The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
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After council made more cuts— and some adjustments to tax ratios—at a committee of the whole meeting yesterday, it looks as if town residents may be facing a tax increase of 18-20 percent for 2004. “We are getting down about as far as we can get without shutting facilities down,” […]
Marie Rübsteck, general manager of the Canadian Practice Firms Network, will visit Envision North—the practice firm in Fort Frances—this Monday and Tuesday (March 22-23). Rübsteck has been with the CPFN since its founding in 1998. She also is the CPFN representative for the European Practice Firm Network (EUROPEN). From 2000-03, […]
After council made more cuts—and some adjustments to tax ratios—at a committee of the whole meeting Thursday, it looks as if town residents may be facing a tax increase of 18-20 percent for 2004. “We are getting down about as far as we can get without shutting facilities down,” Coun. […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board last night passed a resolution to pay a subsidy for April to the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. after receiving assurance from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that the program’s economic difficulties have improved. DSSAB recently received a letter […]
The United Native Friendship Centre has purchased the Calvary Tabernacle Church on Butler Avenue and will be using the property to house the “Aboriginal Head Start” program. The UNFC took possession Friday, and is looking forward to getting everything ready to start in September. The program is for children up […]
Several firefighters and police officers from both sides of the border were commended for their teamwork in rescuing five snowmobilers who went through the ice near the Ranier Bridge on Feb. 28 last year. Insp. Shawn Hayes, director of operations for the OPP’s North West, was at the Civic Centre […]
Steve Latimer and Sarah Vanderplaats will provide a one-two punch as guest speakers at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon this coming Tuesday at the Rainy Lake Hotel. The emphasis of their discussion will be on staffing and training programs offered in the Fort Frances area. Latimer, the […]
A Sarnia, Ont. man was killed in an accident that happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday on Highway 17 west of the Highway 71 junction. Kenora OPP said the accident occurred when a westbound Volvo crossed the centre line and was struck by an eastbound tractor-trailer unit. Donald Esser, […]
The Scott Gobeil rink, representing Manitoba, lost 9-8 in an extra end to Newfoundland this morning to fall to 4-5 at the Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton. Gobeil wrapped up round-robin play this afternoon against Nova Scotia (the outcome was not known by press time) because Manitoba has the […]
It was sensory overload on Sand Bay last weekend as 64 racers descended on Fort Frances for the fifth-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championship. Gas was flowing, the engines were roaring, and six snowmobiles at a time blurred past spectators in an event that gets larger every year. “It was the […]
It’s now a best-of-five series. The Borderland Thunder split the first two games of their semi-final showdown in Dryden last weekend and now will be looking to gain a stranglehold over the Ice Dogs with a pair of wins here this Friday and Saturday night. The puck drops at 7:30 […]
