Lucas Punkari With time winding down in both the third period and a late-game power play, it looked as if the Fort Frances Lakers would head to overtime with the Minnesota Iron Rangers on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. But with 68 seconds to go, Colton Spicer […]
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Duane Hicks The town will get a better idea as to what the proposed “Huffman” residential subdivision on Williams Avenue will cost after town council decided yesterday to put the job out to tender. Engineering Northwest has estimated the project will cost about $1.4 million, but the town will get […]
Staff Resolute Forest Products might be in a position to decide what it will do with its Fort Frances mill later this spring. During a conference call Tuesday coinciding with the announcement of Resolute’s preliminary fourth quarter and 2012 results, Resolute president and CEO Richard Garneau said the company currently […]
Press Release Everyone has a role to play in ending domestic violence in the workplace and the community. Eight workplaces in the Kenora-Rainy River districts took important steps in 2012 and the beginning of 2013 to create safe, supportive workplaces. They taught supervisors and workers how to recognize the warning […]
Robin McCormick The first of four meetings on the future of Crossroads Public School will be held next Tuesday (Feb. 19) at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of these meetings is to consider the outcomes of the accommodation review called by the local public school board. This is a very important […]
Lucas Punkari After finishing in a tie for fourth at last week’s Northern Ontario Bantam boys’ provincial playdowns in Longlac, Fort Frances curler Chris Silver already is looking forward to making it back next year. “I thought the experience was really good,” said Silver, who is in Grade 8 at […]
Lucas Punkari Having given up the lead midway through the third period, and also having lost captain Merritt Rysavy to injury, it looked like the Fort Frances Lakers were about to drop yet another game to the Dryden Ice Dogs here last Tuesday night. But the Lakers turned the momentum […]
Lucas Punkari While her 3-6 record was not what she had hoped for going into the event, the chance to compete at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta. last week was one that Fort Frances native Tirzah Keffer will never forget. “It’s really hard […]
Duane Hicks Due to the infiltration of groundwater into the town’s aged piping system, it continues to treat far more water than it should have to. In an activity report from Operations and Facilities executive committee chair Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft at Monday night’s council meeting, he noted the town treated […]
Duane Hicks Métis Ventures Inc. (MVI), a holding company of Sunset Country Métis, is asking the town for a break on its outstanding taxes. Council received a letter from Clint Calder, president of both Sunset Country Métis and MVI, stating that the current total principal tax owing on properties at […]
Heather Latter It is every singer’s dream to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall—one of the most prestigious concert venues in the world—and two former Fort Frances residents will be living that dream next week. Annelise Hawrylak and Sarah Hallikas, who both currently reside in Toronto, are members of […]
Staff Legal action initiated by four local bands in 1998 culminates with a Superior Court of Justice hearing regarding the “two-chain shore allowance” that starts next week at the Fort Frances Courthouse. Couchiching, Naicatchewenin, Nigigoonsiminikaaning (formerly Nicickousemencaning), and Mitaanjigamiing (formerly Stanjikoming) are the plaintiffs in the matter while the Attorney […]
