Lucas Punkari After seeing their seven-game winning streak came to a screeching halt at the hands of the host Wisconsin Wilderness on Saturday night, the Fort Frances Lakers wasted little time in starting what they hope is another lengthy run. Although the game may not have been a complete work […]
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Lucas Punkari With parents, family members, and fans of both teams being whipped into a frenzy by what was taking place on the ice, it was hard to know just who would come away with the FFMHA’s Bantam ‘A’ tournament title Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena between […]
Submitted Marie Major of Devlin brought her “friends” along as she participated as a medal bearer in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay when it passed through Dryden on Friday.
Heather Latter Six-year-old Magnus Trembath gave his dad, Cameron, a hand loading up a tree at the Lakeview Trailer Court on Saturday during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Teams spent the afternoon traversing the streets of town to pick up the trees and take them to […]
Peggy Revell Tom Mosbeck of Tompkins Hardware spoke about how Donald Young School plays an integral part in the community during last Thursday night’s public meeting of the pupil accommodation review committee. About 100 people came out for the meeting—the second of four—as the Rainy River District School Board collects […]
Lucas Punkari Brady Hawkins (#50) and David Simpkin of the Kenora Broncos tried to prevent Muskie Will Anderson from taking a shot during their NorWOSSA senior boys’ basketball showdown last Thursday afternoon at Fort High. Try as they might, the Broncos were unable to stop Anderson, who led the black-and-gold […]
Duane Hicks Given the replacement of the roof over the local OPP detachment and fire hall is one of the more urgent capital projects in 2012, town council agreed yesterday to draft a bylaw to hire a consultant before putting the job out to tender. Council approved a report from […]
Staff St. Michael’s School principal Brendan Hyatt is expected to be appointed as assistant superintendent of education for the Northwest Catholic District School Board at tonight’s meeting. The position, which will replace the role of Student Success leader David Sharp when he retires this year, will be effective Aug. 27, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians will play a rare weekday matinee at the Ice For Kids Arena when they host the Baudette Bears at 4:15 p.m. The Canadians, who last played on home ice back on Dec. 28 when they dumped Grand Rapids 10-2, are coming off a […]
Heather Latter St. Michael’s School teacher Carla Harris, back left, along with Myra Mainville and Jenny Jourdain of the Our Lady of Lourdes C.W.L. and students Emmy Saciuk, Cora Cook, and Samantha Halliday, showed off the mittens and socks collected by staff and students there last month. The donations will […]
Staff Some 24 hours after his team’s seven-game winning streak came to a screeching halt at the hands of the Wisconsin Wilderness, Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Jordan Larson made sure the red-and-white wouldn’t return from a weekend road trip without picking up at least two points. The first-year sniper from […]
the OPP Rainy River District OPP detachment members are “Adopting an Athlete” through the Ontario Special Olympics program. More than 900 athletes and coaches from across Ontario will gather in Kingston from May 31-June 3 to compete in the Special Olympics 2012 Ontario Provincial Spring Games. Participants will compete at […]
