We were sitting in the lower part of the Kitchen Creek clubhouse last Wednesday around 2 p.m. “Snake” Krawchuk took a seat on a semi-comfortable chair, placed his arms on the rests, and leaned back. He wore a red golf shirt with basche shorts and a white Cleveland golf hat […]
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She has braked the ache, nuttered, butter slided, durfed, loaded the line, burnt the toast, teared an eyelid, and even suffered from an occasional kook. But now, former Fort Frances resident Tressa Main would like to “spread the love” of wakeboarding by holding a clinic in her hometown and where […]
Entries are now being accepted for the second-annual Rick Pearson Memorial golf tournament which is slated for Monday, Aug. 2 at Kitchen Creek. The entry fee is $50 per person, which includes a round of golf, a steak dinner, and prizes. Each foursome also is required to collect at least […]
While council still is expected to vote on an amended remuneration bylaw at its July 26 meeting, it was revealed at Monday night’s meeting that there’s not enough money in the 2004 budget to see their health benefits package paid for in addition to their total salary. The numbers were […]
After lengthy consultations, Northwestern Ontario Crime Stoppers, Inc. has announced International Falls and Koochiching County, Mn. are joining in partnership with its program. This partnership will see civilian committee members, media sources, and city, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies from the International Falls and Koochiching County area joining […]
The Fort Frances Public Library board is asking the town to consider property next to the arena as the site for a new library should one be built here down the road. While the library board initially aimed to see a new library built at the now vacant Alexander Mackenzie […]
The last team to leave the dock Saturday morning wound up taking first place in the fourth-annual “Castin’ For Cash” tournament at Lake Despair. First-time partners Greg Swire (Devlin) and Don Copenace (Nestor Falls) came in Saturday with a whopping weight of 14.08 pounds for their five bass, then added […]
Some local MNR fire crews, who had been battling forest fires in British Columbia since late June, have returned home, with the rest expected back soon. Local MNR fire operations supervisor Marnie Brown said a group of 12 returned Sunday. “We still have eight staff out there. We expect them […]
Fort Frances OPP are investigating a single-vehicle accident that occurred here early Friday morning. Shortly before 3 a.m., the driver of a westbound pickup truck lost control of his vehicle, mounted the curb, and struck a hydro pole on the 100 block of Third Street West. The driver and his […]
Members of the Kenora OPP Marine Unit currently are searching for a missing boater in the Wiley Point area of Lake of the Woods. Shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, police were notified that a boat from an area lodge had been located running in circles. The operator of the […]
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada announced yesterday it had reached a tentative deal with Abitibi-Consolidated at midnight Tuesday. The five-year agreement covers some 4,500 workers in Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland, and also is expected to serve as a pattern for talks affecting 30,000 pulp and paper workers […]
The air around the five contestants practically crackled with anticipation last Thursday afternoon as they waited for the judges to announce who would be crowned the 2004 Fun in the Sun queen. But even in the throes of competition, the girls stood together on the stage at Pither’s Point and […]
