Dan Falloon Robbie Payne prepared to take a hand-off from assistant coach Dennis Ogilvie during the opening of Muskie football camp yesterday evening. Coach Chad Canfield reported 42 players attended the first session, which was designed to get them comfortable with the fundamentals of the game. Players will be donning […]
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Duane Hicks A crew continues to gut the old Fort Frances High School as its owners prepare to demolish the J.A. Mathieu section of the building. According to an agreement with the town, the developers (1578389 Ontario Ltd.) have until Sept. 30 to knock it down.
Staff With the aim to have all work completed at Lions Park by 2014, the Fort Frances Lions Club is asking town council for assistance extending the walkway there. In a letter to be presented to council at its regular meeting tonight, Lion Luke Schill said the club had planned […]
Staff The intersection of Second Street East and Portage Avenue will be closed this Wednesday (Aug. 25) from 7-11 a.m. so Bay City Contracting can remove the recycling asphalt paving (RAP) material and install granular ‘A’ material, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown reported this morning. As a result, traffic […]
the MNR General hazy conditions, particularly in the western sectors of Northwestern Ontario in the West Fire Region, are likely the result of smoke drifting in on wind currents from British Columbia’s forest fires. Although the haze is considered to be the result of the smoke from the western fires, […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin had one first-place finish under his belt over the weekend. Unfortunately, he peaked early as he was unable to parlay the pole position on the starting grid into a victory—finishing seventh yesterday at the ARCA circuit’s Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairground. […]
Peggy Revell Thunder Bay’s “Alaska Army Band” jammed out some psychedelic tunes during the second-annual Fort Frances Folk Festival yesterday at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre. It was perfect summer day for the festival, which ran all afternoon and into the night, and featured more than a dozen talented acts, […]
Dan Falloon Devlin’s Jeff Davis tried to hold off Steve Nordin of Stratton as they rounded a curve during a Midwest Modified heat Friday evening at the Emo Speedway. Davis finished second in the heat but wound up 20th in the feature while Nordin was sixth in the heat and […]
Peggy Revell Gary Doer, Canada’s ambassador to the United States, spoke during a luncheon and meet-and-greet Friday afternoon at the AmericInn in International Falls. Sponsored by AbitibiBowater and Boise Cascade, the former Manitoba premier touched upon the important relationship our two countries have, as well as listened to questions and […]
Peggy Revell A merger of Family and Children Services here with the Kenora-Patricia Child and Family Services hinges on the provincial government picking up the tab for the amalgamation and the debt load of FACS. The proposed amalgamation has received “approval in principle” from the Ontario Ministry of Children and […]
Staff Eighty-seven percent of the 135 CEP Local 324-99 members at the OSB mill in Barwick voted last night to accept a new four-year collective agreement with Ainsworth Engineered LP. The deal, reached Wednesday afternoon in last-minute talks, heads off a potential strike that had been postponed since midnight Sunday. […]
Staff If the Fort Frances Lakers end up being a strong home team this season, they’ll have a great chance to establish that reputation early on. The SIJHL released its regular-season schedule yesterday, revealing that the local Junior ‘A’ squad will play seven of its first nine games in the […]
