Lucas Punkari After watching his team drop a pair of home games to the Thunder Bay North Stars over the weekend, Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan had a message for his players in the dressing room. “The main thing we talked about was to just […]
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Staff The regular meeting of town council, originally slated for tonight, has been rescheduled to Thursday. The reason for the change is because two councillors are out of town and council would not be able to form a quorum. The public session of Thursday’s meeting will start at 6:35 p.m.
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances’ bylaw department is on the hunt for a large cat—believed to a bobcat—which reportedly has killed several cats. Planning and Development Superintendent Rick Hallam said a bobcat recently was reported in the area of Church Street and Nelson Avenue. “I have no proof […]
Press Release A total of 25 Revera Office and Client Services staff across the districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay voted more than 60 percent in favour of joining the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, CEP national representative Stephen Boon confirmed this morning. Revera home health care services […]
Heather Latter Students at Robert Moore School took part in smoosh races yesterday as part of their winter carnival. Other outdoor activities enjoyed by the students included snow soccer, curling, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing while indoors students participated in Zumba, square dancing, karaoke, and face-painting.
Heather Latter St. Michael’s School students were all smiles yesterday morning as they had a chance to go for dog sled rides around the school grounds with Burton Penner of Borealis Sled Dog Adventures from Vermilion Bay. The dog sled team also stopped by St. Francis School in the afternoon […]
Staff The concept of an off-leash dog park here has been on hold for the time being after an advisory committee determined the town isn’t currently in a good financial position to help make it a reality. In light of the job layoffs announced by Resolute Forest Products in late […]
the OPP Yesterday around 8:30 a.m., members of the Kenora OPP detachment were called to the Norman Dam, where workers located a body floating at the intake to the dam. The OPP’s Marine Unit attended, as well as the Kenora Fire Department, to assist with the recovery. A post-mortem examination […]
The Associated PressJimmy Golen BOSTON—A two-goal lead was down to one, and suddenly the Boston Bruins were trying to avoid another third-period collapse. “At least we didn’t sit back; we didn’t panic [and] our guys responded well,” Bruins’ coach Claude Julien said after Boston snapped a two-game losing streak with […]
Lucas Punkari Fort High students Carly Taggart, left, Jessica Coran, and Amy Penner were among the first people who greeted visitors to the high school yesterday evening during Parents’ Night, selling tickets for a quilt raffle. The quilt, which was made by the Grade 10 Family Studies Class, will be […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie girls’ hockey coach Scott Clendenning read one of the winning tickets that Shane Bliss drew at Fort High last night for the team’s annual “Hat Trick” cash raffle. The $7,500 first prize was won by Greg Johnson of Fort Frances while Bob Nault of Atikokan took the […]
Tina Roth and Helen Wensley of Fort Frances were among the $40 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for March. Other winners include Rosemary and John Laevens (Rainy River), King Johnson, Gloria Smith, Valerie Tilley, Seija Van Haesendonck, and Phyllis Bauldre (Dryden), Lucille Dickey, […]
