Duane Hicks Chamber of Commerce president Mark Caron wrote down his vision for the future of Fort Frances in 20 words or less yesterday evening during a workshop at La Place Rendez-Vous. Led by Calgary-based firm Twist Marketing, the session was the first step in a branding exercise to help […]
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Duane Hicks Whether or not you use the facility often, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre wants as many people as possible to fill out its new survey concerning library service. A survey went out with local residents’ sewer/water bills last week, and copies of it are available at […]
Joey Payeur A different brand of Canadian snowbirds are in full flight towards a U.S. college championship. The top-seeded Providence University College Pilots from Otterburne, Man., and featuring Fort Frances native Jess Caul at striker, earned a 2-1 victory over fifth-ranked Ohio Christian University Trailblazers yesterday in their opening game […]
Duane Hicks “Be good to them and they’ll be good to you.” That’s Greg Alton’s philosophy when it comes to taking care of feet. And so it was only natural that Alton, who also is an RPN at La Verendrye Hospital here, got the necessary certification and started Alton’s Health […]
Joey Payeur If a team’s going to lose, it might as well be creative about it. The Muskie boys’ hockey team pulled off a dubious hat trick in getting swept by the Thunder Bay Minor Midget Kings in a three-game exhibition series split between Atikokan and the new Couchiching arena. […]
Joey Payeur All things being equal (or, in this case, all rinks), Kathie Jackson likes her team’s chances. Jackson will skip an all-Fort Frances rink—featuring third Teresa McFayden, second Lisa Penner, and lead Kris Sinclair—at the Dominion Curling Club Championships at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay beginning […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers are in the midst of a 10-day break away from competition. The rest of the SIJHL just breathed a sigh of relief. The Lakers (16-1-0-1) bulldozed their way to their 15th-straight win with a 5-2 triumph over the host Dryden Ice Dogs (9-12) on […]
Joey Payeur Being interviewed after the game almost was as painful for Lindsay Dixon as trying to stop her was for the Dryden Eagles. The formidable power forward netted 11 of her game-high 13 points in the first half to help the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team dump the host […]
Heather Latter Northwestern Ontario’s lone senator supported last week’s motion to suspend fellow senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, and Patrick Brazeau. “I felt we treated them fairly,” Lynn Beyak said Saturday from her home in Dryden. “We have the disciplinary function as a senate, within our own parliamentary rules and […]
Staff With the “Festival of Frost” a little over two weeks away, organizers of the “stationary” parade are urging more businesses and individuals to register floats for the Nov. 30 event. “There have been quite a few people calling to inquire about putting in a float,” said Robin Payeur of […]
Duane Hicks The “Festival of Trees” silent auction rapidly is shaping up to be fun event, with more and more businesses and individuals agreeing to decorate a tree for the fundraiser. Samantha Manty, business and events development assistant intern for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, said that as of […]
Heather Latter The second-annual fall wine-and-cheese fundraiser gala at the Fort Frances Museum, held there last Thursday night, was deemed a success by organizers. “We are very pleased with the way our fundraiser gala went,” enthused Duane Hicks, president of the Friends of the Museum, which hosted the event. “The […]
