Staff Erika Anderson, captain of the Muskie girls’ hockey squad, was named the team’s most valuable player for the 2009-10 season. Anderson was the backbone of the Muskie defence when she was healthy. She missed the final seven weeks of the NorWOSSA regular season with a broken collarbone, but returned […]
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Dan Falloon The times are a-changin’ for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The biggest difference for this year’s event, scheduled for July 18-24, is that the tournament’s main hub is moving from the Sorting Gap Marina to the Memorial Sports Centre. “It’s going to be a big change, moving […]
Duane Hicks With the deer population at a high right now, the Fort Frances Airport is looking at options for keeping the animals away from the runway. The town is applying for funds for perimeter fencing—the best, long-term measure against deer. But if those dollars don’t come through this year, […]
Peggy Revell Rainy River District residents eventually will be able to dial “2-1-1” to access information on the various services available to them here. “2-1-1 is similar to 4-1-1,” Trudy McCormick, executive director of the Northwest Community Legal Clinic, said about the service, which has a “multitude of aspects.” “The […]
Dan Falloon Faye Flatt used to think golfing was almost the equivalent of a bizarre ritual. “I used to drive by every day to work, and every morning I’d see people out there hitting the ball, and going and running to look for it,” she noted. “Every night when I […]
Duane Hicks Those who have donated $500 or more to the “Building for the Future” fundraising campaign for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre are urged to check a master list and make sure their name will be included on the donor wall that will be made […]
Staff The numbers may have changed, but it’s mostly familiar faces when it comes to those in the district who were included last week in the Ministry of Finance’s annual list of public-sector employees who earned more than $100,000 in 2009. Rolling out on top for this region once again […]
Duane Hicks While the Town of Fort Frances nearly is done with its 2010 budget, council will have to wait until next week to see whether or not there is a change in the funding apportionment formula for the District Social Services Administration Board. Depending on what district municipalities and […]
Duane Hicks As the 2010 budget process moves closer to being finalized, Fort Frances town council made some additions and cuts to its capital budget during a meeting Monday. Community Services manager George Bell requested that hazard material detection equipment be added to the budget at a cost of $6,000. […]
Duane Hicks Phase II of the biomass road construction project—which this year will see the reconstruction of Portage Avenue from First Street to Third Street, and Fifth Street to Sixth Street—is expected to start up the second week of May. While details of the construction schedule still are being worked […]
Dan Falloon Most new players joining the Borderland Soccer Association will be subject to a draft this season as a move to create parity between teams. Returning players will have the option of throwing their name into a pool, noted association president Tristan Hutton. “We decided to go for a […]
Dan Falloon The circus is coming to the Memorial Sports Centre this weekend. It’s not the Shriners, though, but rather the Border Skating Club, which is set to host its 38th-annual ice show, entitled “Under the Big Top,” with about 90 skaters performing. The show will take place this Saturday […]
