Staff Raising awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and HIV/AIDS are the goals of two guest speakers lined up for later this month at Couchiching First Nation. “Everybody is always welcome,” noted Connie Calder, co-ordinator for Couchiching’s FASD program, which is putting together the event along with Couchiching’s Healthy Babies […]
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Staff With the aim of being bigger and better each year, the district’s annual Gun and Hobby Show is set to move to Fort Frances this year. After initially being held in Barwick, the show will switch to the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday, May 7 from 10-4 p.m. […]
the MNR Three Ontario residents have been fined a total of $2,750 for charges related to illegal moose hunting. Jim Martin of Owen Sound was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and fined $2,250 for discharging a firearm across a highway, possessing illegally-killed wildlife, and providing false information […]
Lucas Punkari Over the last 12 years, the darting community throughout Northwestern Ontario has made its way to Fort Frances every March for two purposes. To take part in friendly competition, and to also pay their respects to one of their friends. The local Legion once again hosted the annual […]
Lucas Punkari Usually March Break means rest, relaxation, and possibly some fun in a warm locale for many students in Rainy River district. Instead, it’s time for fine-tuning and hard work for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as it gets ready to head down to the provincial ‘AAA/AAAA’ showdown in […]
Staff Having watched the Gillons’ Sharks capture two Atom tournaments this season, the M.E.C. Bulldogs were determined to get some revenge in the playoffs this past week. Which is exactly what they did last Thursday evening at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The Bulldogs skated away with a 4-2 victory in […]
Staff Club gearing for ice show Two members of the local Border Skating Club were in Mississauga over the weekend for the Ontario Trillium Cup and Trillium StarSKATE provincial championships. Michael Nelson finished in eighth overall in the Trillium Cup’s Pre-Novice Men event, which was won by Thunder Bay skater […]
Duane Hicks While some Hydro One customers in Rainy River District will be switching over to time-of-use (TOU) rates later this month, Fort Frances Power Corp. customers can expect them to come into effect starting July 1. FFPC CEO and president Joerg Ruppenstein said last week that the FFPC currently […]
Heather Latter After an 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off northeastern Japan on Friday, spawning a deadly tsunami as well as aftershocks, fires, blackouts, and fears of a nuclear disaster, some local residents were left wondering how their family members living there were doing. “When I got up Friday […]
Lucas Punkari Usually March Break means rest, relaxation, and possibly some fun in a warm locale for many students in Rainy River district. Instead, it’s time for fine-tuning and hard work for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as it gets ready to head down to the provincial ‘AAA/AAAA’ showdown in […]
Duane Hicks Bringing 25 years of experience with the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service to the table, Frank Sheppard is the new fire chief and emergency management co-ordinator for the Town of Fort Frances. Chief Sheppard, who has been acting as chief on an interim basis since Gerry Armstrong […]
Duane Hicks With the aim to improve traffic safety in the west end of town, council has supported the designation of a “community safety zone” along King’s Highway from just west of the Fort Frances Cemetery to just west of the McIrvine Road intersection. The move is a first step […]
