Dan Falloon Ramona Kelly of Del’s Angels set the ball during the best-of-five final of the local women’s volleyball league last night at Fort High. The Angels captured the title by downing Scared Hitless 3-1 (25-17, 26-28, 25-16, and 25-18). There’s no rest for the weary, though, as a number […]

Staff Confederation College and TBayTel announced a newly-formalized relationship yesterday morning at the Thunder Bay campus, which they say will improve post-secondary education delivery across Northern Ontario. “[TBayTel] has the capacity for telecommunications while we have the capacity for delivering education, and our partnership will enable us both to do […]

Staff With Chief Building Official Rick Hallam temporarily on sick leave, council has appointed an interim CBO for the Town of Fort Frances. Greg Gamble, who hails from the Dryden area and has been CBO for the Municipality of Machin, only will be working for the town part-time, so those […]

Peggy Revell Carrying signs with messages of hope and support, dozens turned out for the “Mental Health and Addictions Awareness Walk” yesterday morning from Couchiching First Nation to Fort Frances. From young ones being pushed along in strollers to elders, many came out to promote “Living the Good Life” (Mino-Bimaadiziiwin). […]

Piano Division Thursday, April 15 •CLASS P050 First–Myra Donaldson/Shakira Wapoose (tie) Second–Yvonne McPherson •CLASS P102 First–Alyssa Chiasson/Judy Wu (tie) Second–Katelyn Bruyere •CLASS P107 First–Paris Belle-Faith Gauthier •CLASS P202 First–Arthur VanAel Second–Justis Paul-Emile Gauthier •CLASS P303 First–Jordan Bruyere Second–Kayla Stang •CLASS P306 First–Jordan Bruyere •CLASS P406 First–Jazmine Coral-Hope Gauthier •CLASS P1007 […]

Duane Hicks Rev. Wayne McIntosh greeted Rainycrest Long-Term Care residents yesterday afternoon during a meet-and-greet in Hallett Hall. Rev. McIntosh, who also is pastor at St. John’s Anglican Church here, is replacing long-time Rainycrest chaplain John Chornoby, who retired last fall.

the OPP The OPP received a call from a Fort Frances resident shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday reporting he had spotted a young child outside his residence. The caller told police that because of the warmer weather, he had slept with his window open and woke up to what he […]