It was an exciting day at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Sunday as two local teams vied for top honours in the 49th-annual Northern Ontario Fire Fighters Curling Championships. The event, hosted by the Alberton firefighters, saw the Mitchell Seguin rink from Dawson (also featuring Bert Seguin, Claude Seguin, […]
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The 10th-annual Fort Frances Girls Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam hockey tournament was held last weekend. Nine PeeWee teams and eight Bantam squads vied for top honours from around the region, including International Falls, Baudette, and Greenway, Mn. On the PeeWee side, the International Falls 12U girls prevailed over the […]
A 12-point weekend from the line of Zach McCool, Kevin Bobczynski, and Taylor Jorgenson helped the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a pair of weekend victories over the visiting Red Lake Rams. Despite the heroics of Red Lake goalie Stephane Gagnon, who saw more rubber than Highway 401 at rush […]
While it may have seemed like a good idea at first, the town will not be giving out vouchers for residents to dump a free load of waste at the landfill after all in what is turning out to be a tight budget year. Council approved a recommendation from the […]
While figuring out their income tax may not be difficult for some, it can be stressful to others—especially if they can’t afford to hire a service to do it for them. As such, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau once again is offering a helping hand, with volunteers donating their time […]
Portage Avenue, from Sinclair Street to Church Street, and Sinclair from Victoria Avenue to Portage Avenue, were closed to all public use and parking as of early January due to construction at the biomass boiler site. But not everyone seems to be acknowledging this as trespassing seems to be a […]
Lee Oelke has brought his photos of Northwestern Ontario wildlife to the Fine Line Art Gallery here as the newest member of the local co-op. Oelke, who previously had lived in Fort Frances from 1981-89 and just moved back from Thunder Bay, was an avid hobby photographer through the ’80s […]
The local Alzheimer Society’s annual book sale last Thursday through Saturday at Revco Carpet here raised $1,860—proving to be the best of any held yet in either the Kenora and Rainy River districts. The popular event saw no shortage of books donated by local readers, said Alzheimer Society executive director […]
BARWICK—About 60 farmers braved a cold night to attend the first annual meeting of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc. in Barwick on Monday night. RRDRAI president Steve Loshaw expressed his appreciation to the members for coming out. “We are trying to keep everyone informed,” he said. He thanked […]
FORT FRANCES—Although just three community members attended Tuesday night’s third public consultation meeting regarding the possible closure of F.H. Huffman, they certainly made it clear they’d like the small east-end school to remain open. Besides the nostalgia of the school, they feel a smaller school is more beneficial to young […]
FORT FRANCES—Although the specific date has yet to be confirmed, this year’s “Relay for Life” is set to be held in June at Pither’s Point Park and the Canadian Cancer Society is looking for committee members and volunteers to help out. “We’re in the midst of forming a new committee,” […]
When Brian White and Tyler Miller stepped off the ice after a tough quarter-final loss at the 2006 all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship held in Fort Frances and Emo, it was unknown what uniform the pair would wear the following season. The lifelong friends spent three seasons wearing the Muskie black-and-gold, […]
