Duane Hicks A video clip featuring a Fort Frances man will be among those aired this Sunday (Oct. 23) on the long-running TV program, “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Josh Henry, 24, recently was contacted by the show, which airs at 6 p.m. (CDT) on ABC (Channel 11 for local Shaw […]
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Staff After an almost two-week hiatus from NorWOSSA play, the four Muskie court teams returned to action yesterday in Kenora, where they ended up splitting their four matches with the Broncos. On the basketball court, Sarah Bagacki had 22 points as the junior girls (4-1) earned their fourth-straight win by […]
Staff Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. announced earlier this week that impressive gold assays have been discovered from its ongoing exploratory drilling campaign in the Pine Centre area of its Straw Lake project, located about 50 km north of Fort Frances. But given the company only is in the early stages […]
Duane Hicks Technology co-ordinator Charlotte Anderson touched up the paint on a spooky window this morning at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, which is holding a Hallowe’en window-painting contest in the children’s department this weekend. It’s not too late to enter—just drop by the library to enquire or […]
Peggy Revell Local Brownies Piper Caldwell, left, Jenaya DeBenetti, and Greta Fedoruk recited their promise during yesterday evening’s enrolment ceremony for both the local Sparks and Brownies units.
Lucas Punkari Lakers’ goalie Tyler Ampe tried to peek his way through a screen between teammate Josh Scott and Jesse Linner of the Dryden Ice Dogs last Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here. Ampe turned aside 34 shots to earn the victory as the Lakers skated to […]
Duane Hicks Time-of-use (TOU) hydro rates for residential and small business consumers, including those of the Fort Frances Power Corp., are going up as of Nov. 1, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) reported Monday. In a press release, the OEB said the TOU prices are changing as follows: •On-peak (weekdays […]
Staff With three months under their belt at their new downtown location, the Northwest Community Legal Clinic here is inviting the public to an official grand-opening celebration this Friday (Oct. 21). “We’ve definitely seen a change,” executive director Trudy McCormick said about the move from the second floor of the […]
the NDP “Voters in Kenora-Rainy River decided on election day to ask me to help deliver the change they want to see in Ontario, and I’m ready to take on that challenge,” vowed Sarah Campbell, the NDP’s new MPP for Kenora-Rainy River. “I’ve spent this election campaign focused on the […]
VNP The Tooth Lake Fire in Voyageurs National Park remains at roughly 300 acres in size. The fire continues to burn in mixed pine and hardwood forest, two miles south of Namakan Lake and 1.5 miles east of Junction Bay. Recent rainfall and colder temperatures have stopped the spread of […]
Laurel Beager – International Falls Journal A proposal for a new facility for the International Falls port-of-entry has moved a step forward with the completion of an environmental document. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received a final environmental impact statement (Doc. #20110333) on the International Falls Land Port of […]
the OCOA Despite unseasonably warm weather across most of Ontario, fall is upon us and with fall comes the time for tens of thousands of Ontario residents to participate in a wide variety of hunting opportunities throughout the province. The Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) wants to remind anyone venturing […]
