FORT FRANCES—With little change in the weather since two weeks ago, the town is continuing to remind local property owners who’ve had problems with their water lines freezing in the past to run a constant flow through their pipes as a preventive measure. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said […]
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A crew of surveyors loaded up a helicopter this morning outside La Place Rendez-Vous on their way to conduct surveys on land claimed by Rainy River First Nation in May, 2005. About 14,000 acres of land will be marked near Sphene Lake, Pipestone Lake (Gates Ajar), and the Lake of […]
Steve Arpin continued his domination of the field yesterday at the 36th-annual DIRTcar Nationals held at the Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. The Fort Frances native won his fifth-consecutive UMP DIRTcar Racing Modified feature last night and now has taken the checkered flag in five of the first six […]
Country hoedown VALA Girls “Toots,” left, “Kitty,” “Elena,” and “Lolita” (a.k.a. Elaine Sande, Myrna Kraynyk-Cooper, Leslie Danielson, and Dolores Beach), kicked up their heels in a performance of “Hey, Good Looking” during the third-annual VALA variety show at the Townshend Theatre on Saturday. The event was a fundraiser for the […]
The Pinewood Blades faced Doug Kitowski Trucking in the all-Fort Frances Bantam ‘B’ final of the annual girls’ hockey tournament at the ’52 Canadians Arena yesterday afternoon. Pinewood won 2-1 in overtime. —Melanie Béchard photo
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has been busy working on a new business retention and expansion survey, with the aim to launch it in late March. “At this point, we’ve gone over the survey and are deciding on some community-specific questions,” said community development officer Kerri Dittaro, who […]
FORT FRANCES—With exactly one week to go before the Feb. 16 deadline, local groups and service clubs aimed at helping youths and families are reminded to pick up applications for the Moffat Family Fund. Town administrative assistant Lori Pattison said Friday morning that only three applications have been turned in […]
The following information was obtained from the Yukon Educational Student Network: How can you tell if your teen might have a problem? The more warning signs there are, the more likely they may have an eating disorder. Warning signs of anorexia •is significantly underweight •skips meals •denies being hungry •exercises […]
The Fort Frances Canadians edged the International Falls Broncos junior varsity squad 5-4 last night in a seesaw battle that required overtime to decide it at the ’52 Canadians Arena. Ryan Shortreed was the hero, deflecting Jared Baker’s point shot past Bronco goalie Mike Hart with 2:04 left in the […]
Lorne Jackson has been eliminated from contention for a berth at the Tim Hortons Brier next month in Hamilton. The Fort Frances skip—along with third Don DeBenedet, second Derek Jackson and lead Mike Kjerulf—lost 7-2 to Jamie Morphet (Sudbury) this morning at the Northern Ontario playdowns there. With the loss, […]
