It was an all-Fort Frances final in the girls’ A-2 Bantam division of the Stars Cup tournament in Winnipeg over the weekend, with Kitowski Trucking prevailing 4-1 over the Pinewood Blades. Kitowski Trucking jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead on goals by Carly Bosma (two) and linemate Jessica Rea. […]
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The Fort Frances Visserettes will be hosting a competitive ‘A’ theory course (Level 1) at the club’s gym on May 5-6. The two-day course is required training for anyone who wishes to coach any amateur sport locally. The clinic will run from noon-8 p.m. on the Saturday and then 8 […]
Sixteen teams vied for the championship of the 25th-annual Drew McKelvie mixed broomball tournament over the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena. In the end, it came down to two Minneapolis teams facing off for the coveted trophy. The now five-time champion Minnesota Gypsies defeated the “No Bull” team […]
The championship game of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League will feature the top two teams from the regular season. Vianets (14-1) punched their ticket into the final with a 85-60 win over Taggs (0-15) in one semi-final match-up Monday night. John Sivonen led all scorers with 36 points while […]
Hockey Northwestern Ontario is proud to announce its selection to host the “Chevrolet Safe and Fun Hockey Festival” in Thunder Bay from June 15-17. This grassroots hockey program will feature some of the game’s greatest ambassadors coming to town, including Hockey Hall of Fame member Bobby Orr and two-time Olympic […]
FORT FRANCES—The “Building for the Future” fundraising campaign for a new library in Fort Frances kicked off Friday in a big way—garnering a total of $134,130 in donations by the end of the day. And organizers are seeing that as an encouraging start to their $750,000 goal, which they hope […]
FORT FRANCES—Parents, educators, priests, and members of the local Catholic community all put their heads together to reflect on—and express their views about—the important of faith-based education during a public forum hosted by the Northwest Catholic District School Board here Tuesday night. The board is hosting four such sessions throughout […]
FORT FRANCES—Northwest Catholic District School Board trustees heard a first-hand report from staff and students on the success of their “Later Literacy” program at the board’s regular meeting Saturday morning. The program—aimed at students aged 11-14 with significant reading and writing difficulties—is now in its fourth year, noted David Sharp, […]
FORT FRANCES—After reviewing the issue once again, council decided Monday night to uphold a resolution it passed back in July, 2005 to no longer provide school crossing guards in town. But parent Leslie Danielson, who had requested council reconsider hiring crossing guards as part of the 2007 budget process, backed […]
FORT FRANCES—While not recommending anyone swim off the docks along the upper Rainy River, the town will be installing buoys and ladders at the one at the end of Fifth Street East in an effort to at least give swimmers a safer place to be. Town council approved a report […]
Increased costs for bag tags and landfill tipping are part of the new user fee schedule town council voted to adopt at Monday night’s regular meeting. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Monday the cost of bag tags will increase from $1 to $1.50 starting April 1. Meanwhile, the […]
The Rainy River District School Board has decided to close the building housing part of its alternative education program on Walker Avenue, but the students there will be able to continue following the program elsewhere. “The number of students attending has declined to the point where we feel we can […]
