The Borderland Thunder didn’t get the “must-win” they needed and now are now looking down the barrel of a season-ending sweep tonight in Dryden. The Thunder fell 4-1 last night to the host Ice Dogs, who now lead their best-of-seven SIJHL final 3-0. For the second-straight time, the Thunder’s offence […]
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Non-residents have to pay slightly higher user fees at facilities in Fort Frances after town council passed a bylaw featuring a revised miscellaneous user fee schedule. But Mayor Glenn Witherspoon noted the only significant change to the fee schedule is the clarification of what “residents” and “non-residents” are. Under the […]
While local Canada Safeway staff continue negotiating with the company after their contract expired Sunday, a picket set up outside the store here Wednesday was manned by striking employees from the three Safeway stores in Thunder Bay. The picketers were stopping customers at the parking lot entrances and exits, offering […]
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A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Spring has sprung, or at least done its best to show its face amid the odd snowshower. One of the sure signs of spring and impending summer for the rest of the continent is Major League Baseball kicking off another glorious season earlier this week. Well, let’s hold the onions […]
They’re at the edge of a deep hole. Not inside the hole, just at the edge. The Borderland Thunder enter Game 3 of the best-of-seven SIJHL final tonight at the Dryden Recrea-tion Centre down 2-0—seemingly left for dead against a confident and streaking Ice Dogs team. But the team knows […]
While no one denied tobacco smoke is a health hazard, presenters at the first of three public meetings scheduled to address establishing a bylaw banning smoking in all enclosed public places in Fort Frances clearly had differing opinions on the subject Tuesday night at the Civic Centre. One proponent of […]
While mum’s still the word as to whether Fort Frances will seriously look into setting up a “sister city” or “twin city” with either Winchester or Paris, Tenn., Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said a trip to those cities last week was worthwhile and insightful. “It was a very revealing trip,” he […]
Donations of money and labour from Alberton Township won’t be enough to keep their school open, according to trustees at the Rainy River District School Board’s regular monthly meeting here Tuesday night. Danielle Robinson made an emotional plea outlying the efforts of the township, which pledged to donate $10,000 if […]
Emo council has just sent its Phase Two funding application to FedNor in the next step towards landing a biomass waste disposal and recovery pilot project, Reeve Russ Fortier said. Phase Two funding of the proposed landfill site will cover a complete engineering operational analysis, which will involve a site […]
Organizers are breathing a sigh of relief as the tender for the River Walk condominium project finally was awarded Tuesday night. The Fort Frances Non-Profit Housing Inc. board met twice Tuesday to discuss the fate of the condo project, finally determining that Penn-co Construction Corp. would be selected for the […]
Local homeowners concerned about the proposed privatization of Ontario Hydro are invited to attend a meeting here Thursday to discuss the issue. The meeting, slated for 8-9:30 p.m. at the Legion, is being hosted by the Ontario Electricity Coalition—a group trying to prevent Ontario power from being sold to private […]
The Northwest Stars are taking their bumps in the early going of the Ontario PeeWee ‘AAA’ championships in Thunder Bay. The Stars—a team of 19 area PeeWee standouts, including seven players from the local KC ‘AA’ rep team—were blanked twice yesterday in opening play of the seven-team event. They lost […]
