Heather Latter OPP auxiliary constable Don Marquis stuffed a cruiser with more food donations at The Place on Saturday during the third-annual “Stuff-A-Cruiser” event hosted by the local OPP, along with Treaty #3 Police and CN Rail Police. With cruisers also located at Walmart and Safeway here, as well as […]
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Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Davis Smith had his most successful night of his three-year SIJHL career here Saturday night. The 20-year-old from Atikokan earned his first career hat trick as the Lakers edged the visiting Duluth Clydesdales 6-5. Smith hadn’t found the back of the net since a 6-3 […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team earned its second tournament win of the season Saturday in Portage la Prairie, Man., beating the Kenora Broncos 3-2 in the final of the PCI Saints Christmas Classic. The previous tournament triumph for the black-and-gold came in October, when they edged the Broncos by […]
Duane Hicks Sun Country Highway (SCH) vice-president Christopher Misch, left, thanked Paul Noonan, owner of La Place Rendez-Vous, for providing a location for one of 80 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations which SCH has installed along the Trans-Canada Highway. Mirsch has been travelling across the country to promote the new […]
Duane Hicks Town council will vote tonight on whether to proceed with the proposed re-zoning of the former Huffman School property on Williams Avenue into a residential subdivision. If Zoning By-Law 8/98 is amended with respect to lands municipally described as part of Block C Plan SM-112, this effectively will […]
Duane Hicks Former Fort Frances resident Trevor Torseth will appear in the next episode of the popular CBS drama “NCIS,” which airs this Tuesday (Dec. 11) at 7 p.m. Torseth, who grew up in Fort Frances, is an actor in Los Angeles. He will be playing the role of Al […]
Heather Latter Charmaine Langlais of the Sunset Country Métis lit a candle during the annual service marking the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women yesterday evening at the Knox United Church here while Anne-Marie Armstrong looked on. The candlelight vigil honoured the 14 women killed 23 […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP responded to the scene of a lockdown at the Fort Frances High School just before noon yesterday. Police had received a report from school officials that a 16-year-old male was seen at the school with what was suspected to be a replica firearm. […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team continued its perfect start to the NorWOSSA regular season, edging the host Dryden Eagles 4-3 last night. Nick Kaun, Dylan Curtis, Nolan Vold, and Braden Webb all scored for the black-and-gold, who improved to 5-0 on the campaign. Cam Zappitelli, Joel Zieroth, and Tyler […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP responded to the scene of a lockdown at the Fort Frances High School just before noon today. Police had received a report from school officials that a 16-year-old male was seen at the school with what was suspected to be a replica firearm. […]
Nicole Horn Meghan Prasie looked over a model of a human mouth at the Fort High gym last Wednesday afternoon during the “Healthy Futures” fair, which was sponsored by the Fort Frances Voyageurs Lions Club.
Press Release Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak congratulated Randy Nickle on his nomination as the Ontario PC candidate for Kenora-Rainy River. Hudak applauded Nickle for his unwavering focus on reducing the size and cost of government, as well as kick-starting the economy to create private-sector jobs. “Northerners are aware that […]
