Duane Hicks As part of a greater initiative to improve pedestrian safety along the King’s Highway corridor, the Rainy River District Community Policing Committee has deployed a new mobile radar sign in town that clearly shows motorists just how fast they’re going—and hopefully makes them cognizant of the fact they […]
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Peggy Revell Senteos, SmartBoards, sympodiums, and Moodle would seem like words from a strange language for the average person but they’re everyday fare for students and staff at Fort Frances High School as it continues to expand its use of technology to improve student learning. “[Students] don’t think twice about […]
Peggy Revell “Strengthen and Inspire the Anishinaabekwe” was the theme of a two-day conference 30 women attended at East End Hall here last week, which also marked a local celebration of International Women’s Week. Held March 9-10, the conference was hosted and organized by the women enrolled in the Seven […]
Dan Falloon A paperwork mix-up left the Fort Frances Thunderhawks out of their quest for the Allan Cup, but the team is at odds with Hockey Northwestern Ontario as to which side is responsible for the mistake. The T’hawks were set to appear in the HNO final Sunday afternoon against […]
Dan Falloon Rainy River Community College Voyageurs head coach Evan Amdahl knew his team was in tough in its attempt to win a third-straight American Collegiate Hockey Association Div. II championship. Before enduring an 8-1 thumping at the hands of Boston’s Northeastern University, the Voyageurs had to endure a major […]
Dan Falloon The drought is finally over! For the first time since the 1992-93 season, a contingent of local bowlers brought home the banner from the annual aggregate bowling tournament that pits Fort Frances against Atikokan, Dryden, and Kenora. Hosted this year by Atikokan over the weekend, Fort Frances literally […]
Dan Falloon Muskie centre Matt DePiero is used to the OFSAA routine. One of 11 Grade 12 players on this year’s hockey squad, DePiero said while previous journeys to the all-Ontarios have been a learning experience, he also felt some of those teams underachieved. “They’ve been good trips. A little […]
Dan Falloon Tirzah Keffer and the rest of her Muskie girls’ rink went into the NWOSSAA curling playdowns with a catchy slogan. “We had a motto our coach Dave [Bondett] put in our head: ‘Refuse to lose,’” enthused Keffer. “It rhymes, too, so it’s good.” Keffer and her rink of […]
Dan Falloon Bruce M. McLeod’s league just keeps getting more and more eyeballs upon it. After his Western Collegiate Hockey Association held steady at 10 teams (although attendance has grown and is on pace to surpass the 1.5 million mark for the seventh-straight season), the Fort Frances native has given […]
Staff The Northwestern Ontario PeeWee all-stars faced a stiff test against royalty in Thunder Bay over the weekend, but came through with a coup when it counted. The squad, which included locals Tyler VanUden, Jared Bethune, Brandon Bodnar, Carter Brown, and Claire Sandelovich, crowned the Thunder Bay Kings 5-4 in […]
Peggy Revell Ashton Brenna, Alex Dvorak, and Aiden Tullio watched how the dice fell during a game of Harry Potter “Scene It?” yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library. The game was one of many activities slated there for youths during March Break.
Dan Falloon The “Canadian Crazyhorse” (Michael Elgin), above, let out a yell to make sure the entire Couchiching Recreation Centre knew he had put former WWF wrestler “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn in a headlock during Canadian Wrestling’s Elite action there last Tuesday night (March 9). Throughout the evening, the wrestlers […]
