the OPP A Pickle Lake woman has been charged with second-degree murder. On Jan. 8 around 7:30 a.m., the Pickle Lake OPP responded to a report of a non-responsive male who had been located at a residence on Lakeview Crescent there. Both police and ambulance attended the residence. The male, […]
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Staff It was all about the “Mase”—no trouble—to reach a baker’s dozen of delight for the Fort Frances Lakers. Mason Meyer netted a pair of goals and added an assist to help the Lakers to a 5-3 win over the English River Miners yesterday at the annual SIJHL “Showcase” in […]
Staff Warmer-than-normal weather was accompanied by red-hot action in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. In Bantam action, Fort Frances M&M Meats nipped the Fort Frances Lakewood Tire Eagles 2-1 on Jan. 22. Hannah LeDrew and Emily Kaun scored for the victors while Bryanna Dustin replied for the Eagles. LeDrew […]
Heather Latter Sydney Kellar pulled Jaycie Hamilton in a sled during a relay race held during winter carnival activities at St. Michael’s School on Tuesday. The school also celebrated Family Literacy Day, with fun activities both indoors and outside.
Staff Three teams wanted to get everything they could out of the evening. League-leading One Hit Wonders, along with No Diggity and Bump it Up, each nabbed the maximum six points during Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last Thursday. One Hit Wonders (82 points) stretched its already-sizable lead over […]
Staff Better safe than sorry was the thinking of the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League last night. With a combination of rain and snow making for tricky driving conditions, the decision was made to postpone the two scheduled games at Fort High. The games will be made up April 15. […]
Heather Latter J.W. Walker students were busy yesterday building an ice castle in the playground. Used as a way to build school spirit and promote teamwork, building the ice castle, which got underway Tuesday, was initiated by Angela Petsnick’s Grade 7 class, with other grades joining in and helping out. […]
Press Release In conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. has lifted the influenza outbreak at Rainycrest Long-Term Care here. Rainycrest staff took several steps to help patients and staff, as well as keep the illness from spreading. These included: •isolating patients with symptoms and postponing […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has asked council for $9,500 as its annual fee-for-service to market the town and promote tourism. “We need to really work at promoting ourselves year-round,” said Chamber president Jenny Greenhalgh, who made a presentation to council Monday night along with Chamber manager […]
Staff They needed one more dose of comeback magic but it wasn’t in the cards for the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians. A late second-period goal by Joshua McKillop was enough to give the Westfort Maroons a 3-2 win in the final of the Canadians’ home tournament Sunday at the […]
Joey Payeur Making progress—even in defeat—helped Jamie Davis take heart. The head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team got a clear image of how far his squad has come since the start of the season despite being swept in a three-game exhibition series against the host Thunder Bay Minor […]
