Joey Payeur It’s game on this weekend for the Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians. The local squad will get to trade shots, bodychecks, and perhaps the odd harsh word or two with three other teams at their season-opening tournament in the new arena on Lac Seul First Nation. Fort Frances […]
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Joey Payeur The limousine is booked and the tuxedos have been rented. The Muskie football team is all set to go to the big dance. The Fort High squad (3-3) had an even more enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend after clinching a playoff spot in the WHSFL’s Andy Currie Division (‘A’)—and without […]
Joey Payeur Brent Aiken made such a good first impression, the referee even was recognizing him for things he didn’t do. Aiken was credited with a goal and an assist in his first game with the Fort Frances Lakers (7-1-0-1), who extended their SIJHL winning streak to six games with […]
Duane Hicks The customer—and their pets—come first at “4 Your Pets.” That’s the philosophy Pam Williams, who opened the new downtown business on Oct. 1, plans to live by. When Williams, who originally hails from Fort Frances, moved back here in February, 2012, she couldn’t find the products she wanted […]
Heather Latter Seeing a market that was somewhat under-serviced in the area, Darlyss and Scott Krienke-Turvey have opened the doors to their new business—“Ink Spotz Apparel+”—at 279 Scott St. “It’s something I always wanted to do so when the opportunity came, we said let’s go for it,” noted Darlyss Krienke-Turvey, […]
Press Release The Sister Kennedy Centre is a beehive of activity preparing for its 30th anniversary celebrations, which will take place during the week of Oct. 21-26. This week has been proclaimed by town council as “Seniors Week” in Fort Frances. Every Fort Frances mayor from 1983 until today has […]
Heather Latter With the biennial “Luncheon of Hope,” organized by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, set to go this Saturday, local fitness leaders Margitta McLeod and Arlene Georgeson want to support breast cancer, too. So the pair is organizing a “Zumba Glow Party” this Friday evening, with funds […]
Duane Hicks Since the announcement of the “Festival of Frost” and the notion of a stationary Santa Claus parade two weeks ago, there’s been plenty of people taking about whether it’s a good idea or not. But parade organizers are sticking to their guns and sending the message: “If people […]
Joey Payeur Dereck Pigeon is following his father’s advice; Guillaume Normandin his care-free instincts. Together, they are following a path filled with the echoes of Canadian history. Pigeon, 24, and Normandin, 26, stopped in Fort Frances last week for a well-earned three-day break after 153-consecutive 10-hour days paddling and portaging […]
Duane Hicks Construction of a new sidewalk for J.W. Walker students will be considered in the 2014 municipal budget with the understanding that the town will have to share the cost with other parties. Following the Sept. 21 public meeting where council received input on the 2014 budget, the Administration […]
Duane Hicks The town can’t appeal Minutes of Settlement for new gas distribution lines here as it previously had intended. A recent reassessment by the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC) indicated that following the replacement of old steel gas lines with new plastic ones, the value of the pipeline property […]
Heather Latter Thirty-four students from Fort Frances High School, along with four teachers, attended “We Day Minnesota” in St. Paul last week—a one day event that highlights a movement of young people leading local and global change. “It was a really great experience,” said Grade 12 student Maisie Fichuk, a […]
