Leanne Beck cringes when she brings up the subject of her equine pastime to her high school friends. “Someone always asks, ‘So, you’re going to go run around the barrels?’” sighed Beck, 16, who has carved an impressive niche on the competitive quarter horse circuit along with her 14-year-old sister […]
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The state of the area’s fishery and other issues will be discussed over two days next week at the Fort Frances Curling Club, and everyone’s invited to attend. “We hope people can come out and participate,” said Tom Pearson, president of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association, which is organizing […]
It’s time to get the ball rolling in preparation for one of the highest profile amateur hockey tournaments in the province. The Borderland Thunder will host the Dudley Hewitt Cup on April 20-27 but the initial planning session is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Elks Hall. The […]
Wild props and zany antics will take over the stage at the Townshend Theatre here tonight at 6:30 p.m. as Al Simmons kicks off the new “Kids & Company” season. “He’s the king of puns and one-liners. He is absolutely hilarious,” Gaby Emond of Kids & Co. said this morning. […]
The proportion of so-called traditional families—married couples with children—has declined in Fort Frances over the last five years, according to information from the 2001 census released today by Statistics Canada. The latest census figures show married couples with children account for 34.5 percent of the 2,345 families in Fort Frances—down […]
While still short on volunteers, organizers of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts say they may have just enough support to keep it going for another year. “At this point, the festival probably will go ahead,” John Jankiewicz, president of the Rainy River District Music Festival Association, […]
Some teams get into the playoffs through the back door. The Muskie ‘A’ football squad decided to sneak in through the basement. Despite a 23-10 loss to the Sisler Spartans on Friday at Winnipeg Stadium, the Muskies (0-7) still qualified for the WHSFL post-season after the Kelvin Clippers (0-7) lost […]
Late-game heroics by the Borderland Thunder left the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs licking their wounded paws. Kevin Webb’s goal with 1.2 seconds left in overtime gave the host Thunder a 6-5 victory Friday night, while a four-goal rally in the third period keyed a 4-2 win Saturday in Superior International […]
While registrations are off to a good start, there still are seats available for a pair of free workshops this Thursday. “We were just looking at the registration sheets and there’s 15 for each,” Angela Halvorsen, business investment officer with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., said Monday. “So there […]
There will be a new face on the Northwest Catholic District School Board as it seeks a replacement trustee in Dryden. The board met Saturday at Sacred Heart School in Sioux Lookout for its regular monthly meeting and discussed how to replace trustee Cynthia Cossais. “Cynthia Cossais took a position […]
In January, 1928, the establishment of an up-to-date Land Titles and Registry office at Fort Frances marked another step in the progress of this district. Over one year ago, work had started on the building that opened on Jan. 3, 1928. The building’s construction embodied the last word in modern […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture will hold its annual election of officers in conjunction with the fall dinner/dance Saturday evening at the Devlin Hall. “The elections should be pretty simple. There’s only a couple up for re-election and a couple vacancies to fill,” noted RRFA member services rep Betty […]
