Dave Ogilvie Everyone is invited to celebrate Family Day on Monday, Feb. 21 at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Children are encouraged to bring their parents for an afternoon of free family fun from noon-4 p.m. There will be family skating from noon-2 p.m., followed by shinny hockey from 2-4 […]
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Dave Ogilvie The Lions Clubs International’s vision statement, “To be the global leader in community and humanitarian service,” was the central theme at the Lions’ “Mid-Winter Convention” held Jan. 28-30 in Thunder Bay. Lions clubs from Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota, including members from the Fort Frances, Voyageur, and Emo […]
Press Release The Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here has a number of activities lined up to chase away the winter blues—and help you dream and plan the upcoming garden season. Feb. 12 will be “Seedy Saturday” at the farmers’ market, which is located on McIrvine Road just north of Canadian […]
Staff About 425 district residents east of Fort Frances will see a power interruption tomorrow (Feb. 3) so Hydro One can perform maintenance and upgrades to its system. Customers fed from the Crilly delivery system, including those in Mine Centre, Seine River FN, and Lac La Croix FN, will see […]
Lucas Punkari For the second-straight year, the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team came away victorious at a tournament in Grand Forks, N.D. over the weekend, beating Duluth 5-3 in the final. “We were up against some top-notch competition down there, especially since we came into the weekend as […]
Lucas Punkari It was a preverbal mixed bag for seven members of the Sunset Country Squash Club during the Manitoba Junior Open over the weekend at the Winnipeg Winter Club. “It was a mix of results, as usual, for us over there,” coach Bob Tkachuk explained. “By far our toughest […]
Lucas Punkari With snow pelting the area last Friday, those involved with the 2011 Sunset Country regional figure skating competition were a bit worried the inclement conditions would lead to some issues for the weekend’s events. But as the competition wrapped up Sunday, the general consensus was that things went […]
Lucas Punkari It took a shootout but in the end, the Fort Frances Lakewood Tire Eagles PeeWee girls’ team skated away with the Kathy Sanders Memorial Tournament title in Dryden on Sunday. Trailing the Thunder Bay McDonald Magic 1-0 late in the third period, Rachel Jean scored in the dying […]
Joey Payeur But Mustangs’ brave stand almost prevails Their faces stained with a mixture of sweat and tears, the Robert Moore Mustangs’ fantastic four were left to wonder what their fate might have been had they been at least a five-pack. The Mustangs made their stand at the Crossroads Tornadoes […]
Staff Five local bowlers competed in the zone roll-offs for the “Open” last weekend in Atikokan—and all five qualified for the provincial showdown later this spring. Jeff Watts was the top local man, racking up a 4,531 total pinfall over the 20-game roll-offs for a 226.55 average. Sitting in sixth […]
Duane Hicks With the annual international tug-of-war and dedication of the new James Oberstar Riverfront Complex both slated for July 2, International Falls is hoping to get U.S. President Barack Obama to visit Borderland. As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, International Falls CAO Rod Otterness said last week that […]
Ken Johnston Controversy was flying around the room at the 20th-annual Rainy River District Municipal Association general meeting in Stratton. A resolution moved by Fort Frances Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, regarding the future of the Fort Frances Airport, was met with concerns from several other district communities. In the initial version […]
