Heather Latter Community leaders and company associates were on hand last Wednesday afternoon as H2O Power officially opened its office and workshop here—located in the renovated shop wing of the former Fort Frances High School. Company president Jim Gartshore noted he took shop class in that very spot many years […]
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Heather Latter Organizations encouraged to pledge donors Rainy River District residents are encouraged to book an appointment for the Canadian Blood Services’ first summer blood donor clinic in Fort Frances. The overall goal of the CBS is to get 380 blood donors over the course of the two-day clinic, and […]
Sarah Pruys Alicia Subnaik Kilgour will begin her position as the new chief executive officer at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Sept. 4. Kilgour, who has extensive experience working in libraries, is about to graduate from the University of Western Ontario in London with a Master of […]
Heather Latter With Dr. Cynthia Saliba submitting her resignation to the Fort Frances Clinic and Nelson Medical Corp. last month, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. said efforts to recruit a new physician here will be “stepped up.” Allan Katz noted there will be a Health Professionals Recruitment […]
Sarah Pruys Since its inception began in 1995, the Ministry of Natural Resources has been sampling fish caught during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to monitor the health of the smallmouth bass population in Rainy Lake and to see if the tournament has any negative effects on the species. […]
Lucas Punkari For a group of anglers who had never taken part in the annual Safeway KidPro tournament, youngster Aaron Meyers and his “pro” partners, James Kaemingh and Dan Veldhuisen, looked like seasoned veterans on Rainy Lake on Sunday. The trio’s three biggest bass—out of the 15 they caught that […]
Lucas Punkari While the turnout was lower than what he had hoped, head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan was happy with the performances by those who took part in the Fort Frances Lakers’ annual prospect camp in International Falls over the weekend. “My overall impression was a fairly good […]
Lucas Punkari After returning home to play for the Fort Frances Lakers in the SIJHL last season, local hockey product Jordan Larson is moving on. The 17-year-old centre was traded to the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the CCHL on Friday afternoon, in exchange for a player development fee. “It’s obviously […]
Lucas Punkari It had been a six-year quest with many ups and downs along the way. But Sunday afternoon in Kitchener, local “strongman” Luke Skaarup was able to achieve a long-time goal—capturing the title of Ontario’s Strongest Man by six-and-a-half points over Thunder Bay’s Kyle Rayner. He also qualified for […]
Lucas Punkari Troy Norman smiled at his partner, Aaron Wielinga, on Sunday morning after he reeled in a Rainy Lake bass during the annual Safeway KidPro tournament, which is held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. This 4.64-pound lunker proved to be the biggest bass of the […]
Sarah Pruys Jeff Denis, who last summer completed his Ph.D in sociology on race relations in Rainy River District, returned to the Fort Frances Public Library last Wednesday to meet with the local Celebrating Diversity committee and discuss his findings, as well as receive feedback to include in his dissertation, […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis cut the ribbon at the official opening of the H2O Power facility here last Wednesday afternoon. The building, located in a wing of the former Fort Frances High School, will be the main office and workshop for the company’s five western hydro-generating stations.
