Council will vote to amend the town’s user fee bylaw at its June 13 meeting in order to spread an increase in pool rental fees at the Memorial Sports Centre over two years instead of one. “The Community Services executive realized that a 100 percent increase in fees over one […]
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With work on the Kiwanis skate park expected to start later this month, Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk said Tuesday that he’s looking forward to seeing the project completed. “I’m excited for the kids and the all volunteers who have worked so hard to make this happen,” he remarked. “Anything […]
With the 2005 tourism season just getting under way, district outfitters and businesses once again are looking forward to the annual influx of American tourists. But that influx is looking smaller than it should because of several outstanding problems from previous years that remain a irritation. At least that’s the […]
More than 24 hours after his prize catch was released back into the Rainy River, Steve Ballan still was trying to find the words to describe exactly how he felt as he jubilantly displayed the 10-pound walleye in front of the hundreds on hand for the final weigh-in of the […]
You can’t blame the stock car drivers for feeling a little antsy after inclement weather washed out the first two race nights of the season at the Emo Speedway. Needless to say, their moods were buoyed when action finally got underway there Saturday night. “It was really depressing and nerve-racking,” […]
Donovan Taylor, 10, was the lone member of the local Cyclone swim club to compete in an invitational meet at the Canada Games Complex in Thunder Bay last weekend. But that didn’t stop him from bringing home eight medals (two gold, four silver, and two bronze) to go along with […]
A team comprised of players from both local junior baseball teams enjoyed a successful tournament hosted by the Fort William Nationals in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Fort Frances lost their first game on Friday to the host Nationals by a score of 9-6, even though they had the lead […]
Think you can do a better job than NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman? Know the game really well? Are you a problem-solver who is not afraid to take action when it is required, but also have an unbiased ear when discussions are put forth? If you answered yes, then the Superior […]
Following the road paved by Aretha Franklin, Brent Tookenay is simply asking the general public to give the players in the Superior International Junior Hockey League some “R-E-S-P-E-C-T.” Tookenay, general manager of the Borderland Thunder, says no matter what people’s perceptions are of the league, those should not include the […]
He admittedly and rightly got emotional. When Doug Armstrong sat Dave Allison down and offered him the position as head coach of the Iowa Stars, it was as if he had just told Allison he was about to be a first-time father. “I talked to them as a group and […]
June 1 was supposed to be judgment day for the Borderland Thunder. They were supposed to be giving either the thumbs up or down on whether to play a fifth season as part of the Superior International Junior Hockey League. “We’ll know on June 1 exactly what our plans are […]
The Emo Public Library has chosen a pair of novels as its “Book of the Month” for June. The first, entitled “The Pull of the Moon” by Elizabeth Berg, touches on everyday dreams of the everyday women, young or old. Many of the library’s patrons are finding this author’s storylines […]
