Duane Hicks With the exception of incumbent Gary Judson, Emo council has been infused with new blood after Monday’s municipal election. Challenger Vincent Sheppard was elected mayor, garnering 309 votes to defeat incumbent Ed Carlson (222). In an interview yesterday, Sheppard said he’s looking forward to working with council and […]
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Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers are sitting atop the SIJHL standings—and the Canadian Junior Hockey League has recognized that, as well. In its weekly rankings released Monday, the Lakers (9-5-0) cracked the top 20 for the first time in franchise history, entering the list at No. 17 as the […]
Staff With the support of more than 50 percent of those who voted in Monday’s municipal election, Dave Kircher has secured one of the two trustee seats for Fort Frances on the Rainy River District School Board. Kircher garnered 1,570 votes while longtime trustee Dan Belluz earned 734 votes to […]
Staff With one less seat for Fort Frances on the Northwest Catholic District School Board, it was incumbent Paul Cousineau who was ousted once the results of Monday’s municipal election were in. Anne Marie Fitzgerald and Harold Huntley retained their seats, garnering 370 and 293 votes, respectively. Cousineau was third […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAPT) will continue here thanks to funding through the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. The district OPP detachment announced yesterday afternoon that the Fort Frances Police Services Board has received $99,846.31 to help sustain the program. “There was […]
Staff Moving up from his role as a councillor, Ross Donaldson was elected the new reeve for La Vallee Township on Monday. “I’m pretty happy about it—I’m excited to have the council we got, too,” Donaldson said yesterday morning after the votes were counted. “I think they’re a good bunch […]
Staff In the Township of Chapple, incumbent councillor Rick Neilson beat Murray Gerula 13-6 for the Ward 4 seat. Reeve Peter Van Heyst was acclaimed for another term. Newcomer Ken Wilson also was acclaimed as councillor for Ward 1, replacing Mark Hyatt, while Rilla Race and James Gibson were acclaimed […]
Dan Falloon Art Berglund savoured his fifth—and likely final—Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Buffalo, N.Y. last Thursday night. In addition to Berglund, some major names in American hockey were inducted, including NHL’ers Jeremy Roenick, and Kevin and Derian Hatcher, along with sports physician Dr. George Nagobads. Roenick, in particular, […]
Duane Hicks Trick-or-treaters will be taking to the streets this Sunday for Hallowe’en and one stop many are sure to make will be to Tess and Robert Coish’s haunted backyard at 1030 Scott St. But in order to make it as successful as it’s been in the past two years, […]
Staff Construction to complete the new Robert Moore School is still underway and will continue in the upcoming months. Originally slated to be completed by the start of the 2010 school year (and students and staff did start their year off in the new facility), the completion date first was […]
Duane Hicks With the natural gas line replacement project wrapping up here after two years, Link-Line and Union Gas have left a token of appreciation to the community behind—a new sun shelter at the McIrvine Rotary Park. The foundation for the shelter was poured about three weeks ago, and the […]
Duane Hicks Coinciding with the old adage, “One good deed deserves another,” organizers of an upcoming benefit event for the Fort Frances “Community Chest” are looking for individuals and businesses to donate “acts of kindness” to be sold off for the fundraiser. “Any gift of time and service will be […]
