Joey Payeur By all rights, the Fort Frances Lakers should have been out of the game three periods earlier. So it was probably justice that the Minnesota Iron Rangers pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory Tuesday night in Hoyt Lakes. Austin Frank scored at 3:53 of the extra session to […]
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Joey Payeur After being blanked by their cross-border rivals less than 24 hours earlier, the Muskie girls’ hockey team was working with a short fuse. The Kenora Broncos provided the match yesterday—and the result was an offensive explosion. Shelby Tymkin racked up five goals to pace Fort High to a […]
Duane Hicks Ontario is increasing the minimum wage from $10.25 to $11 per hour on June 1, 2014—a move which the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president said is “positive.” “It’s going to put some more pressure on some of the businesses but it definitely should inject more money back […]
Staff Jeff Watts once again led the Fort Frances contingent of bowlers vying for a trip to the Northern Ontario Open championship later this spring in Timmins. Watts totalled 5,228 over 20 games (a 261 average) to finish second overall among the men at the zone roll-offs over the weekend […]
Joey Payeur Chris Silver saved himself a boatload of grief. The Fort High third, playing skip for the boys’ team in relief of a resting Reece Jones for the final game of the NorWOSSA qualifier here yesterday, found himself on the cusp of posting the only Muskie defeat of the […]
Joey Payeur The Arctic temperatures are not cooling a late push to have Fort Frances deemed Canada’s hockey centre. The town’s home site on the “Kraft Hockeyville” 2014 website (krafthockeyville.cbc.ca) had a total of 35 members and 40 video uploads as of yesterday morning. By local bid organizer Jonathan Glueheisen’s […]
Staff Ryan Faragher is riding a five-star wave being churned up by his fans in an effort to be named America’s best college hockey player. The Fort Frances native and starting goalie for the NCAA Division I St. Cloud State (Minn.) Huskies has moved into first place among the 68 […]
Heather Latter The second-annual “Hope and the City” event Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous was deemed a success, raising just over $5,000 for women’s cancer research. “We thought it was a fantastic night,” enthused organizer Jennifer Anderson. “We thought there was a great turnout and we’re just very happy […]
Duane Hicks The town has wrapped up two full years of solar power generations with panel installations at four sites. But while they continue to generate revenue, forecasting performance year-to-year is as difficult as predicting the weather. Travis Rob, Chief Building Official and facilities/special projects co-ordinator for the town, said […]
Duane Hicks Recently-released statistics show there continues to be a gap between aboriginals and non-aboriginals when it comes to education and employment. Statistics Canada hosted an open house focused on “The Education and Employment Experiences of First Nations People Living Off Reserve, Inuit, and Métis: Selected Findings from the 2012 […]
Duane Hicks A fatal blaze last Thursday at the Residence du Havre in L’Isle-Verte, Que. has raised concerns across Ontario, and the rest of Canada, as to how safe seniors’ residences are. But local officials are confident they are as prepared as they can be. “I think we are as […]
Heather Latter The Border Skating Club is seeking help from the community to help it earn $5,000 to upgrade the sound systems in both arenas here. The club has made a submission to “Tbaytel For Good”—a sponsorship program dedicated to investing in people and organizations in Northwestern Ontario. The grand […]
