Since 1992, a program has been in place in the district dedicated to promoting safety in the home, schools, and on the streets. What started out as a modest effort to help people avoid accidents and injury has grown tremendously in scope, Grace Silander, chair of the Rainy River Valley […]
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With new plans in hand, and a meeting scheduled with the town next week, the local skate park committee is determined to finally get the shovel in the ground this summer. “We’re willing to do whatever the town wants. We just want to get this thing underway,” said Rob Tovey, […]
The Thunder will not be a part of the SIJHL next season. That is Thunder GM Brent Tookenay’s sentiment after being asked if the team will remain with the Superior International Junior Hockey League if it cannot join the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. “Let’s put it this way—we won’t be […]
They came from as far away as Marathon, Selkirk, Thunder Bay, Red Lake, Dryden, and Kenora, but close to 150 swimmers called Fort Frances home last weekend for the Aquanauts’ annual invitational swim meet. Nine teams, including the local Cyclone Swim Club, congregated at the Memorial Sports Centre for four […]
Both are 16 years old. Both are in Grade 11. Both suit up for the Muskie girls’ hockey team. And both are one the same line. You can go and on about the similarities between Katie McTavish and Sarah O’Sullivan, but probably the biggest likeness is their passion for hockey […]
The right side of the door frame to the Borderland Thunder’s dressing room is lined with newly-placed pictures of past champions like Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, and Lanny McDonald touching the most impressive trophy in sport—the Stanley Cup. But if you turned 180 degrees, that feeling of gain was juxtaposed […]
The Business Improvement Association is looking for local people’s humorous stories about their significant others for their “My Funny Valentine” contest. But the deadline to enter is tomorrow (Feb. 9), so you’d better hurry. “We really need entries,” BIA co-ordinator Patti Anderson said this morning. “There’s gotta be some funny […]
With the second semester already underway at Fort Frances High School, the “chem-free” grad committee is inviting parents to its first meeting next Tuesday (Feb. 15) to begin planning the annual event. The “chem-free” grad party gives graduating students a safe and sober environment where they can celebrate their accomplishments. […]
“tour de Fort” is hoping tickets sales pick up prior to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra’s concert here this Friday evening (Feb. 11). “Things have been going slow. Surprisingly so. As of earlier this week, 72 tickets were sold,” said tour de Fort treasurer Gary Rogozinski. The Townshend Theatre, where […]
The local Salvation Army exceeded its goal of raising $10,000 in January for its South Asia disaster relief campaign. Thanks to donations from local schools, the Fort Frances Ministerial Association, and individuals in the district, the Salvation Army found it had a total of $10,283.47 by the end of last […]
Essentially the difference between the Borderland Thunder’s two games here this past weekend against the Fort William First Nation North Stars came down to penalties. In Friday night’s 4-1 loss to the first-place North Stars, the Thunder spent 47 minutes occupying the penalty box. “They’re going to come here and […]
For those who still don’t have their Canadian Institute for the Blind crocuses yet, the plants are still available at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau while supplies last. “We do have some left. They’ve been selling well, but we’d like to sell them all,” said Karen Haney, assistant co-ordinator for […]
