The No. 5 paper machine at the mill here is temporarily shut down, following a fire there early this morning. Mill crews responded to a fire between the No. 5 paper machine and the stock preparation area around 3 a.m., at which time the Fort Frances Fire Department also was […]
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Fort Frances Youth Soccer will kick off its registration for its 12 season next week in hopes of equaling–or topping the close to 650 who signed up last year. “We’ve held around that number for the past two years, which is exceptional,” noted FFYS vice-president John Pierce. “We don’t know […]
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon will meet with Winnipeg developer of the River Walk Condominium project to see if the company will help shoulder the costs of unsold units. Winnipeg developer Penn-co Construction Corp. has been tentatively chosen to build the almost $5 million 32-unit condominium. Town council previously decided that they […]
Snow plows weren’t waiting for the storm to end before tackling the heavy snowfall that was dumped on the area this weekend. “Our crews were out at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. They were out plowing during the storm,” Raymond Roy, superintendent of operations, said this morning. While crews usually wait […]
Household Hazardous Waste Day 2002 may be held in Fort Frances two days after the 11th-annual World Health Organization International Conference on Safe Communities wraps up here if the town okays a request from the Rainy River Watershed Program. The request will be discussed at tonight’s regular council meeting, which […]
Judoka Jared Catholique-Bruyere was the only one of the local contingent to come home with a medal at the Ontario Winter Games in Guelph over the weekend. The 14-year old won the silver medal in the 82+ kg juvenile men’s division yesterday. Meanwhile, the Northwestern eight-player squash team, including five […]
Home sweet home proved to be so once again for the Borderland Thunder when they needed it the most. The Thunder capped off a stellar 17-1-6 campaign at the Ice for Kids arena with a pair of wins over the Feathermen Hawks–6-1 and 5-3–to clinch first-place in the Superior International […]
A large portion of this year’s Northwestern Ontario ‘AAA’ PeeWee rep squad includes seven players from the local Knights of Columbus ‘AA’ team. Preparing for the regional playdowns next weekend in Kenora are centres Tyler Miller and Eric Soucy, wingers Paul Dobransky and Brian White, and defencemen Danny Chapman, Tyson […]
The August, 1960 opening of the “subway” was one of the first major projects undertaken in many years by Fort Frances. Ceremonies were held at the intersection of Portage Avenue and Third Street East. The Fort Frances Civic Band, under the direction of Nick Andrusco, played several numbers as a […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has unveiled the 72 nominees up for awards in the 10 categories at its annual banquet coming up March 23. The nominees are: •Employee of the Year (private sector)—Joanne Bliss (Royal Bank), Bill Boulton (NorFab Building Components), Jennifer Galusha (Kathy’s Katering), Nelli Halvorsen (NorWest […]
They’ve been counting down the hours—even minutes—until today’s final bell marking the beginning of March Break. But after a few days of sleeping in, watching TV, and playing video games, most kids are bound to utter that dreaded phrase—“I’m bored.” Here are a few suggestions for how to combat the […]
A snowmobiler missing on Lake of the Woods early this morning was located by the Lake of the Woods Search and Rescue airboat, Kenora OPP reported. The incident began when five individuals had left the Keewatin area on snowmachines shortly after 2 a.m. to return to a cabin where they […]
