Lucas Punkari In order to capture NorWOSSA gold here today, the Muskie girls’ volleyball teams face a long road ahead of them. Both squads first had to defeat the Kenora Broncos in semi-final action this morning (results were not available by press time) to earn a spot into their respective […]
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Staff The next two weekends will be busy ones at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The annual ladies’ bonspiel gets underway this Friday at 6 p.m., with opening ceremonies slated for 8 p.m. Action will resume Saturday at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m., although the exact time for […]
Lucas Punkari The third time indeed was the charm for the Fort Frances Timbits on Sunday. After losing to the Lake of the Woods Red Devils in the final of their home tourney last year, and dropping a title game in Kenora earlier this season, the local squad came through […]
Duane Hicks Allows more U.S. tourists into Canada In an answer to area tourism operators’ prayers, the Tourism Facilitation Action Plan announced Friday will make it easier—at least temporarily—for Americans who have minor criminal records to cross the border into Canada. Starting March 1, Americans with a single indictable offence […]
Heather Latter Local MP John Rafferty and five fellow New Democrat MPs from Northern Ontario have launched a campaign to preserve the region’s 10 seats in the House of Commons if riding boundaries are redrawn. The NDP have a private member’s bill, sponsored by Nickel Belt MP Claude Gravelle, that […]
Lucas Punkari After having to wait until the beginning of May last year to announce his plans for the 2011 racing season, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin is making sure he won’t have to wait as long to get back behind the wheel on the NASCAR circuit this year. The […]
Heather Latter What started out as an idea to spread some Christmas cheer has developed into a project to pass along “warm wishes” all year long. The student council at St. Francis here, along with several class representatives, initiated the “Tree of Warm Wishes” project in December and now 30 […]
Heather Latter The local Celebrating Diversity committee is launching its “Respect Campaign” publicly with a session at Boston Pizza tomorrow morning (Feb. 16). Committee chair Trudy McCormick noted a presentation, developed by three committee members and entitled “Six Steps to a More Respectful Community,” will be offered up, with the […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances has developed a new policy regarding vandalism and wilful damage as a result of repeated incidents at the Memorial Sports Centre. In an interview Monday, Community Services manager George Bell said vandalism continues to be a regular source of grief for arena management. […]
Duane Hicks The town could get some help from Union Gas to fix damaged seats at the ’52 Canadians and Ice For Kids arenas down the road. At Monday night’s meeting, council received a letter from Luke Skaarup, Union Gas utility services and construction manager, notifying it that the company […]
Staff A report released recently by the International Joint Commission (IJC) proposes a plan to improve bi-national management of water quality in the Lake of the Woods-Rainy River basin by imposing a governance model called the International Watershed Initiative. The new initiative’s board would be a combination of the IJC’s […]
Lucas Punkari It can be described as not only the biggest and most important win of the season, but also the biggest statement the Fort Frances Lakers have made throughout the SIJHL campaign. With only two weeks left in the regular season, the Lakers finally got the monkey off their […]
