The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres fought throughout a pair of games with the Marathon Renegades here over the weekend to win just their second-ever series. The Sabres kept pace with Marathon on Friday night, never trailing but needing an overtime frame to seal their 7-6 victory. However, it was a […]
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The chorus sang Lighthouse’s “Sunny Days” during the Fort Frances High School’s “All Weather Revue” last night at the Townshend Theatre. The revue runs again tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors, which are available in advance at Northwoods Gallery […]
Lowes Furniture & Appliances opened its doors to customers yesterday at its new location at the former Northern Do-it center site along Highway 11/71 just west of Fort Frances. The business, billed as factory direct, formerly was located in Rainy River.
Nora Klyne, left, Sunset Country Métis president Clint Calder, Shirley Morrish, Min Crowe, Wanda Botsford (representing local MP Ken Boshcoff), Darryl Allan, Mayor Roy Avis, Crystal George, Mona-Rose Morrisseau, and Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) senator Gord Calder gathered for the raising of the MNO flag in honour of “Louis […]
In an effort to get more people to switch over to energy-efficient seasonal light-emitting diode (SLED) lights this holiday season, “Project Porchlight” and the Ontario Power Authority are hosting a light exchange at Canadian Tire tomorrow. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m., residents are encouraged to bring their old incandescent Christmas lights […]
Todd Hamilton and Ken Perry, who both ran unsuccessfully in last November’s municipal election, have filed their nomination papers to run for the vacant seat on council in the Jan. 14 byelection. Perry, who last month declared his intention to run in the byelection, filed his papers Wednesday while Hamilton, […]
Whitehall Construction of Thunder Bay finished up its restoration work on the front of the CIBC building on Scott Street this week. Extensive scaffolding, erected around the bank when a crew began working at the start of October, was taken down Tuesday. The contractor will be back in the spring […]
The erection of the steel structure continues at the AbitibiBowater biomass boiler project site. The work will carry on as construction schedules are met, but is expected to slow down considerably during the winter months, before again kicking into high gear next spring. The project is scheduled to be operational […]
Women from across the district gathered at the Rainy River Future Development Corp. yesterday to participate in the Northern Ontario Women’s Leadership Forum. Although the conference was set in Thunder Bay, other communities in the region, including Fort Frances, joined in by video conference set up by TBayTel. The women […]
Another chapter of the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ rivalry with the Dryden Ice Dogs ended in the usual way last night, with the Dogs thrashing the visiting Sabres 6-3. The Sabres (4-11-2-3) actually had a 3-1 lead halfway through the second period on goals by JP Boucha, Brendan Baumgardtner, and […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team opened its NorWOSSA season on a winning note Tuesday night with a 3-2 shootout victory over the visiting Dryden Eagles. Lauren Krukoski and Kailey Curtis scored in regulation for the black-and-gold. But with the score knotted at 2-2 after three periods, the match moved into […]
Following up a resolution the Police Services Board made last month, town council gave the go-ahead at its meeting Tuesday night to establish a border traffic advisory committee. The committee will look into two specific areas of concern—the immediate traffic issues related to 2008 road and biomass construction, as well […]
