The Fort Frances Power Corp. is in the hunt for a new chief executive officer after current president and CEO Jim Kibiuk submitted his resignation, effective June 22, to the FFPC board last week. Kibiuk assumed his role with the FFPC three years ago after former president and CEO Mark […]
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The local Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Fort Frances soon will crown its first Mini-King. The Chamber will be holding a Mini-King contest for the first time in conjunction with Mall Days on June 28. “We are really excited about the contest because we have had a […]
Fort Frances High School held its athletic awards banquet Thursday night at the Ukrainian Hall and a number of graduating students will have some hardware to remember their Muskie years by. Steve Boileau was the athlete with the big total, taking home male Athlete of the Year honours, as well […]
The season is over for Fort High’s golfers after they placed sixth out of eight teams at a tournament in Sioux Lookout on Thursday with a total score of 366. That left them tied for second with Dryden in league standings with 20 points, well behind top-ranked Red Lake, which […]
Four members of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team came home winners from the NBA 3-on-3 tournament held in Winnipeg over the weekend, topping their eight-team division. “They really enjoyed it. It worked out well,” said Paul Noonan, coach of the Muskie team and part of the tournament’s quartet, which […]
Third time wasn’t a charm at the Emo Speedway on Saturday as the weather again was the big story, with the modified feature set to cap off the night being cancelled due to rain. The rain—postponing the race until this Saturday—came after last week’s rain-out and a bitterly cold opening […]
Lorraine Gosselin signed her condolences to the family of the late Bryce Devoe, in the remeberance book at Walmart, yesterday afternoon. The local business has setup a memorial and donation box in their store for the community to share their thoughts and prayers with the family. —Amanda Roy photo
Murray Bullied of W.J. Bowman Ltd. drew a line for a co-worker to focus on while surveying the future site of Abitibi-Consolidateds biomass boiler Thursday afternoon in anticipation of site excavation starting on Monday, June 4. The $84.3 million projects foundation will be built over the summer, with the construction […]
OC Dylan Taylor demonstrated how the sheer legs work (which is a lifting device they use on board ships) on Saturday afternoon during the annual ceremonial review for the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances). A number of awards were presented and the cadets also displayed projects of […]
Sabrina Miller, and her four-legged friend, Furrn, participated in the Voyageur Lions Club, Dog Guides Walk on Sunday afternoon. Seven participants and their dogs walk from Pither’s Point Park to the Sorting Gap Marina to raise unds for the Guide Dog facility in Oakville, On. The group raised a total […]
Jordan Larson, 12, practices his swing at the Kitchen Creek golf course Saturday morning. The young linkster was out with his friends and an assortment of other youths, learning the basics of the sport and how to improve their game. –Justin Holmes photo
The Emo Spray Park committee is officially kicking off its fundraising campaign this Saturday (June 9) from 9-11 a.m. at Cloverleaf Grocery there. Coffee and doughnuts will be available, as well as information on the endeavour and samples of the first design draft. “It will give people a chance to […]
