Staff The Fort Frances Lakers likely are pleased they don’t have to hit the ice in Thunder Bay again anytime soon. The Lakers (8-22-4) lost both games there last week, dropping a 2-0 decision to the K&A Wolverines (12-22-5) on Thursday night before being pummeling 8-3 by the Fort William […]
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Duane Hicks Volunteer firefighter Mike Sudsbury picked up a tree from in front of a Third Street East home and piled it on a trailer Saturday afternoon during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Firefighters reportedly had fewer trees to gather this year as more people switch […]
Peggy Revell Local Boston Pizza franchisee Dale Fortes got ready to drop the puck between Boston Pizza Royals captain Jared Bethune and International Falls Broncos captain Jackson Vollom during opening ceremonies of the “Fire on Ice” PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament here Friday. The ceremony also paid tribute to the Knights of […]
Peggy Revell Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak, left, and MP Randy Hillier, the party’s critic for northern development, mines and forestry, visited Fort Frances yesterday to speak with community leaders and the local Chamber of Commerce at La Place Rendez-Vous. The pair currently are travelling across Northern Ontario to […]
Heather Latter Local curlers Jim Jackson, left, and Sandy Haney swept a rock into the house as skip Ken McKinnon looked on during the opening draw of the Northern Ontario Senior Men’s and Women’s Inter-region Playdowns (Region 1 & 2) last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The McKinnon […]
Heather Latter Britta Badour, along with Galen Kerrick (not pictured), were two motivational speakers from the “Me to We” group who offered an inspiring presentation to students at St. Francis School here yesterday. Grades 7/8 students from Our Lady of the Way and St. Patrick’s Schools also attended. A part […]
Staff The Judy LaBelle rink won its opening game at the Region 1&2 men’s and women’s senior playdowns last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club but Ken McKinnon couldn’t do the same. LaBelle dumped Marion Clark (Port Arthur) 9-1 to join Cristiene Hall-Teravainen (Port Arthur) and Barbara Ward (Port […]
Staff The local “tour de Fort” concert series received a $9,000 shot-in-the-arm thanks to a grant through the Canada Arts Presentation Fund to help cover operating costs for its 19th-annual season, which will run from April, 2010 until March, 2011. “I’m extremely pleased and proud that the federal government is […]
Heather Latter Four-month-old Ainsley Matheson gave a puppet (animated by Evelyn Norris) a wary look for the start of the “Mother Goose” program at the Fort Frances Public Library this morning. It’s not too late to register for the free program, which teaches rhymes and stories to babies up to […]
Staff Three of the four Muskie court teams left Dryden hung out to dry on Tuesday. The senior boys’ basketball team bounced the host Eagles 41-29 while the junior boys rolled to 48-11 romp. Meanwhile, the junior girls’ volleyball team earned a narrow 3-2 win in their best-of-five match. After […]
Staff While most Canadians only had to sit through one disappointing loss to fierce American rivals Tuesday night, local hockey fans suffered through a pair of them. As the Canadian juniors’ comeback bid against the U.S. fell short out in Saskatoon, the Muskie boys’ squad was on its way to […]
the OPP Members of the Rainy River District OPP detachment and the North West Region Crime Unit are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a one-month-old baby girl from Fort Frances. The child, Rhianna Gosselin-Allen of 327 Third St. E., passed away Monday in hospital in […]
