Town residents could see digital cell phone service here in the near future, Doug McCaig of Fort Frances Network Services said during Tuesday night’s regular council meeting. Using the tower outside Robert Moore School, this expanded service would mean more options for cellular phone customers, who’ve only had the option […]
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Thanks to a last-minute plea from the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship committee, the town may alter Phase II of the La Verendrye Parkway waterfront development project to be more accommodating to the annual derby. The contentious aspect of the renovation plans is a horseshoe-shaped “green space”—an island consisting of […]
Gordon Burnell lived in Finland for the last 32 years of his life and his sister thought what better way to remember him than by making a sign for the local cemetery. “It was in memory of my brother who passed away five years ago in September,” Fran Faragher said […]
If you think public libraries are only about books, you can file that thought under fiction. They’re at the forefront of the digital communications age. That’s what Ontario Public Library Week 2002 is all about, said Shirley Sheppard, head librarian at the Emo Public Library, adding public libraries are committed […]
Operators of the Thunder Bay research station had hoped for good news this Thanksgiving, but it appears it still will close at the end of the month as previously announced. Gord Scheifele, research co-ordinator for Northwestern Ontario and crop technology advisor at the Thunder Bay research station, said yesterday that […]
The arts community may lose its biggest showcase with organizers warning the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts may not go ahead this year. “There is a serious chance the festival won’t go next year if we don’t get more help,” stressed John Jankiewicz, president of the […]
A former Devlin resident made her royal debut last week when she accompanied a champion race horse to meet the Queen in Toronto. Sherry McLean, now the assistant farm manager at Gardiner Farms near Toronto, escorted 1995 Queen’s Plate winner “Regal Discovery” to the Festival of Ontario last Wednesday night. […]
With the lead slipping away, Ashlyn Jewell knew it was a choice between desire and disaster. “We wanted this one bad,” said Jewell, who along with her Muskie junior girls’ basketball teammates, turned wanting into winning in a 29-18 victory over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon for their first […]
While turkey was the featured menu item in most Thanksgiving feasts, the Borderland Thunder satisfied their appetite with a double serving of Hawk over the weekend. Matt Alexander’s power-play goal in the third period was the difference in a 3-2 Thunder win Saturday night in Nipigon against the Feathermen Hawks […]
With the chips on the table, the Grant Park Pirates let it ride—and came through with an ace up their sleeve. Running back Garret Gamble rambled 40 yards for the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter here Friday afternoon as the Pirates edged the Muskies 21-17 victory in Winnipeg […]
A topic of some discussion at the Sept. 23 council meeting, the guidelines for developmental fill will be discussed by councillors Monday. “The town has projects that require excavation and the disposal of dirt, and if someone is building a new business, for instance, they can take advantage of getting […]
Numerous traffic accidents, most caused by icy road conditions, closed the Trans-Canada Highway between Highway 71 and Vermilion Bay on Sunday, Kenora OPP reported. Some 20 tractor-trailer units jackknifed and blocked the highway completely, police said, with tow trucks and cranes attending the scene. None of these accidents resulted in […]
