Joyce Gosselin captured a silver medal today in the 200m snowshoeing event at the 2005 Special Olympics Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. The Fort Frances resident, the oldest competitor in the group at 58, crossed the finish line in a time of 2:36.45—more than four seconds better than her qualifying […]
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The board of management for Rainycrest Home for the Aged passed its budget Friday—setting its municipal levy increase at six percent. This is less than half of last year’s increase of 12.5 percent. But Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk, who also is chair of the Rainycrest board, noted not all […]
After being denied a gaming licence to run its “Reel Raffle” this year, Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship Inc. is looking for a way to make up for the loss in revenue. FFCBC chair Doug Cain will appear before council Monday night to request $10,000 in financial assistance from the […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is offering a marketing training program here March 1, 8, and 15. The training will be delivered by local consultant Tannis Drysdale from 6:30-9:30 p.m. each session at the RRFDC’s office (608 Scott St.) The goal of the seminar is to assist small businesses […]
In preparation to celebrate the downtown core’s 100th birthday later this year, the local Business Improvement Association wants people to tell them about their favourite memories of Scott Street. BIA co-ordinator Patti Anderson said yesterday the idea for a birthday can be traced back to 1905, when the previous centre […]
After almost four months of Muskie hockey, it’s finally here. It’s playoff time. The Muskie boys’ hockey team will host the Kenora Broncos tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena to open their best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final series. Game 2 is slated Sunday night in Kenora, with Game […]
Fort Frances Aquanauts Heather Dutton, 18, and Alex Parent, 15, were in Saanich, B.C. (near Victoria) last weekend to compete at the 2005 Western Canadian Championships. Here’s how they fared: •Alex Parent (male open category)—50m free final (29.73, 3rd), 50m free preliminary (30.12, 4th), 200m IM final (2:43.51, 2nd), 200m […]
The Gavel Racing Team was in Kenora last weekend, where John Gavel took first place in all three of his heats. He also came first in the final for both the 30+ and Masters divisions, but was fifth in the 30+ Open. Danny Gavel placed second in the Semi-Pro 600, […]
Thunder head coach Dave Allison was not behind the bench last night in Dryden as he began serving a six-game suspension for his role in Tuesday night’s brawl with the Ice Dogs here. Instead, Thunder GM Brent Tookenay had the reins as the Thunder cruised to an 8-2 win over […]
A tradition in Fort Frances for more than 20 years, the annual candlelight ski and walk is slated tomorrow evening on the Eighth Street ski trails (located behind Rainycrest Home for the Aged). The whole family is encouraged to come out for the event, which will run from 6-8 p.m. […]
Two people who face charges in connection with a series of armed robberies that occurred in Fort Frances over a three-and-a-half month period were released on bail yesterday and will return to Portage La Prairie, Man. to await trial. Neil Craig Brown, 35, and Pamela Marie Magel, 24, each are […]
The Northwestern Health Unit yesterday declared Influenza A outbreaks in five facilities across both the Rainy River and Kenora districts, including at Rainycrest Home for the Aged here. The other facilities where outbreaks have been identified include Atikokan General Hospital, Birchwood Terrace Nursing Home and Lake of the Woods District […]
