Joey Payeur Bad luck comes in threes. Lose three leads in one game and one might as well be on high alert for black cats and broken mirrors. The Fort Frances Lakers had their four-game winning streak snapped last night in a 5-4 shootout loss to the host Thunder Bay […]
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Staff Just in time for the start of Season 5 of AMC’s popular TV series, “The Walking Dead,” on Sunday, Fort Frances will be seeing its own zombies walking the streets Saturday afternoon (Oct. 11). The third-annual Fort Frances Zombie Walk is set go, starting at 2 p.m. at St. […]
Joey Payeur It may not have been a passing of the torch but the Muskie golf program appears to have a new keeper of the flame. Kendyn Faragher put his inexperience in the rearview mirror and forged a round of 86 to put the Grade 9 golfer in a tie […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie football team persevered through chilling winds, pelting rain, and six turnovers to put themselves into position to tie or win their first Homecoming game since 2008. But the seventh turnover took them right out—meaning the Homecoming jinx now has reached six years in a row. Fort […]
Joey Payeur It may not have been a passing of the torch but the Muskie golf program appears to have a new keeper of the flame. Kendyn Faragher put his inexperience in the rearview mirror and forged a round of 86 to put the Grade 9 golfer in a tie […]
Heather Latter Picture this—a huge parking lot with the back ends of vehicles decorated for Hallowe’en, where children can go trick-or-treating in a fun and safe environment. That’s what the Community Policing Committee, along with its community partners, is planning as part of “Project Safe Hallowe’en” this year. “We were […]
Duane Hicks It was a cold, windy morning, with a few snowflakes here and there, but people still came out in droves Saturday for the second-annual “Steps Against Stigma” 1K and 5K walk/run here. Sponsored by the Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, the event drew about […]
Staff There still are a few more days to vote in the first round of this year’s Aviva Community Fund Challenge—and Knox United Church here needs your help. “Currently we are sitting in 13th spot, which is excellent, but we’d like to still definitely improve our position,” Bill Gushulak, co-chair […]
Duane Hicks While election day is not until Oct. 27, Fort Frances electors can start voting in the municipal election as soon as this week. Town clerk and returning officer Lisa Slomke said residents can expect their mail-in voting kits to arrive this week—and may already have received them. The […]
Duane Hicks The final vestiges of the government dock are being removed from the waters of Sand Bay this week. The town enlisted George Armstrong Co. Ltd. to use its barge and a backhoe to pull out the pilings and other substructure, completing the removal of the damaged dock that […]
Heather Latter The event called the community to “come together” to support local health care—and that’s exactly what they did. A sold-out crowd attended the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s 16th-annual dinner Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous and raised $30,164.97, which will be used to purchase a state-of-the-art infant […]
Duane Hicks Local voters appreciated the chance to hear what those running for mayor and town council had to say last night during a candidates’ forum hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. With upwards of 200 people in attendance, it’s clear more […]
