Lucas Punkari It’s been a few days since Gary Beck was inducted into the inaugural sports Hall of Fame class at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth on Friday with his teammates from the 1974-75 NAIA national championship hockey team, but he’s still wrapping his head around the fact […]
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Duane Hicks Whether you’re a low-income resident struggling with electricity bills, or someone who’s had a bad run-in with an electricity retailer, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is here to help. The OEB, in partnership with Northwest Community Legal Clinic, hosted an information session at the Super 8 here yesterday […]
Heather Latter People might think an illness, such as oral cancer, won’t happen to them. But Gruen Von Behrens is proof that it can, especially when you are a tobacco user. The 34-year-old oral cancer survivor, who lost much of his neck, chin, and tongue to the disease—and no longer […]
Duane Hicks Do you know how to download an e-book? How about use e-mail, or search for something on the Internet? Do you know about all of the technological services your local library provides? If the answer to any of these questions is “no,” don’t worry—the Fort Frances Public Library […]
Peggy Revell Hoping to find inspiration and ideas to bring back to Rainy River District, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. once again is organizing and partially funding a group trip to the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. “The Canadian Western Agribition is very much an agricultural show—kind of like […]
Heather Latter With Christmas less than three months away, “Operation Christmas Child,” the annual shoebox campaign, is now underway. The campaign, conducted by Samaritan’s Purse, sends shoeboxes full of small gifts to children in countries ravaged by war, poverty, famine, and natural disasters. Last year, 640,714 shoeboxes were collected in […]
Lucas Punkari The pool at the Memorial Sports Centre will be a beehive of activity this weekend as the Fort Frances Aquanauts host swimmers from across Northwestern Ontario for the Boston Pizza Fall Frolic Invitational. This year’s event marks a change in date from when the meet has been held […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie football team played the role of party pooper on Friday as it made the trek north to Dryden and defeated the host Eagles 21-17 in the first-ever night game to be played at Harry McMaster Field. With the win, Fort High also improved its record to […]
Lucas Punkari Friday afternoon’s contest between the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Kenora Broncos not only will mark the kick-off of the home tournament and the season for the black-and-gold, it also will mark the first game that first-year head coach Scott Clendenning will be behind the bench. And […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan has wanted his team to play a full 60 minutes all season long, and to start out with the lead instead of fighting to come back during the late stages of a game. After suffering a 5-4 shootout […]
Lucas Punkari There will be a different look both behind the scenes and behind the bench of the Fort Frances Thunderhawks this season as it looks to return to the Allan Cup for a second-straight year in a row and improve on its semi-final showing this past April. This year […]
Peggy Revell Reese and Cameron Bowles last night checked out the 18 ft. x 8.5 ft. semi-permanent mural being installed at the ’52 Canadians Arena here. Entitled “Timmy’s World,” the mural was the work of local youth Harvey Revus, Chase Badiuk, Cameron Cawston, Julia Cawston, Jordyn Ahrens, Jada Eide, Kennedi […]
