It had been almost three months since the Muskie boys’ hockey team played the Thunder Bay Midget ‘AAA’ Kings but this past weekend’s results mirrored their first series from early November—two losses. Saturday night’s game was a scoring spree as the final ended up being 8-5 for the visitors. “If […]
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The Jim Jackson rink (Fort Frances) slipped to 3-1 at the senior men’s association playdowns being played in Kenora. Jackson, along with third Rob Sinclair, second Glen Jackson, and lead Stan Cottam, shook hands after the fifth end this morning in a 8-2 loss to Alan Hicks (Kenora). Jackson will […]
With the regular season winding down, the Muskie boys’ hockey team will take to the ice here this weekend against an opponent they faced to the start the campaign. The Thunder Bay Midget ‘AAA’ Kings will be in town for exhibition games tomorrow (Saturday) at 7 p.m. at the Ice […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. will be receiving more than $600,000 from the provincial government to help balance its budget and improve operations. The province announced the $200 million in transitional funding last week, with different amounts going to hospitals depending on their ability to improve efficiency and balance budgets. […]
The Town of Fort Frances is continuing to work through its 2005 budget process, with a special lunchtime committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday being the most recent of discussions. “The budget process is going very well,” said Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig. “The biggest issue we’re looking at […]
There aren’t too many positives you can find after a 4-1 loss, but that’s what the Borderland Thunder will try to do after their disappointing defeat at the hands of the host Dryden Ice Dogs last night. “We’ve had slippage in our habits,” said head coach Dave Allison. “We’ve had […]
It was just another Friday night on the job for William (Hugh) McKinnon—until he went on the Internet to check his Super 7 ticket with Encore. McKinnon said he was pleased to see his seven Encore numbers all matched the winning numbers, but didn’t realize exactly what that meant. “I […]
One local mill union is voting today on a proposed contract reached in late November. The International Association of Machinists Lodge #771, which reached an agreement in principle with Abitibi-Consolidated on Nov. 25, will be voting at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on that deal. But the second union that was […]
January is Crime Stoppers month worldwide. More than 1,200 Crime Stoppers civilian, community-owned programs can celebrate their success in assisting law enforcement agencies to make more than half-a-million arrests while solving over one million crimes. More than $5 billion worth of narcotics have been seized, and in excess of $1.7 […]
The Town of Fort Frances is planning to make an extra effort with its spring cleaning this year, becoming a member of the Ontario branch of “Pitch-In Canada” in anticipation of “Pitch-In Canada Week” (April 18-24). Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said in a report received at Monday night’s […]
The Town of Fort Frances will be operating the Sorting Gap Marina again this summer and not contracting it out to the private sector. Council made the decision during its regular meeting Monday night after approving a report from Community Services manager George Bell. “For the past three seasons, the […]
In response to popular demand, the Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library will be extending the hours of its ninth-annual Valentine bake sale this year. The “Love Your Library Bake Sale” will be held Friday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the library. Don’t miss the best baking […]
