Staff Violent and property crime in Fort Frances was down in 2009, according to OPP detachment commander Insp. John Kendrick, who gave a 2009 year-end police services activity report to town council here Monday. In 2009, Fort Frances OPP had 34,392 calls for service—a 3.2 percent decrease from 2008 but […]
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Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is looking to make all of its agendas and other documents easily accessible online in the future, with council agreeing Monday to include a suite of CivicWeb services provided by iCompass Technologies Inc. into the 2010 budget. “iCompass Technologies has offered the town […]
Duane Hicks Delegates from across Rainy River District will gather at the Legion here Saturday for the 19th-annual general meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association. And with an agenda covering topics from transportation and mining to public health and agriculture, they’ll have an information-packed day ahead of them. […]
Heather Latter Not only is Jody Hamilton looking to gain personal experience by volunteering this spring in Nicaragua, she’s also hoping to make a difference in the lives of the people who live there. “I know they really look forward to having different medical team members come in to help,” […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers got some help from an unlikely source here Saturday night as they won consecutive games for just the second time. Back-up goalie T.J. Pocock, making just his third start of the season, picked up his first victory in a 3-1 win over the visiting […]
Dan Falloon It was one of those cases where the only thing missing was an official label. Even though Lakers’ forward Tim Hennessey was promoted to alternate captain two weeks ago, head coach Wayne Strachan noted the St. Louis, Mo. native was performing the required duties well beforehand. “He was […]
Dan Falloon The tiers in the NorWOSSA junior boys’ basketball league have been well-defined so far this season. The Muskies are, far and away, sitting on top of the league. They are 5-0 in NorWOSSA play so far this season, outscoring their opponents 257-115 over those games and they haven’t […]
Dan Falloon The 2009-10 edition of the Muskies senior girls’ volleyball team has been a bit of an enigma for head coach Duane Roen. The black-and-gold seem firmly entrenched in their second-place perch in NorWOSSA this season at 2-3, having been bounced handily by the powerhouse Dryden Eagles in all […]
Dan Falloon A little bit of snow and ice wasn’t going to slow down the Special Olympians who competed here last weekend. Athletes competed in floor hockey, skiing, and snowshoeing while looking to qualify for the provincial games in Thunder Bay next winter. Organizer Gaby Hanzuk breathed a sigh of […]
Duane Hicks Alzheimer Society volunteer Bernice Kress, left, served up some appetizers—crackers and dip—to Debbie Hallikas during the “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” here Sunday.
Duane Hicks Greg Allan shovelled the snow from in front of Celeste’s Hair Design on the 200 block of Scott Street on Monday morning. Plenty of folks were slinging the heavy, wet white stuff after getting hit with a one-two punch of freezing rain and then snow over the weekend.
Dave Ogilvie Lions District Governor Ivan Pollock was on hand at an organizational meeting of a new Lions group yesterday at the Emo Inn to answer questions and to greet prospective members. The organization is looking for a dedicated group of 25-30 who would be interested in supporting existing projects […]
