Staff A group of local residents will get a chance to voice their concerns about the rezoning of property on Emo Road here at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing scheduled for Wednesday, April 1 at 10 a.m. at the Civic Centre. Back on Oct. 27, council passed a bylaw to […]
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Staff Ontario NDP leadership hopeful Andrea Horwath dropped by Fort Frances early yesterday afternoon to meet with local party members. Horwath, the MPP for Hamilton Centre, has been campaigning across the province to replace current leader and local MPP Howard Hampton next month. “It’s my first time here, but certainly […]
Peggy Revell A preliminary budget, as well as discussion on the formation of an ethics committee and code of conduct, were some of the many things looked at during the monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board last night. The board was presented with a very preliminary budget […]
Mitch Calvert It was a whirlwind week that came and went in the blink of the eye, but all things considered, NOCA men’s provincial playdowns committee chairperson Ron MacKinnon was quite happy with the way everything finally fell into place. “We would’ve liked to see a few more people down […]
Mitch Calvert Despite the fact a local team missed out on an opportunity to represent the town at the NOCA men’s provincial curling playdowns here last week, several players with connections to Rainy River District took to the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Rob Sinclair Jr., second for […]
Mitch Calvert It was a tale of two different games, but the one the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres probably deserved to lose ended up going in their favour. The Sabres hosted the SIJHL-leading Fort William North Stars on Friday and Saturday night, losing the opener 5-3 before rebounding with a […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team lost for the fourth time to Dryden in NorWOSSA play last Friday, but coach Duane Roen said the team may be peaking at just the right time. “It’s always been there, it was just a matter of if we were going to […]
Mitch Calvert It wasn’t all good news on the basketball court Friday, but it just might be the wake-up call needed on the eve of the NorWOSSA playoffs here this Friday (Feb. 20). The juniors dropped to 6-1 in NorWOSSA play with a 44-35 upset loss to the visiting Eagles, […]
Joey Payeur The St. Francis Sentinels got the better of Kenora’s St. Thomas Aquinas Saints the first time around. But the Saints saved their best for when it mattered most. Tyson Beckerton led all scorers with 10 points as the Saints downed the Sentinels 17-13 to capture the eighth-annual Jim […]
Dave Ogilvie The kindergarten-Grade 3 classes from Sturgeon Creek School celebrated Valentine’s Day a little early by holding a skating party at the arena in Emo. Following their hour on the ice, the youngsters returned to the school for some veggie snacks and drinks.
Duane Hicks “Friends of the Library” member Pat Bird re-stocked the popular “cookie walk” on Friday morning during the group’s annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser bake sale at the Fort Frances Public Library. The sale featured a delicious selection of baked goodies, a penny auction, and blanket draw (the blanket was […]
Duane Hicks This sign at the exit of the Fort Frances Airport puts Rainy Lake front and centre as an attraction. Like the trip to Shreveport, La., it is part of a new marketing push to promote Fort Frances as a tourism destination, not just a place to drive through.
