The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association will hold a coaching clinic next Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre for anyone interested in trying their hand at heading a house league team. The clinic, run roughly once every two years here, will deal with the more philosophical aspects of […]
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Two men were arrested and charged Thursday in Pinewood after the Tri-Force Drug Unit searched property there and found drugs. Police seized 18 mature marijuana plants, half-a-pound of dried marijuana, seven long guns, a crossbow, and a switchblade, as well as a quantity of cash. The potential street value of […]
Youth violence will be the focus of the local Community Policing Committee’s conference slated tonight and tomorrow at La Place Rendez-Vous. “Just from the things that go on in our community, the issues around youth violence, we put together the School Violence Prevention Team, a sub-committee of the CPC, which […]
District residents can dispose of household hazardous waste tomorrow in Emo in what organizers hope will become an annual collection. The hazardous waste day–organized by the Rainy River First Nation’s Watershed Program and the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition–will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Emo municipal […]
Christmas will be coming here early this year as the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual trade show gets underway tomorrow at the Memorial Sports Centre. “There’s lot going on. We’re very, very excited,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said this morning. “There’s going to be over 50 exhibitors. And we […]
The draw for the final 40 berths in the 2002 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will take place Oct. 3, with some changes being made this year. A “double dip” has been introduced where both members of an angling duo now will be allowed to enter the draw as two […]
After more than four months on the picket line, CUPE Local #65 workers at the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living are optimistic their strike soon may be over. After negotiating with ACL administration behind closed doors at La Place Rendez-Vous for more than 15 hours from Tuesday […]
Doug Maki’s first-degree murder trial, which was slated to begin here Monday, is going to be delayed, Crown Attorney Robert “Buster” Young confirmed Thursday morning. “There’s been some new expert evidence generated by the Crown, the police actually, that we have to consider,” he noted from Atikokan, adding the jury […]
Team confidence is high as the Borderland Thunder get ready for their first season in the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League later this month. And why not? The Thunder racked up a 5-0 record to capture top honours in the SIJHL’s “showcase” pre-season tourney in Thunder Bay last weekend. […]
A 10-year hobby is beginning to put district duck carver Alan Anderson among the best in the country. Anderson, a life-long resident of Devlin, gradually is collecting ribbons for his carvings of decorative ducks and decoys. He’s been entering them in carving competitions across Canada and the U.S., with more […]
As the town and local businesses race for high-speed Internet access, the Rainy River District School Board has taken the bull by the horns and invested in its own infrastructure. Over the weekend, a 120-foot communications tower was erected at Robert Moore School here with Northwest ConX. Along with towers […]
Representatives of all Treaty #3 First Nations, together with Canadian and U.S. war veterans, gathered at the Nanicost pow-wow grounds here Tuesday morning to honour those who died in last week’s terrorist attacks. “We are here to pray for those people and what has happened in New York City,” said […]
