiley replaces Supt. Ron van Straalen, who officially commenced retirement duties on July 31 after 33 years of police service. Supt. […]
Bill Wilson (Fort Frances) and Leah Collier/Brent Cameron (Tempe, Ariz.) won the $100 up for grabs July 31 and Aug. 1, respectively, in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for July 26-Aug. 1 were Sam O’Flaherty (Atikokan), Rob Hicklin (Thunder Bay), Alvin Haw […]
Cameron Penney Players in the U14 High Performance Camp worked on their skating skills earlier this morning at the Ice For Kids Arena. The camp, which began Monday and wraps up tomorrow, also had players watching video analysis and participating in dryland training.
Staff Turnabout is fair play. After rallying from 10-0 down during the regular season to beat the Red Gut Babes at VanJura, the Fort Frances Her-icanes suffered their own collapse on the same field last night in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League semi-final action. The second-ranked ’Canes let a […]
Staff Chris Lindberg will be among this year’s inductees going into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame next month, it was announced yesterday afternoon. Lindberg earned success as both an amateur and professional athlete. Learning the game of hockey growing up in Fort Frances during the 1970s and ’80s, […]
Staff A lengthy power outage is scheduled for next Wednesday (Aug. 12) for residents west of Fort Frances. A total of 897 Hydro One customers in Emo, Fleming, Chapple, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Richardson, Kingsford, Senn, Sifton, Godson, and Ojibways Of Onigaming FN will be without power from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. […]
Joey Payeur This past weekend was about much more than just racing for the local International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Team. Former Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce manager Annely Armstrong-Thorstad, who now lives in Ray, Mn. with her husband and fellow dragon boat teammate, Greg Thorstad, recounted how the team […]
Heather Latter When Mel DeGagne closed the doors to Nor-Fab’s truss plant a few years ago, it became Brian Hagarty’s dream to reopen the business. Now under a new name, Hagarty and his partner, James Mainville, have opened Titan Manufacturing on Highway 11/71 just west of Fort Frances. “Nor-Fab’s truss […]
Lindsay Campbell District farmers once again were on hand last Wednesday evening to check out the Emo Agricultural Research Station. The annual open house took place at 7 p.m. and although the weather was a little rainy, it didn’t stop those on hand from getting a glimpse at this year’s […]
Lindsay Campbell Barwick residents had the chance to commemorate the first picnic held there 100 years ago this past weekend. When the first picnic was held in August, 1915, the goal was to hold one every year after that. But because of the First World War, only one more was […]
Lindsay Campbell At only six years old, Matthew Egan has a heart so big it might astonish people. Last Tuesday, Egan ran a lemonade stand outside his grandparent’s house on Colonization Road West here. But what’s different was that he didn’t charge people for the lemonade, but instead collected voluntary […]
