Staff Local skip Wayne Beacham posted a 2-3 mark at the men’s Region 1 playdowns at Red Lake last weekend. Beacham and his rink of third Adam Bolen, second Craig Armstrong, and lead Grant Swire, had both hot and cold streaks during the tournament. The rink lost a hard-fought 8-7 […]
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Peggy Revell It may be winter outside but it was beach party weather inside at the Fort Frances Nursery School yesterday morning where little ones like Alex Kabel got to jump into their swimsuits and take a dip in a pool.
Peggy Revell Becky Holden, a health educator with the Northwestern Health Unit, spoke about the many local supports there are for people who want to quit using tobacco during last Wednesday’s local launch of the “Driven to Quit Challenge” at the Memorial Sports Centre.
Dave Ogilvie Able Seaman Zach Fletcher, Leading Seaman Edward Cabral, Ordinary Seaman Larissa Mc-Kelvie, and Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Cunningham, along with the rest of the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances), took part in a “Range Day” at the Emo curling rink.
Dan Falloon Muskie senior hoopster Dustin Eyolfson battled for a rebound against his Dryden counterpart in Fort High’s 36-23 victory over the visiting Eagles last Thursday to improve their NorWOSSA record to a sparkling 5-0.
Craig Brockie Dear editor: I am writing you with a single objective: to help as many residents of Fort Frances as possible avoid financial ruin. It pained me to see so many good, honest people lose so much of their hard-earned savings in 2008. I sincerely hope that readers of […]
Duane Hicks The AbitibiBowater mill here was shut down indefinitely this morning after a problem was identified at the company’s effluent treatment system at the lagoon in the north end of town. “All operations were shut down this morning at the Fort Frances facility,” Jean-Philippe Cote, director of public affairs […]
Staff With the province last week okaying pilot projects for full-day junior kindergarten programs at two Atikokan schools, the Northwest Catholic District School board will be eyeing how to bring a similar program to the northern region it serves at tonight’s monthly meeting. “It may not be the same as […]
Duane Hicks Town council took the first kick at the can with the 2010 preliminary budget yesterday, and currently is facing a operating shortfall of $531,268. Two areas which are seeing big jumps over last year are waste management services and the airport. Due to the increasing cost of recycling […]
Peggy Revell Sophie Donaldson and Hayden Beckett had tons of fun splashing around in a pool this morning during the Fort Frances Nursery School’s annual “beach days.”
Staff With an insufficient number of nominations for the 14th-annual Bell Business Awards having come in by Friday’s deadline, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has extended the deadline to Jan. 28. “We’re going to have to extend the deadline,” Chamber manager Anthony Mason said this morning, adding a total […]
Staff Local skip Isaac Keffer is taking the short way to Longlac. Keffer and his team of third Cody Ossachuk, second Cody Heyens, and lead Ian Grant finished with a 3-1 record at the Bantam boys’ inter-region 1-2 playdowns at the Port Arthur Curling Club over the weekend to earn […]
