A total of 23 organizations and individuals, looking to get a share of funds the town has been allotted by the Moffat Family Fund, filed their applications at the Civic Centre by last Friday’s deadline. Town administrative assistant Lori Pattison said earlier this week that the local committee will meet […]
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The snowmobiler who was killed in a weekend accident died as a result of a collision with rocks, police said yesterday. “He was travelling across Rainy Lake when he came into contact with some rocks on the shoreline,” which resulted in him being thrown from his snowmobile, Treaty #3 Police […]
Raymond Roy is off to a perfect start at the Northern Ontario senior men’s provincial showdown in Sault Ste. Marie. The Fort Frances rink—also comprised of third Don DeBenedet, second Dave Bondett, and lead Paul Fraser—is tied with Chris Milks (Englehart) atop the standings at 3-0 heading into action this […]
Supported Employment Services/Career Unlimited, the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, and The Changing Point have teamed up to offer people with disabilities a renewed optimism for future possibilities through employment and support and employers an opportunity to diversify their workforce. Fort Frances will host two of the events […]
Vianets (11-1) maintained their stranglehold atop the league’s standings with a 72-59 victory over winless Taggs (0-12) on Monday night at Fort High. John Sivonen of Vianets and Taggs’ Darren Tunguzzi tied for top scoring honours, netting 25 points each. Meanwhile, second-place La Place Rendez-Vous (10-2) picked up a comfortable […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team wrapped up its season with a 41-39 exhibition win over the host International Falls Broncos’ Grade 9 squad last night. “It was a nice way to end the season,” head coach Gord McCabe remarked. “Until the last few minutes, I platooned players and switched […]
Charlie Canfield, left, and Peter Boon looked over a map indicating the location of the proposed bio-mass boiler yesterday afternon during the first of two open houses at the Adventure Inn. —Duane Hicks photo
The “Just Imagine” campaign has less than $100,000 to go to reach its goal of $1.5 million for the purchase of a CT Scanner, it was announced yesterday. More than $100,000 was raised in the past two weeks, bringing the grand total to $1,402,000. “We are ecstatic,” said campaign chair […]
FORT FRANCES—Trying to get the fundraising ball rolling again for itself and other groups in the wake of the Fort Frances Bingo Hall’s closure, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau reported its first bingo Tuesday night was a bonafide success. “We actually made almost as much money last night [Tuesday] as […]
The 54th ladies’ bonspiel is set to take place this weekend (Feb. 23-25) at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Twenty-six teams will compete in the three-day event for the right to be crowned the top local women’s rink. The top six teams will advance to the playoff round Sunday and […]
FORT FRANCES—For a fourth year, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is looking for participants for its customer service challenge—and interested businesses only have one more week to sign up. Program co-ordinator Crystal Godbout said Thursday morning that 18 district businesses have signed up so far, but she’s hoping to […]
OTTAWA —Company officials and negotiators representing 2,800 striking CN Rail workers returned to mediated bargaining yesterday with the spectre of a legislated return to work looming over a dispute that government fears could cripple the economy. Labour minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn gave official notice that he would table legislation within 48 […]
