Mitch Calvert Fort Frances native Steve Arpin finished in 11th-place on Saturday at the Pocono 200 in Long Pond, Penn.—his latest race on the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Arpin had the seventh-fastest time in practice, but the bulk of qualifying was rained out Friday so Arpin started 14th based on owners’ […]
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Mitch Calvert There’s always next year. Josh Strain, a Grade 11 student at Fort High, bowed out of the OFSAA senior boys’ high jump competition in Toronto on Friday with a 16th-place showing. Strain failed to clear 1.80 metres—a height he made in taking gold at the NWOSSAA championships last […]
Mitch Calvert Paul Noonan was recognized last week for his 15 years of volunteer coaching with the Muskie boys’ basketball program by the Rainy River District School Board. “His leadership has contributed towards the successful achievement of numerous awards, NorWOSSA championships, and, in [2001], he took the Muskie team to […]
Peggy Revell A new project that will study the sturgeon population of Quetico Provincial Park is a go thanks to recently-announced provincial funding aimed at protecting “species at risk.” The funding was granted to the Quetico Foundation as part of the Ministry of Natural Resource’s “Species at Risk Stewardship Fund,” […]
Peggy Revell Construction to dismantle the lookout tower at Pither’s Point has begun as Tom Jones Construction begins the relocation of both the tower and Hallett to near the Sorting Gap Marina. Their future homes already have been marked off with fencing.
Peggy Revell Nancy Daley, who sits as treasurer on the board of the local legal aid clinic—gave a quick speech to those who attended an open house last week to mark the creation of the Northwest Community Legal Clinic, following the amalgamation of the Rainy River District Community Legal Clinic […]
Elisabeth Heslop Gleaming wood, pristine green grass, and a deep blue sky marked the second-last day of construction on the Rainy River First Nations’ new pow-wow grounds on Friday. Located just north of the junction of Highway 11 and 71, the eight-month project soon will be put to good use […]
Elisabeth Heslop Jesse Carmody grinned ruefully as he stared at his ponytail—no longer attached to his head—before the rest of his long locks were shaved off here last Wednesday afternoon. The head shave, which raised more than $800, was part of the fundraising drive of the local Tim Hortons Camp […]
Mitch Calvert Shannon Doyle of the Bishop Strachan Bobcats got a shot off with Muskie defenders Sara Kellar and Chelsea Craig in close proximity during action at the all-Ontario ‘AA’ championships in Kenora last Thursday afternoon. The Bobcats, who handed Fort High a 4-0 loss, went on to lose the […]
Duane Hicks Open house slated tonight Council passed a bylaw last night to amend an agreement regarding the purchase and sale of Front Street property to developer Robert Zanette (1621623 Ontario Ltd.) for the proposed La Verendrye Parkway Village condominium project, giving him a few more weeks to get at […]
Elisabeth Heslop Fifteen people were recognized for their volunteer efforts by the La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary during its annual meeting here yesterday. Auxiliary president Davetta Sheppard said the volunteer certificates of appreciation were presented to people, mostly members, “who have gone out of their way to be very helpful […]
Peggy Revell The arrival of the Ontario Federation of Labour’s “Drive to Work” caravan in Fort Frances, along with its local supporters, helped to fill up Council Chambers last night as the OFL sought support from town council for its “Buy Ontario” motion. The “Drive to Work” caravan currently is […]
