Press Release Resolute Forest Products Inc. today announced an extended period of market-related outage for paper machine #5 (PM5) at its mill here. The specific length of this outage has not been determined at this time. PM5 has an annual production capacity of roughly 97,000 metric tons of groundwood specialty […]
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Duane Hicks Jeremy Nussbaumer hoisted a tree onto the trailer along Armit Avenue on Saturday during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Teams spent the afternoon combing the curbs to pick up trees and take them to the wood chipper—while also collecting donations to give to a […]
Staff It was a loss they couldn’t afford to take. The Tracy Horgan rink from Sudbury, with Devlin’s Jenna Enge playing second, fell 8-6 to Cathy Auld (Mississauga) in the second of three draws Friday at the 2014 Ontario Scotties provincial women’s curling championship in Sault Ste. Marie. Despite beating […]
Joey Payeur Cayden Onagi of the St. James Canadians was in perfect shooting position against Fort Frances Canadians’ goalie Spencer Murphy during the first period of the ‘A’ final of the local PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. Murphy made the stop but St. James skated […]
Joey Payeur Stratton native Trevor Bonot, now curling out of Thunder Bay, gave his sweepers an emphatic order to “whoa” during the second end against Dan Lemieux of Sault Ste. Marie in the opening draw of the Travelers 2014 Men’s West qualifier here Friday morning. Bonot beat Lemieux 7-2 but […]
Heather Latter Luke and Josie Schill enjoyed their main course Saturday night during the Kenora-Rainy River Alzheimer Society’s annual “Forget Me Not” dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous here. The charitable event also featured a silent auction and entertainment.
Staff Work on the 2014 municipal budget is underway, though it will be a while before it’s passed. As such, town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to institute an interim tax levy. As in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about half of the total amount […]
Joey Payeur A year ago, one rock kept Hailey Beaudry from a shot at provincial glory. The same situation presented itself Saturday at the Stratton Curling Club—and Beaudry wasn’t about to let the moment pass her by again. The Fort Frances skip tapped back her opponent’s stone to clinch an […]
Joey Payeur One team had won seven games in a row and was the fifth-ranked team in the country. The other had lost 32 in a row and probably was ranked in the bottom five. And yet, in the words of ESPN broadcasting legend Chris Berman, that is why they […]
Joey Payeur Adam Bolen, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, fell 11-6 to Jim Cummine (Sioux Lookout) in this morning’s opening draw of the Travelers 2014 Northern Ontario Curling Association Men’s West Qualifier here. Bolen and his rink of third Lorne Jackson, second Neil Haw, and lead Andy McCormick next […]
the OPP A 32-year-old Atikokan man has been identified in a sudden-death investigation there. Foul play is not suspected in the death of Ryan Keeash, police have determined. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Dec. 31, Rainy River District OPP officers responded to reports of a deceased male located on the […]
Staff Devlin’s female curling dynamo had a hand in making the last unbeaten team at the 2014 Ontario Scotties unbeaten no more. Second Jenna Enge is part of the Tracy Horgan rink from Sudbury, which knocked off Allison Flaxey (Listowel) 7-3 this morning. Flaxey had come into today in first […]
