With summer well underway but without the typical dry heat to show for it, Bill Laidlaw, consulting meteorologist and owner of Signal Weather Services, said while this is a cooler year compared to others, this is not a first nor will it be the last. The most recent set of […]
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Fort Frances may be too far south to bear the brunt of the Ontario government’s announcement last week to preserve large areas of northern wilderness and reopen the mining act, but the impact of these changes remain unclear for local industry. “I can’t speak for all of industry, but certainly […]
FORT FRANCES—One of Canada’s brightest young defenceman came back to the town where he got his hockey start—and certainly showed he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. Chicago Blackhawks’ star Duncan Keith was given a day in his honour on Monday, with the event featuring presentations, an autograph session, and […]
“Faber Drive” is coming back by popular demand—and bringing a rock show sure to satisfy returning fans and blow the socks off newcomers. Adam Armit and his company, WildFire, opted to bring the popular rock band back to Fort Frances on Aug. 7 after Faber Drive’s stellar first show at […]
FORT FRANCES—The Town of Fort Frances will be holding a meeting this fall to gauge interest from potential property developers and unit buyers to see if building another condominium here is a feasible venture down the road. Local economic development officer Geoff Gillon said the meeting is a follow-up from […]
FORT FRANCES—A 75-hectare area of Goose Island officially has been designated as a provincial park by the Ontario government. “It’s fabulous. It’s been a long-time coming,” said James Duncan, associate regional vice-president for the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Ontario region. “This was always the intent of acquiring the island, to […]
FORT FRANCES—Whether its escorting police officers on marine patrol or promoting the “Lock It or Lose It” campaign, the local detachment of the OPP has four students lending it extra hands this summer. Cody Van Drunen, Dayton Brown, Mitch Cain, and Jenna Nowak have been working with the OPP under […]
FORT FRANCES—Moving newborns who require specialized care just got much easier for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. with the addition of a new neonatal transport incubator. The Voyager transport incubator was delivered to La Verendrye Hospital here last week, arriving with Phil Fish of Airborne Life Support Systems, a division […]
The talent really hit the stage last night at the annual “Kiddie Quest” and “Quest for the Best” shows under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. Dubbed by many as the best “Quest” in a long time, the judges really had their work cut out for them. Although […]
It was just before 8 a.m. on Sunday when angler-in-training Jarred Taylor bid his mother farewell and hopped into Jason Cain’s rigged up boat for the annual Canada Safeway “KidPro” tournament on Rainy Lake. It didn’t take long for Taylor, 10, to start taking tips from the soon-to-be high school […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres will open their second season in the SIJHL with four-straight home games, according to the league schedule released last week. The puck drops Friday, Sept. 19 at the Ice for Kids Arena with the Jr. Sabres hosting the new Thunder Bay Bearcats, who merged with […]
The year was 1959 and the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux hockey team was on the brink of its first college final in team history. However, unbeknownst to most in attendance that March day in Troy, N.Y. was the fact three players from Fort Frances would play an integral […]
