Lucas Punkari In a match-up that truly was worthy of a championship final, Boston Pizza claimed the Fort Frances men’s basketball league crown last Wednesday night following a narrow 81-77 victory over La Place Rendez-Vous at the Fort High gym. Having been the top two teams by a wide margin […]
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Lucas Punkari It was a finish that defied explanation—and one that’s also a very rare occurrence. During the 50m freestyle eliminator finals Sunday morning at the NWO Open in Kenora, Fort Frances Aquanaut teammates Donovan Taylor and Adam Stromberg swam identical times of 26.09 seconds to finish tied for top […]
Staff Ontario is undertaking a review of the province’s electricity sector and will explore options to improve efficiencies, including local distribution company (LDC) consolidation. While it’s far too early to know what that could mean for the Fort Frances Power Corp., Mayor Roy Avis said he’s not in favour of […]
Heather Latter Touted as rewarding experience With roughly 60 children in care but just 35 foster homes across Rainy River District, the foster care co-ordinator with Child and Family Services here stresses there is a strong need locally for more foster parents. “We are seeing more kids coming into care […]
Lucas Punkari Being as competitive and driven as he is, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin was a little disappointed with his end result in Friday night’s Nationwide Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway. But in matching his career-best finish with a 10th-place showing in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, […]
Heather Latter Leading Seaman Chelsea Barron, with the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Fort Frances, learned plenty of war history while taking part in a pilgrimage to France and Belgium earlier this month. The Grade 8 student from J.W. Walker School here was one of 40 cadets who travelled […]
Duane Hicks Depression is not a normal part of aging. That’s the message behind a presentation next Tuesday (April 24) from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Valley Adult Learning Association office located in the former high school off Second Street East. It is being put on by the Rainycrest Family Council […]
Staff Local teen Dexter Fichuk, head of the Fort Frances Mob(ilizers) group at Fort High, is altering the “Cover the Night” event originally planned for this Friday night (April 20), in which people would cover the community with posters of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in an effort to make […]
Staff Shaw’s “Fill the Food Banks” campaign is underway locally in hopes of ensuring food will be the last thing on district residents’ minds. People are urged to drop off non-perishable food items at the Shaw Cable office here (1037 First St. E.) or the local Salvation Army. “And we’re […]
Staff Local residents again have been reporting a phone scam aimed at gaining access to personal computers and information. And once again they are warning everyone, particularly seniors, not to be fooled. One resident said she received a call Monday from an individual claiming to be from Microsoft and telling […]
Lucas Punkari A chance to represent Fort High at the all-Ontario badminton championships is on the line today in Thunder Bay for four Muskies. The boys’ doubles team of Bryson Skirten and Andre Emond, along with the mixed doubles tandem of Tori Sikora and Connor Bujold, are vying for gold […]
Lucas Punkari They didn’t know they had captured the provincial Club 55+ triples tournament crown until the official awards banquet last Wednesday night in Sudbury. But when the local trio of Evelyn Barker, Betty Robinson, and Sylvia Beadle found out their pins over average score of +195 was enough to […]
