Three local squash players headed to the 2007 Winnipeg Winter Club Open squash tournament on Nov. 5-10 and came home with top three finishes. Ben Andrusco, a former Fort Frances resident, took first place in the men’s ‘A’ bracket, winning 3-2 in the best-of-five semi-final and final matches. Mark Faragher […]
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It was a much harder-earned silver medal for the Muskie girls’ senior basketball team than one might have expected. The senior girls first defeated the Kenora Broncos 43-40 in the NorWOSSA semi-final here Friday—a game in which the Muskies had to stage an unexpected comeback after leading 31-23 heading into […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts headed to the Canada Games Complex for the Thunder Bay Fall Invitational and came back with a haul of medals, personal bests, and a handful of provincial qualifying times for star swimmer Donovan Taylor. Taylor, 13, collected four times to qualify for provincial level competition as […]
Town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to authorize the sale of property at 821 Sixth St. W. to Iron Range Bus Lines Inc. Iron Range Bus Lines, which provides transportation requirements for schools boards in various parts of Northwestern Ontario, has a main office in Thunder Bay and […]
Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 Sgt.-at-Arms Bob Boland, left, escorted service officer Glen Westover to lay a wreath on behalf of Veterans Affairs Canada at the Fort Frances cenotaph during the Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday morning. The well-attended ceremony was followed by a free lunch at the local Legion.
The nominee chosen to be 2007 “Citizen of the Year” will be announced at tomorrow night’s town council meeting. The “Citizen of the Year” selection committee, consisting of Bill Gushulak (“Citizen of the Year” 2000), Mark Kowalchuk (“Citizen of the Year” 1994), Mayor Roy Avis, and Coun. Andrew Hallikas, met […]
With the deadline for applications having elapsed yesterday, the town’s “Citizen of the Year” selection committee now has to decide who will receive the award, which is being given out for the 20th time this year. A total of seven nominations forms were turned in by the end of the […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres split a pair of road games to the lowly Thunder Bay Bulldogs over the weekend. The Sabres came out strong, winning 4-2 on Saturday night at the Port Arthur Arena before falling 3-1 yesterday afternoon. Kyle Turgeon started the scoring Saturday night with a shorthanded […]
Two Muskie court teams won silver at the NorWOSSA playoffs here Friday while the other two squads had to settle for bronze. The junior boys’ volleyball team—Fort High’s best hope for NorWOSSA gold after a 6-2 regular-season record—swept the Kenora Broncos 25-20, 25-13, and 26-24 in the semi-final before falling […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team saw their first action of the season away from town over the weekend, coming away with a 3-1 record and the ‘C’ bracket crown at a tournament in Morden, Man. “The first two games, it was poor,” head coach Shane Bliss said. “We weren’t skating […]
The Official Blues Brothers Revival—the third “tour de Fort” concert of the 2007-08 season—wowed the crowd at the Townshend Theatre last night with soulful tunes, energetic dancing, and plenty of audience interaction. The fourth concert of the season—tenor trio “Romanza”—will perform here Thursday, Nov. 29.
Fort Frances High School student Ken Kellar performed “Recruiting Sergeant” during a Remembrance Day ceremony there this morning. Most local elementary schools also staged ceremonies today, with the main one to be held Sunday starting at 10:56 a.m. at the cenotaph.
