Heather Latter Former Fort Frances resident Joe Egan played one of the custom guitars he built. He started up his own business, called “Egan Custom Guitars,” at his home on Vancouver Island earlier this year.
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Duane Hicks Lori Caron, left, was presented with $5,200 in Canada Safeway gift cards by Fort Frances Lions president Val Rose on Friday. Caron was the first-prize winner in the Lions’ groceries-for-a-year draw. Susan Allison won the second-place prize of $1,000. The Lions sold all 1,500 tickets for the draw. […]
Lucas Punkari Annalise Hayes, Mikel Ward, and Caleb Bruyere held up a sign supporting the Bauer “Own the Moment” campaign that last year’s Fort Frances ‘AA’ Atom Canadians currently are involved in. As of press time, the squad currently sits in second place in the voting, with a chance to […]
Press Release Local NDP MP John Rafferty has tabled motion M-417 to establish a Royal Canadian Legion Infrastructure Renewal Fund to assist individual Legion branches across Canada in upgrading their physical infrastructure. “As a non-profit, self-sustaining body, [Legions] are only able to raise funds through membership dues, catering, and other […]
Lucas Punkari If everything still was going according to plan for the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams, they would be using most of their holiday break to gear up for the second half of the NorWOSSA season. Instead, both squads are stuck in limbo as all games scheduled until […]
Staff Jessica Caul was unstoppable at the Fort High gym last Wednesday night in the final Borderland Indoor Women’s Soccer League action before the Christmas break. Caul scored an astonishing seven goals in a 10-0 rout by Peters’ Plumbing & Heating over Leon’s Fort Frances. Melanie Hyatt, Hailey Beaudry, and […]
Lucas Punkari Coming off a pair of less-than-satisfying performances in their previous two games, the general feeling among fans at the Ice for Kids Arena last Tuesday night was that the Fort Frances Lakers might have an extremely tough time against the Minnesota Wilderness. And while the SIJHL league leaders […]
Heather Latter He got his first guitar when he was in Grade 5. Now former Fort Frances resident Joe Egan is designing and building guitars with his business, “Egan Custom Guitars,” based out of Vancouver Island, B.C., where he resides on a farm with his fiancée, daughter, Poppy, and two […]
the OPP The OPP is reminding the public to be informed of the dangers of ice. According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, every winter 25-30 Canadians will die in ice-related incidents—and countless others will go through the ice and have near brushes with death. In the North West Region, […]
It will be mostly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-26 C (15 below zero F) Look for west winds at five-10 m.p.h., causing wind chill values of minus-29 to minus-34 (20-30 below). Christmas Day will be partly sunny but cold, with a high of minus-19 (two below) and […]
Sarah Pruys The extensive work George Armstrong Co. Ltd. has been doing on a major bridge rehabilitation project here has not gone unnoticed. “Our company has been nominated for, and awarded, a finalist position in a contest called ‘Crews that Rock,’” noted owner Shane Armstrong. “This is a contest that […]
Staff Ontario is supporting two Rainy River District businesses with dollars from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. Rainy River Cereal, a wild-rice cereal company based out of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, has received $47,000 to continue marketing and developing its product. Meanwhile, Finland Corners Family Restaurant, a 30-seat restaurant with […]
