Joey Payeur Some teams cling to championship status like a pit bull watchdog on the pant leg of a burglar. The St. Paul’s Crusaders (Winnipeg) showed they were unwilling to surrender their crown by winning the fifth-annual Boston Pizza Piper Classic Tournament of Champions there over the weekend, which included […]
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Sarah Pruys With the temperature hovering around minus -30 C (22 below zero F), about two dozen people jumped into Sand Bay here for the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge” on New Year’s Day. Those who took part managed to raise $6,581 by 1 p.m. on Jan. 1. And […]
Heather Latter The new year will be a busy one for both local MP John Rafferty and MPP Sarah Campbell as they continue to tackle several issues to ensure the best for the residents of Northwestern Ontario. The issues at the top of Campbell’s list are winter highway maintenance and […]
Duane Hicks The public will get a look at the town’s new comprehensive zoning bylaw at council’s next regular meeting this coming Monday. Over the past year, the bylaw has been revised to be consistent with policies contained in the Town of Fort Frances Official Plan approved by the Ministry […]
Duane Hicks None of the 16 lots comprising the new Huffman subdivision have been purchased yet but the town is poised to embark on a campaign to market the properties—and Fort Frances, in general, as a place to live and do business. “There’s about four people that we’re talking to […]
Heather Latter “I expect [it] to be a blessing and to be blessed, challenged, and inspired.” That’s what local resident Melissa Friesen wrote in a blog back in October, 2012 before she embarked on a missions journey to 11 countries in 11 months through a program called “The World Race.” […]
Duane Hicks With the municipal election coming up in October, some current members of council are looking forward to running again—maybe even for mayor—while others are stepping aside. Coun. Andrew Hallikas, in his second four-year term, said his name will be on the ballot this fall. “I’m definitely going to […]
Heather Latter Jackie McCormick, chair of the accommodation review committee at Sturgeon Creek School, is urging the public to attend a committee of the whole meeting scheduled for next Wednesday (Jan. 15) at 1 p.m. at the Rainy River District School Board office here. The intention of the meeting is […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers muddled through the post-holiday mire but still came away with their winning streak intact. After a sloppy 7-4 win over the English River Miners in Ear Falls on Friday night, the Lakers got back to basics defensively in a 3-1 triumph here Saturday to […]
Sarah Pruys FFHS Travel Club students Mason Whatley and Jenny Hammond plunged into the icy waters of Rainy Lake on New Year’s Day to help raise money for their spring trip to Italy. Fellow students Shawn Brady and Jonah Cawston, along with teacher Owen Johnston, were right behind them. The […]
Heather Latter Robyn and Tyson Dennis of Fort Frances welcomed their newborn daughter, Jasper Isla Dennis, who was the first baby of 2014 in Rainy River District. She was born Jan. 1 at 8:37 a.m., weighing in at seven pounds, 15 oz. Big brother is Blase Dennis. The family will […]
Sarah Pruys It was minus-15 C on Friday, the warmest temperature Borderland had seen all week, but it came with a lot of snow as a winter storm blew through the area, bringing upwards of 15 cm (six inches) by the time it was all over. The mercury then plunged […]
