Fort Frances is staying aboard the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association despite word Kenora council has voted to take on its own recycling operations when its agreement with NORA ends next year. “We’re hopeful the collective approach is doable,” CAO Bill Naturkach said Thursday morning. “We’re now looking at putting together […]
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Organizers of the annual Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey tournament, which gets underway here tomorrow morning at the Memorial Sports Centre, expect another solid weekend of competition. “We’ll have some exhibition games [here this season] but this is probably the best opportunity to showcase this team in front of our hometown,” […]
The Northwestern Health Unit may be one of the best in Ontario, but it soon will be acting on a long list of recommendations contained in an operational review delivered here Tuesday night by Calgary-based Blackwell Group. “The overall performance is very good,” said Denise Blackwell, who, along with John […]
The “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee will have to wait until council’s next meeting Dec. 10 to find out whether the town will contribute $50,000 towards a feasibility study. While the committee asked council Monday night to contribute the money to help pay for the study, which would be necessary to […]
Jennifer Carmody and Megan Bob will be attending the Ontario Winter Games in Cambridge in March after making the Northwestern Ontario ringette team. The pair, who play for the Emo Bandits, were invited to try out for the regional team back in September. “So we drove up to Thunder Bay […]
It may have been American Thanksgiving last week but Stratton skip Bryan Bonot should give thanks to three things at the senior men’s district playdowns last weekend in Nipigon: his brother, his biggest rival, and his own clutch extra-end shot. It was those three things which handed Don Brunton (Sioux […]
It was a tough way to end a tough week. The Muskie boys’ hockey team dropped a 8-0 decision to the visiting International Falls Broncos in exhibition action last night. The Broncos set the tone in the first period, outshooting the Muskies 17-2 and grabbing a 3-0 lead off goals […]
As a follow-up to an operational review of the Northwestern Health Unit over the past six months, district municipalities and the public will get a chance to hear what the consultants found at a meeting here Tuesday night. “For several years, several municipalities have wanted this,” said Dr. Peter Sarsfield, […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team will host the International Falls Broncos on Tuesday night in round one of their annual “Battle of Borderland” exhibition showdown. But more importantly, the game will mark the first time fans can get a look at this season’s young Muskie squad—comprised of 16 first-year players. […]
A former Fort Frances resident who now works at a Windsor post office will find out in the next few days whether he’s a victim of anthrax-tainted mail. Wilf Schnekenburger, 30, was doing sorting mail around 8 p.m. (EST) on Sunday when he noticed a substance coming from one or […]
They had to wait until the final draw with their own destiny out of their hands, but the Bryan Bonot rink earned a berth at the senior men’s provincial playdowns after going 5-2 in district play this weekend. The Stratton rink finished second overall in the standings behind Gary Ball […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team split a pair games in Sioux Lookout over the weekend, dropping their NorWOSSA record to 1-2. The black-and-gold earned a convincing 6-1 victory Friday night only to have the tables turned on the them Saturday with a 7-4 loss. After falling behind early in that […]
