There’s an old picture which former Fort Frances Canadian Pete Makarchuk owns. It’s of the late Ray Frederick, his friend and former neighbour, in his goaltending prime as a Chicago Blackhawk trying to stop Montreal Canadiens’ great Maurice “Rocket” Richard during a 1955 game. “I don’t think Richard got it […]
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The crowds, loud music, and potential drama for an exciting finish all were under the big tent Sunday for the final five weigh-ins of the third-annual Rainy River walleye tournament. Unfortunately, the fish were not. The top two boats from the first day Saturday failed to catch any fish on […]
“Build it and they will come,” an oft-repeated catch-phrase of the town’s economic development officer, was emphasized by Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach upon his return from the annual “Northern Networks” trade conference in Green Bay, Wis. last week. The conference highlighted several economic development initiatives, among them the idea […]
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) resumes its annual Northwestern Ontario fall tour this week with two mobile blood donor clinics at Fort Frances High School. The clinics will be held Wednesday, Sept. 26 and again Thursday, Sept. 27. “Canadians have shown an incredible outpouring of support in response to the recent […]
Plans to proceed with the purchase of a new, state-of-the-art computer system for the Civic Centre were quashed by town council Monday night. With the vote ending in a 3-3 tie (Coun. Struchan Gilson was absent from the meeting), a proposal to purchase hardware, software, and whatever else is needed […]
It looks like the final cuts for the local Taggs ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team will go right down to the wire. The team’s coaching staff held a three-day tryout sessions almost two weeks ago but admitted the roster choices made then–and ones still going to made–have been extremely tough. So […]
After still not selling all the tour de Fort “Encore” series vouchers at Saturday night’s Barra MacNeils concert here, they will be on sale again all this week. “People always ask us, ‘When are you selling tickets?’ The fact that we’re doing it all week long is really more convenient,” […]
After 124 days on the picket lines, staff at the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living will be back at work this week. ACL staff, all members of CUPE Local #65, voted 98 percent on Friday in favour of accepting a new contract. The deal, hammered out after […]
The Muskie ‘A’ football team erased a six-point halftime deficit to beat the Grant Park Pirates 32-18 last Friday in Winnipeg. Two big runs helped the Muskies rally to victory. Down 18-14 in the third quarter, tailback Dan Hettinga scampered 60 yards to make it 21-14 for the black-and-gold. Then […]
Town council is expected to pass a bylaw at Monday night’s regular meeting that will allow Canada Safeway here to make an entrance on the east side of its parking lot beside the gas station. Safeway made the request to improve traffic flow in and out of the gas station. […]
Grade 10 students across the province will be writing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test next month, but this year they’re required to pass it to graduate. That’s the message Fort Frances High School wants to stress to parents when it hosts a special information meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. […]
Dryden OPP have concluded their investigation into a fatal single-vehicle accident which occurred yesterday afternoon on Chaval Road in Sandford Township. John Brtko, 71, of Dryden, was the sole occupant of a Chevrolet pickup truck when his vehicle entered the south ditch and struck a tree, police said. A post-mortem […]
