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 […]
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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 […]
After a successful campaign supporting the Fort Frances Friends of Animals as their annual charity this year, employees at the local Canada Safeway store will wait a while before picking one for 2002. “We haven’t started any of that yet,” trainee manager Hans Holland said Tuesday. “We usually get the […]
Fort Frances High School will see a new group of parents and local residents sitting on the school council there after Monday night’s election. FFHS principal Ian Simpson said Tuesday that while there’s two council members still to be confirmed, those elected last night include chair Alan Tibbetts, secretary Sherry […]
The Muskie ‘A’ football team took it on the chin Friday, losing 37-0 to the Oak Park Raiders, the defending Winnipeg High School Football League champions. The Raiders jumped on the scoreboard late in the first quarter after running back a pair of interceptions for touchdowns. They added 20 points […]
The Borderland Thunder certainly have gotten their inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League season off to a great start. The Thunder posted comeback victories in each of their five games to capture first place at the SIJHL’s “showcase” pre-season tournament in Thunder over the weekend. After trailing 3-2 with eight […]
Following a minute of silence, bells will ring worldwide tomorrow at noon to mark the United Nations’ 20th-annual “A Peal for Peace.” Although no formal ceremony has been organized in Fort Frances this year, local residents are encouraged to remember the observation at noon tomorrow. “Wherever you are, whatever you […]
As the process to possibly close three local elementary schools moves forward, the Rainy River District School Board is seeking community members to form school closure committees. Parents of students at Alexander MacKenzie, Sixth Street, and Alberton Central are encouraged to apply to sit on the committees, with the deadline […]
