Here are the top scores from recent YBC and Club 55+ action at Plaza Lanes: Oct. 10 Bowlasaurus •Girls’ high single (flat)—Jayla Krawchuk (58); •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp)—Tessah Labbe (182); •Boys’ high single (flat)—Tanner McCormick (98); •Boys’ high single (w/hdcp)—Tanner McCormick (246) PeeWee •Girls’ high single (flat)—Mya McKenny (119); •Girls’ […]
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Heather Latter A local office of Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres (OATC) opened in Fort Frances yesterday—several years after the need for one in the area was first identified. OATC focuses on therapy specifically for those addicted to opiates, such as heroin, morphine, Percocet/Percodan, codeine, and opium. Since its inception in […]
Peggy Revell With a provincial funding cut of $941,000, Weechi-it-te-win Family Services here has joined the list of Children Aid Societies across Ontario projecting deficits for this year. Weechi-it-te-win—which provides service to 10 local First Nations’ communities—is expecting a deficit of $650,000, executive director George Simard revealed. “Because the ministry’s […]
Mitch Calvert Coming on the heels of a disappointing two-game sweep at the hands of the Fort William North Stars here this past Friday and Saturday, changes soon may be on the horizon for the struggling Fort Frances Lakers. The Lakers dropped back-to-back games by scores of 11-6 and 4-2 […]
Heather Latter There are plenty of talented young adults in Fort Frances—and even when they move away, they often continue to showcase their talents in their new locations. That’s exactly what Annelise Hawrylak, Sarah Hallikas, and Trevor and Scott Barker are doing while living in Brandon, Man. Beginning tomorrow, the […]
Heather Latter “Project Safe Hallowe’en” is now in it’s seventh year and is growing to include even the very young children. In past years, the program, which promotes safety and distributes glow sticks to trick-or-treaters, targeted students in JK-Grade 8 across the district. But this year, children at nursery schools […]
Duane Hicks After a very successful run this past July in Australia, Bill Michl now is raising funds for his fourth “Joints in Motion” marathon that will take place in the Cayman Islands next December. Michl has committed to raising $5,500 for the Arthritis Society to meet his obligation for […]
Duane Hicks While she may be recovering from shoulder surgery, and will have her arm in a sling for the next eight weeks, local choir director Diane Maxey will get going with several musical projects starting this weekend—and is welcoming new people to get involved. This Saturday (Oct. 24), Maxey […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will be celebrating its 16th birthday after all. “We’re still in a ‘go’ pattern,” committee chairman Tom Fry said this morning. “We actually did quite well in terms of filling out director positions, but now we’re just looking to fill positions with […]
Duane Hicks Testimonials sought from immigrants With a launch date set for March, work is continuing on the Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal Project (NOIP), a provincially-funded Internet-based project that hopefully will help attract more residents to Rainy River District. The NOIP will be a web portal having general information pertaining […]
Duane Hicks After requesting last month that town council help make the intersection at King’s Highway and Keating Avenue safer as part of its 2010 budget, OPP Cst. Anne McCoy of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is garnering more and more support for the initiative. Cst. McCoy said she […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball teams had their hands full when they returned home from tournaments in Thunder Bay on Sunday. Both teams nabbed silver medals. The seniors had opened with a 30-25 win over the host Churchill Trojans. “We generated a lot of turnovers off […]
