Duane Hicks The Rainy River District detachment of the OPP will see a new detachment commander as of May 11. S/Sgt. John Kendrick, who presently is the OPP’s regional traffic manager in Thunder Bay but soon will be promoted to inspector, was appointed about two weeks ago after the Fort […]
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Duane Hicks In accordance with new provincial regulations, the Town of Fort Frances is updating its official plan and zoning bylaw, and expects to have revised versions of both ready for provincial approval by late fall or early winter. “Our official plan and zoning bylaw were approved in 1998,” municipal […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ soccer team was thrown right into the fire over the weekend with a three-game series against Thunder Bay teams, returning with just one win but a number of valuable lessons learned. The team opened play Friday versus St. Patrick, dropping a 5-0 decision to the […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie boys’ soccer team made some strides to start their season at the annual St. John’s-Ravenscourt tournament in Winnipeg, but still lost to a familiar nemesis in the consolation final. The black-and-gold were blanked 2-0 by the Kenora Broncos in the ‘B’-side championship. “I wasn’t happy with […]
Duane Hicks The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will issue a draft siting process plan later this month to see if communities in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick are interested in being the site for a long-term nuclear waste disposal project in decades to come. The not-for-profit organization, which […]
Mitch Calvert The wait is over. After wrapping up berths to the all-Ontarios two weeks ago, the two Muskie badminton pairs finally will hit the court for real tomorrow in Sudbury. The senior boys’ duo of Tim Desjardins and Rory Bagacki went undefeated in five matches at the NWOSSAA final […]
Mitch Calvert A sold-out crowd flocked to La Place Rendez-Vous on Friday evening for the local Ducks Unlimited 26th-annual banquet to support wetland conservation. Gross totals raised from the event was in excess of $30,000, but DU treasurer Pam Munn said the net donation to DU should come in right […]
Mitch Calvert Pearson back as president of NWOTA The North Western Ontario Tourism Association and the Ontario Sunset Country Tourism Association will continue to serve their membership base with or without the help of the provincial government. That was the message delivered to members at NWOTA’s annual spring meeting last […]
Duane Hicks District firefighters went back to school last week for a 40-hour course at the Fort Frances Airport, marking a first for the new permanent fire training site there. Under the tutelage of five Ontario Fire College associate instructors from the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service, 28 students […]
Peggy Revell The big buck James Lundgren of Morson bagged back in 1975 has been hanging on his wall for decades. But after finally having its antlers measured this past year, it turns they set an Ontario record for their size. With a gross score of 204 6/8th inches, that […]
Duane Hicks As the town waits to hear back whether it will get a “Building Canada Fund” grant for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre, council and the library board remain at an impasse as to what will happen if those extra dollars don’t come through. While […]
Elisabeth Heslop Keira Strickland, five, concentrated on hooking a big one Saturday in the Wii fishing tournament at the Gillons’ Insurance Brokers Ltd. booth at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 26th-annual home and leisure show at the Memorial Sports Centre. Co-organized by the “Relay for Life” committee, the tournament […]
