Staff The Fort Frances Lakers rolled lucky sevens on Tuesday night, with Lucas DeBenedet in control of the dice. DeBenedet had his best night since rejoining the squad at the beginning of November, recording four points as the Lakers topped the host Minnesota Iron Rangers 7-5 for their seventh-straight victory. […]
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Staff The Fine Line Art Gallery here is celebrating two decades of business this year and as part of the celebration, it is looking to gather one piece of artwork from each of the founding members of the co-op. “There were 10 of us when the gallery opened—we called it […]
Joey Payeur A comfortable lead for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team suddenly got decidedly uncomfortable—and almost erased entirely. The Dryden Eagles missed a three-pointer at the buzzer that would have forced overtime, giving the Muskies a 55-52 win here Tuesday in their first NorWOSSA game after the holiday break. […]
Staff It’s not how you finish, it’s how you start. A reversal of that time-worn saying applied most accurately to Fort Frances skip Chris Silver and his rink at the Northern Ontario junior curling championships in Sault Ste. Marie this past week. Silver and his team of third Reece Jones, […]
Joey Payeur It took until the last game but Scott Clendenning finally got to see his team perform to its potential. The head coach of the Muskie girls’ hockey team watched his troops post a 1-2 record to finish tied for third in the Girls’ Varsity Blue Division of the […]
Joey Payeur Laureen Peters just joined the ranks of Ontario’s correctional officers and now she’ll get to participate in one of the most highly-honourable events any of them could take part in. The Fort Frances resident randomly was selected as the Fort Frances Jail’s representative to help carry the “Flame […]
Joey Payeur A change in her training procedures is what Anika Alexander hopes will give her a leg up on the competition in 2015. The 17-year-old Fort Frances native, who now lives in Winnipeg, continued her journey the past 12 months to add to her résumé as one of Canada’s […]
Staff It’s time to kick that tree to the curb. Residents can put their Christmas trees out this Saturday (Jan. 10) when the Fort Frances Fire Brigade makes the rounds for its annual pick-up. As in the past, the tree pick-up is being held on the first Saturday following Ukrainian […]
Duane Hicks Local MP John Rafferty is looking forward to working with retired air force officer and new Veterans Affairs minister Erin O’Toole in 2015 after Prime Minister Stephen Harper ditched former minister Julian Fantino on Monday. “I don’t think that anyone in Thunder-Rainy River, or across Canada, is that […]
Duane Hicks Tourism, jobs, partnerships, and better communication within the community are just a few of the goals of Couchiching Chief Sara Mainville in 2015. “Right now, we’re scheduling a youth forum for our community in early 2015 and I’m looking forward to that,” she said in an interview yesterday. […]
Duane Hicks Some 44 jumpers made a big splash in Sand Bay in the name of charity on New Year’s Day—grossing $16,394 in pledges for the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge.” Club past-president Bill Michl was elated with the event, which was the second-most successful “Polar Plunge” here since […]
Heather Latter Despite the snow and cold, the “Harmony of Nations Music Festival” committee already is looking forward to this summer’s second-annual event. Set for July 17-18 at the Sorting Gap Marina here, it will feature some hot Canadian artists. Headliners include award-winning and renowned fiddler Ashley MacIsaac, Lee Harvey […]
