Staff It was an up-and-down day for Devlin native Mike Badiuk yesterday in Timmins. Thunder Bay’s Dylan Johnston, with Badiuk playing second, sat in a four-way tie for third at 1-1 going into action today at the provincial men’s curling championships. Johnston edged Dan Lemieux (Sault Ste. Marie) 4-3 in […]
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Press Release The Northwest Training and Adjustment Board will host a pair of Human Resources information forums on New Gold’s Rainy River Project here next Tuesday (Feb. 11). Facilitated by Mike Greaves of Squarepeg Solutions, the first will be held from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Métis Hall. The second will […]
Heather Latter The Olympic lounge, decorated with handmade Olympic rings and a Canadian flag, opened at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre this morning as the figure skating team event got underway—with several moms and their infants stopping by to watch before heading to the “Mother Goose” program. While […]
Staff The town has all but finished its 2014 capital budget, which is being paid for without resorting to long-term debt financing. Council learned Tuesday that the $8-million budget will be paid for through federal and provincial grants, contributions from other sources/donations, federal gas tax funds, reserve funds, water and […]
Joey Payeur Cody Wickstrom may have just earned honourary membership with the DLM Line. The Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman teamed up with the SIJHL’s most potent forward trio to pull out a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Iron Rangers last night in Hoyt Lakes. Wickstrom finished with three points, including […]
Joey Payeur Kathie Jackson is on her way again. And this time, her significant other is coming along for the ride. Jackson and her team of third Teresa McFayden, second Lisa Penner, and lead Kris Sinclair topped Kim Beaudry 7-3 in six ends last Tuesday to win the local round […]
Joey Payeur But for one more win, a trip to Sault Ste. Marie could have ended so differently for two local rinks. Hailey Beaudry and Chris Silver came within a victory of making the playoffs at the Tim Hortons Bantam provincial championships this past week. In the end, though, they […]
Duane Hicks Town council contemplated water and sewer rates at a budget meeting yesterday, with most feeling residential rates should go up as little as possible this year. Council was told by Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown that it’s anticipated the mill will use up to 100,000 cubic metres […]
Heather Latter If you had asked Claire Hyatt two years ago if she’d ever write a book, her answer would have been “no.” The 10th-grader at Fort Frances High School said she never really planned to write one. “It just happened,” she shrugged. “I can’t pinpoint the exact moment that […]
Heather Latter Those looking to take part in the 74th-annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts will want to check out the organization’s brand new website (www.ff-festival.com), where all information and resources for the event are posted. “We wanted to update the look of our site and make […]
Staff The “Friends of the Fort Frances Museum” is asking residents to help it put the “fort” back in Fort Frances next month, with plans to build an ice fort at Lions Park here. The community project will be part of “Snoasis 2”—a family fun day scheduled for Saturday, March […]
Staff With only three days left for communities to be nominated, Fort Frances is putting together a serious run at the Kraft Hockeyville 2014 title. After taking a while to gather momentum, the community’s site at krafthockeyville.cbc.ca is up to 112 members and 194 story or video uploads. That tentatively […]
