Staff Numbers are down when it comes to people participating in the Town of Fort Frances’ annual Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste Day. This year saw only 185 vehicles drop by the town’s Public Works building on Fifth Street to drop off hazardous materials, reported Dough Brown, manager of Operations […]
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Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers have completed their 2011 SIJHL exhibition schedule with an undefeated record, as they rounded out their four-game slate with an 8-5 victory over the Wisconsin Wilderness in Spooner, Wisc. last night. Early on, the game played out in a very similar fashion to what […]
Lucas Punkari The process to determine the 2011/12 Fort High Muskies boys hockey team began last night at Ice for Kids Arena, as this year’s training camp officially got underway. “I think everyone is pretty eager to get back going,” head coach Shawn Jourdain said. “We as a staff are […]
Press Release There were eight new fires found in the region by the time of reporting yesterday, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources. Windy conditions prevailed throughout the day along with a shift in temperature conducting thunderstorm activities in many parts of the region. Much cooler temperatures are expected to […]
There is an old saying, “Fools run in where angels fear to tread.” This is particularly appropriate nowadays about the stock market. One must begin by considering the investment sector. The main source of gross private domestic investment is the retained earnings of business. That is, the expenditure comes from […]
Heather Latter Six-year-old best friends Tatum Kielczewski, left, and Kiera Sherlock, poured a glass of lemonade at their stand on Scott Street this past Saturday afternoon. The pair raised a total of $45 from their $.25 a glass endeavour, donating the funds to the local hospital. Lori Maki accepted their […]
Lucas Punkari Chantal Jodoin dribbled the ball up court as she and the rest of her Muskie senior girls’ basketball teammates took part in a scrimmage at Fort High yesterday afternoon. The Muskies will be taking part in a tournament in Thunder Bay this weekend before they begin their NorWOSSA […]
Press Release Rainy River District OPP responded to two separate reports of fire in the Town of Rainy River over the weekend. On Friday at 6:30 p.m., police and fire department officials responded to the report of a house fire on Main Street in Rainy River. The fire was contained […]
Staff A candidate for the Northern Ontario Heritage Party has thrown her hat into the provincial election ring. Charmaine Romaniuk of Kenora filed her papers to run for the Kenora-Rainy River riding yesterday at the Fort Frances Elections Ontario office. Romaniuk is a 26 year-old Métis student currently studying anthropology […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances’ new strategic plan will be presented at tonight’s council meeting. Called “Realities . . . Challenges . . . Opportunities,” this is the final draft of the plan which council and administration first started working on back in June, when they met at Sunny […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers are still undefeated in their SIJHL pre-season slate following two games at the Ice for Kids Arena this past weekend, as they edged the Wisconsin Wilderness by a score of 6-4 yesterday afternoon, after they throttled the Sioux Lookout Flyers 10-0 on Friday night. […]
Staff The Fort Frances OPP is reminding commercial vehicle operators that they must abide by local bylaws which state the use of jake brakes is prohibited within town limits. Police have received a few complaints recently. On several occasions, tractor trailers have been entering from the east end of the […]
