Duane Hicks Having just departed from The Harbourage, motorcyclists headed down the highway on Saturday morning for the local Alzheimer Society’s seventh-annual “Ride for Memories.” About 20 local riders joined up with fellow motorcyclists from across the region in Red Lake for a steak dinner at the Legion there. Organizers […]
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Staff The group staging an effort to save Junior ‘A’ hockey in Fort Frances is hosting a meeting this Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Adventure Inn to gauge interest. Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ coach Wayne Strachan and Grant Perreault, the team’s director of scouting, are spearheading an attempt to […]
Staff It was an anti-climactic end to a dominating performance by the Sight & Sound Wolves yesterday evening in Barwick to wrap up the Rainy River District Fastball League season. The Wolves took a 9-0 lead to the final inning and looked poised to celebrate their first league title since […]
Duane Hicks A tradition now in its 10th year, the “Fly-in, Drive-in BBQ” will take place Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Fort Frances Airport. The event, which has become a major fundraiser for the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron, once again is expected to feature pilots from this area, […]
Mitch Calvert Mike Wilson of the Barwick Blue Knights eluded the tag of Sight & Wolves’ second baseman Paul Visser while stealing second during the first inning of the Rainy River District Fastball League final at George Oltsher Field in Barwick yesterday evening.
Heather Latter Participants in the Muskie cheerleading camp worked on a variety of stunts yesterday evening. The camp, which also ran Tuesday, saw about a dozen girls take part.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Power Corp. crews were busy today erecting a new hydro pole, and switching over power lines, after the old one on the southwest corner of Portage Avenue and Second Street Eaast was struck by a transport truck around 2 a.m. No power outages were reported but […]
Peggy Revell Carine Gallagher, co-ordinator at Confederation College for the Community-Based BScN program, and Karen Poole, director of Lakehead University’s School of Nursing, spoke about the program and answered questions during an information session at the college campus here yesterday. The pilot program—which first ran in 2005 and saw its […]
Heather Latter Students entering Grade 9 at Fort Frances High School lined up there this morning to register for the 2009-10 year. About 600 Grade 10-12 students registered in June, which allowed for a smooth registration week for staff. School begins for district students next Tuesday (Sept. 1).
Heather Latter Mac Voison, right, founder of M&M Meats, posed with employees Jenna Novak, left, and Jamie Nelson after getting a “tattoo” on his cheek at the local store Monday. Voisin, along with company CEO James Petrozzi, were touring stores in the region since he hadn’t visited here in several […]
Peggy Revell Isabella Avis held on to her certificate and picked out her choice of colours from the miniature flashlights held by Fort Frances Public Library staffer Kaila Elders during the library’s summer reading program wrap-up party yesterday afternoon at the Lions Park. About 140 people in all turned out […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—A bill comparison of all the electrical utilities in Ontario show the Fort Frances Power Corp. (FFPC) has the lowest prices around—even before the benefit of the 1905 historic power agreement with the local paper mill is applied. According to the most recent bill comparison posted by […]
