Lucas Punkari As the SIJHL regular season winds down, now is the time for the four teams battling for the second seed in the playoffs to try and separate themselves. And with a pair of wins over the Minnesota Iron Rangers, the Fort Frances Lakers have done just that—opening a […]
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Heather Latter Khloe Morrison, left, and Emily Bouvier, JK students at St. Michael’s School here, gave their pink teddies a big hug on Valentine’s Day last Thursday as the class paraded through the school during their Teddy Bear March. A Teddy Bear Picnic and other activities followed.
Heather Latter Cassidy Bruyere participated in the candlelight memorial vigil at Couchiching last Thursday evening, as others did across Canada. Armed with signs and candles, about 30 people lined Highway 11 near the band office to support the call for a national inquiry into some 600 missing and murdered women […]
Duane Hicks Makenzie Kilgour, left, and her mom, Alicia, worked together to assemble a “spiral galaxy” made of interlocking pieces of paper Monday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The exercise was led by a representative from Science North, which also brought its “Indoor Planetarium” there for Family […]
Lucas Punkari Tirzah Keffer gave orders to front end Carley Busch and Taylor Hartlin as she watched Samantha Mueller’s rock travel down the ice Saturday night during the ‘A’ final of the annual ladies’ bonspiel at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
Lucas Punkari Joshua Ward of the Times Tigers raced in on goal Saturday night during his team’s 7-2 win over the Calder Legal Eagles in the FFMHA’s Novice ‘A’ tournament. The Tigers fell 3-2 to Fort Frances Taggs in the tightly-contested ‘B’ final Sunday morning. The Thunder Bay Elks Blue […]
Duane Hicks Lillie McKinnon, left, and her mom, Sharla, made a “spiral galaxy” out of construction paper yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Science North brought its “Indoor Planetarium” there for Family Day—proving to be a popular draw despite the heavy snowfall Borderland experienced over the long […]
Staff A four-goal outburst in the first period proved propelled the Fort Frances Lakers to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Iron Rangers on Friday night in Hoyt Lakes. It was the squad’s third-straight win and allowed the Lakers (28-15-1-2) to open up a four-point gap over the third-place Dryden […]
Staff The cost of water and sewer likely will be going up again this year after council votes tonight to approve a report to establish 2013 rates and then a bylaw to impose them. If the new rates are passed, residential customers will pay a flat rate of $845.53 per […]
Heather Latter JK students at St. Michael’s School paraded through other classrooms with their teddy bears yesterday in celebration of Valentine’s Day. A Teddy Bear Picnic and other activities followed.
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances and Resolute Forest Products today reached a joint agreement to resolve outstanding assessment appeal complaints regarding the company’s mill here. The property assessment will be reduced by 25 percent for the subject years 2009-12. Resolute had been seeking reductions of about 58 percent. […]
