Fort Frances OPP responded to a report of a robbery in the 900 block of Victoria Avenue on Saturday around 5:30 p.m. A 19-year-old male and friends had purchased a case of beer at The Beer Store and were walking home when three males appraoched them, demanded the case of […]
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Town council will consider making revisions to the tipping fees at the landfill site when the scale there is not in operation, and to slightly change its hours of operation, at tonight’s regular meeting at the Civic Centre. In a report by Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown, he said […]
For the seventh year in a row, the Rainy River District School Board is offering a “Summer Institute” over two days in August to provide professional development for teachers from across the region. This year’s institute, entitled “Weaving a Tapestry for Learning—Integrating Literacy and the Arts,” will feature local and […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning story ended with a brilliant epilogue. Three days after winning the Stanley Cup, Brad Richards was selected playoff MVP and saluted as the most gentlemanly player, John Tortorella was named coach of the year, and Martin St. Louis carted home the Hart Memorial Trophy as regular-season […]
Montreal’s doubleheader sweep was bittersweet. Tony Batista homered twice and Sun-Woo Kim pitched 4 1/3 perfect innings in relief of Toma Ohka, who suffered a painful broken arm, as the Expos earned a 7-2 victory yesterday in the nightcap of their doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. In the opener, […]
Tony Stewart shouldn’t be worried if 2004 begins to look a lot like last year, despite a problem off the racing surface that kept him from winning a week ago. In 2003, Stewart came to Pocono Raceway a week after pitting slightly out of his stall at Dover International Speedway. […]
Kitchen Creek Golf Club will host its first-annual pro-am golf tournament on Monday. Twenty pro golfers, from both regional courses as well as those in Winnipeg, will play on foursomes along with amateurs from their own clubs. Each pro is expected to bring in one or two members from their […]
American League Cy Young winner Roy Halladay’s stint on the disabled list is going largely unnoticed, thanks to some stellar pitching performances by two other Toronto Blue Jay starters. Miguel Batista tossed a four-hit shutout as the Blue Jays downed the L.A. Dodgers 4-0 yesterday. It was the Blue Jays’ […]
Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning captured the Lester B. Pearson Award today, as voted on by his peers in the NHL Players’ Association. Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo and Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic were the other finalists for the players’ choice of league MVP. St. Louis, […]
If everything goes according to plan, the public will be witness to a musical clash of the titans under the big tent next month when “The Best of Quest” is held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “What we’re trying to do is get the 10 previous […]
When Alberton Central School first opened its doors in 1961, its first principal was an extraordinary women whose influence eventually would extend far beyond the little country school she administered. Shirley Wickstrom (then Stewart) proved to be not only an able administrator, she also broke new ground in the curriculum […]
After just one week of “bag tags” on garbage, it looks like the town already may be seeing increased recycling among residents. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Monday morning that he’s compared the weights of total loads from “blue box” pickups last Monday and Tuesday with the pickup […]
