Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Home Show is a weekend full of excitement, with more than 70 exhibitors and roughly 4,000 visitors each year. This year’s show, which runs May 11-12, will feature the return of the Fort Frances “Strongman” competition as the main entertainment on […]
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Lucas Punkari With his eyes set towards 2016, Fort Frances Aquanaut Donovan Taylor planned to use the 2012 Olympic swimming trials last week in Montreal as a learning experience. Despite his best result being a 47th place in the 400m I.M. last Tuesday, the 17-year-old Taylor picked up numerous lessons […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Girls & Women’s Hockey Association put the wraps on another season Friday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. “It’s bittersweet, in a way, to have this year come to an end,” FFGWHA president Ron MacKinnon said during the annual awards ceremony. “We’ve had a really […]
Heather Latter Piper Edwards, nine, helped cut off more than a foot of Ria Cuthbertson’s hair on Saturday during a benefit for her three-year-old brother, Laud, who was diagnosed with leukemia in December and currently is undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Winnipeg. Cuthbertson, along with Kelly Haney, who also cut her […]
Duane Hicks Margaret Sedgwick, CEO of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, will retire at the end of the June after 35 years.
Heather Latter Members of the Rainy Lake Orchestra presented a free concert at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Sunday afternoon. Titled “Broadway on the Border,” they played song selections such as “Edelweiss,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and “Beauty and the Beast.”
Lucas Punkari Montana Plasky, left, Jaida Norris, and Noella Taylor-Taves were among the CanSkate C “dinosaurs” that gave out low-fives to the CanSkate A “Vikings” following the completion of Sunday’s performance of the Border Skating Club’s “A Night at the Museum” ice show at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Lucas Punkari In a stark contrast from the first game of the SIJHL final, the Wisconsin Wilderness prevailed in a wild overtime affair last night, topping the Fort Frances Lakers 6-5 in Spooner to even the best-of-seven showdown at 1-1. Andrew Anderson beat Lakers’ goalie Tyler Ampe at the 4:18 […]
Staff Tomorrow is the last chance to get your tickets for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s Good Friday breakfast at La Place Rendez-Vous. June Caul, who is co-organizing the event with Diane Maxey, said this morning that some tickets are left. But if you want to go, you’ll have to […]
Press Release A new local organization plans to hold a public meeting here tomorrow (April 4) at 7 p.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre. The purpose of the meeting, being organized by “Seniors, Retirees Against Pension and Elder Abuse,” will be to discuss concerns dealing with Abitibi pensions (now known […]
Heather Latter Kyle Stanfield, vice-president of Environment and Sustainability with Rainy River Resources, offered a presentation to Fort High students this morning about the mineral industry and potential job opportunities at the Rainy River Gold Project in the future. He spoke to students in a total of four classes over […]
Heather Latter Maccie Gibson posed with the Easter Bunny at the Best Start Hub here Saturday during the Easter party there. Youngsters also enjoyed crafts, a sing-along with John Reader, and refreshments.
