Jessica Smith Bending Lake Iron Group (BLIG) has secured $325 million to construct the first of two proposed iron processing facilities at the Steep Rock mine site, and president and CEO Henry Wetelainen is now calling for the province to speed up its land tenure approval process. “We will begin […]
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Dave Ogilvie Last September, the Ontario government announced the introduction of a new MicroFIT program—a streamlined, user-friendly version of the FIT program for individuals, small businesses, and communities. FIT, which stands for ‘Feed-in Tariff,” is North America’s first comprehensive guaranteed pricing structure for renewable electricity production by local producers. It offers […]
Staff Three Sunset Country Squash Club juniors made the trip to Winnipeg to compete in the Manitoba Junior Open. Anniss Seid, the U17 boys’ rep, won four of five matches to capture first place in the top competitive division. Anika Alexander, the U15 girls’ rep, had a solid tourney with […]
Staff Jodi Judd’s rink successfully defended its crown at the annual Fort Francees ladies’ bonspiel over the weekend. Judd downed Mary Beth Tkachuk 7-4 in Sunday’s final for her second-straight title. Judd’s road to the championship included wins over Kris Sinclair, Roz Broman, Sylvia Smeeth, and Tirzah Keffer. Tkachuk, meanwhile, […]
Staff The last time Boston Pizza lost a game in the local Monday night men’s basketball league, Santa Claus hadn’t even written his “naughty or nice” list yet. BP won its 10th-consecutive game this past Monday to improve to 10-1 on the season after holding off the Rendez-Vous 69-60. The […]
Staff They lived up to their nickname. The Armstrong Crushers snagged the highest finish of any local team at a novice hockey tournament held here over the weekend. Armstrong downed the Fine Foods Fury 7-2 in the ‘C’ final to finish the tournament on a winning note. The Crushers had […]
Duane Hicks If tired feet are a sign of success, then a trip to Alabama last week by a trio of local delegates was a blockbuster. Doug Cain and Jim Cumming of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, along with local Chamber of Commerce manager Anthony Mason, who also is […]
Peggy Revell The Emo spray park committee has reached its fundraising goal of $150,000 thanks to a $20,000 donation from former district residents Rob and Liana (nee Hyatt) Frenette. “We’re ecstatic about this,” said spray park committee chair Lincoln Dunn. “Obviously for us, this is fabulous,” he enthused. “It gets […]
It was a penalty the Fort Frances Lakers would have liked to have declined. In Saturday night’s 3-2 loss here to the K&A Wolverines, the Lakers turned a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 deficit with Wolverine Dustin Roy sitting in the box—and helped turn the game in the visitors’ favour. […]
Peggy Revell Faced with million-dollar deficits, Children’s Aid Societies across the province have welcomed the Ontario government’s one-time mitigation funding of $26.9 million—but now are left wondering about the state of their budget next year. “We were quite pleased,” Debbie Leonard, director of administration for Weechi-it-te-win Family Services here, said […]
Duane Hicks In an effort to get more people participating on town boards and committees without having to commit too long, council has reduced the length of terms from four to two years. Council made the decision at its meeting Monday night upon the recommendation of the Administration and Finance […]
Duane Hicks Ideas wanted Organizers are hoping to get local people of all ages “hooked” on a new community art project which is coming together in Fort Frances. A collaborative rug-hooking project based on the theme “What Hooks You Here,” which has received funding from the Community Arts and Heritage […]
