Lucas Punkari Matt Kaarela of the Thunder Bay North Stars tried to knock Fort Frances Lakers’ blueliner Mike Riffel away from the puck as the two squads clashed in SIJHL action here Friday night. The Lakers erased a two-goal, third-period deficit before winning the game in overtime by a 3-2 […]
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In working on my piece about concussions in sports for this week’s Times, perhaps the thing I was surprised most about was the fact that four of the five people I interviewed for the article (Luke Judson, Wayne Strachan, Shane Beckett, and Chad Canfield) all had suffered a concussion when […]
Staff After voting in favour of removing the sidewalk on the east side of Armit Avenue between Church and Front Street at its Sept. 12 meeting, town council will get a letter this evening from Dr. Cam Moorhouse asking it to reconsider the decision. Dr. Moorhouse wrote that he owns […]
Lucas Punkari In what has become par for the course so far this SIJHL season, the Fort Frances Lakers staged back-to-back comeback wins over the weekend to improve to 6-2-0-0 on the young campaign. Following a 3-2 overtime victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars here Friday and a 6-5 […]
Staff Engineering consultant KGS Group, which the town retained in the fall of 2009 to complete an inflow and infiltration investigation study on the sanitary sewer collection system, will be performing more smoke testing today through Friday (Oct. 11-14). The following sections of the system will be charged with fake […]
the OPP Members of the Rainy River District OPP detachment conducted several Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) checks over the holiday weekend as part of “Operation Impact.” At around 2:40 a.m. on Sunday, officers were investigating a mischief to property when a vehicle drew their attention. As a result of […]
the OPP Dryden OPP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Lukas Whitmore, 25, of Winnipeg. He was last seen on Sunday, Oct. 2 just west of Dryden. Whitmore is described as a white male, 5’3” with a slim build, blue eyes, and short brown hair and a receding hair […]
Duane Hicks Naicatchewenin First Nation councilllors Donald Smith, front left, and Orville Councillor, Chief Wayne Smith, Nelson Baker, president and CEO of Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd., Jeremiah Windego, CEO of Naicatchewenin Development Corp. (NDC), Elder Gilbert Smith, back left, and NDC Chief Business Development Officer Tony Marinaro gathered for a […]
Duane Hicks Jay Caldwell and Lisa Lee of Snicklefritz Custom T-shirts showed off some of their selection Friday afternoon during the “Vendor Blender” at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau. It was one of about a dozen local home businesses showcasing their wares at the event, which continued Saturday.
Peggy Revell Capt. Angel Sandoval was all smiles as he served meals to Barb Coran, left, and Edith Newman on Friday at the Citdel as the local Salvation Army hosted its annual Thanksgiving luncheon for the community.
Lucas Punkari Skates & Blades owner Chris McKinnon waited Friday for customers to add their name to the contest involved with the store’s “quitting business” sale at the former Home Sweet Home location on Scott Street. The local business is set to close its doors for good after every piece […]
Peggy Revell Voters in the Kenora-Rainy River elected NDP candidate Sarah Campbell to Queen’s Park. The unofficial results from yesterday’s provincial election saw Campbell garner 10,752 votes—representing 49.2 percent of the popular vote for this riding. “I was thinking that this morning when I woke up that it would hit […]
