FORT FRANCES—Members of local unions were to speak at Monday night’s town council meeting to ask for more time to study the possible impact of splitting the power dam into a separate business here before any final decisions are made. “We will ask council to suspend the Abitibi application for […]
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FORT FRANCES—With the nomination deadline still a month away, the local municipal election race already is starting to take shape with more nominees stepping forward. Andrew Hallikas, a former Fort High teacher and long-time Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation rep, filed his nomination papers to run for council last Wednesday. […]
With multiple fire starts over the weekend, Northwestern Ontario is seeing a return to “moderate” and “high” fire hazards. “There’s been an increase in dryer weather. We’ve seen sunny conditions for the last few days, and anticipate the continuation of sunnier, drier weather the new few days,” Ministry of Natural […]
FORT FRANCES—It was a record-setting day as the second-annual International Falls Bass Championship wrapped up Saturday. John Janousek and Chad Johnson finished atop the field of 60 teams with a two-day combined weight of 30.75 pounds—earning themselves the $10,000 (U.S.) first-place cheque. The duo’s catch easily eclipsed the standard set […]
Jean Dick captured the inaugural Heron Landing Ladies Open golf tournament yesterday, carding a 92 to edge out Sandy Windego by one stroke. Afterwards, Dick was happy with the win despite not playing her best round of golf. “It feels pretty good, actually,” she remarked. “I didn’t think I’d do […]
The “Make Shift” band of Kim Basaraba, left, John Dobransky, Randy Ball, and Geoff MacEachern (hidden) entertained the crowd yesterday at the eighth-annual Mud Lake City Music Fest. More than 650 people braved the hot sun to check out district talent, as well as enjoy refreshments and take in the […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce already is planning its 11th-annual business awards banquet, which will take place Oct. 28 at La Place Rendez-Vous. But it is up to district residents to nominate those deserving to walk up on stage and be in the spotlight that night. Chamber office […]
The Muskie football team’s training camp is in full swing as the squad prepares for its regular-season opener here Sept. 8 against Kildonan East. But despite having had less than a week of practices to evaluate his players, head coach Bob Swing has been impressed with what he’s seen so […]
Grandpa Magic made an appearance yesterday at Lion’s park as part of the Library summer reading wind up picnic. He invited members of the audience to come up and put his hands in chains and tie his legs together and he then escaped. After the magic show, children who participated […]
FORT FRANCES—Despite a relative lack of rain this summer, data presented Wednesday night at the joint annual public meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board here showed Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake water levels are within the rule curve. “Over […]
Bill Hughes won the inaugural Senior Men’s Open yesterday afternoon at the Heron Landing Golf Course on Couchiching. The Texas native, who summers at Clearwater Lake, shot an impressive even-par 72 to capture the title over 57 other golfers divided into four flights. Afterwards, Hughes credited his short game with […]
While it was a quieter day on the fire scene throughout most of the region due to some scattered showers early yesterday morning, Red Lake District was hit by six new starts, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported today. One of those displayed vigorous fire behaviour that required three heavy […]
