Coming off its most profitable year yet, Normiska Corp. here is still racing to meet consumer demand. “We can’t make the product fast enough. We want to make it more profitable and the final challenge is transportation,” noted company president and CEO David Graham. Normiska recently has completed expansions in […]
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The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce has increased its focus on information technology, launching its expanded web site–www.noacc.com–last week. “We updated our site because we wanted to remain current,” said NOACC president Jon Christianson of Thunder Bay. “We have to show members that change is all a part of […]
Forty-four teams will compete in the 53rd-annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel, which will gets underway here late tomorrow afternoon. Rick Grenda, who is helping organize the bonspiel, said local rinks will be vying for top honours in the ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D’ events with ones from Dryden, Kenora, Sioux […]
Goalie Jamie Booth and his teammates were not fazed by their 20-hour bus ride here from Fort Frances as they won their first two pool games yesterday at the all-Ontario ‘A/AA’ hockey championship. After opening with a 9-1 win over 16th-ranked Sacred Heart (Stittsville), the top-ranked Muskies skated to hard-fought […]
The spring load restrictions are now in effect as of Sunday, leaving truckers to stay at home while they wait out the annual thaw. Secondary roads have been closed to reduce damage as the surfaces shift in the fluctuating temperatures. “That’s only for the country [roads]. Your main highways are […]
The second-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference is coming up April 7-8, and organizers are hoping a streamlined format will spur more of the general public to attend this year. There will be about one-third fewer presentations than last year, and organizer Rebecca Dodd of the Rainy River First Nation Watershed Program […]
An intensified partnership between police and Fort Frances High School was made official last night during the opening of the OPP’s liaison office there. The new office, located off the entrance of the school library, will serve as a place where students can drop by to talk to an on-duty […]
Going to pick up a piece for a broken guitar turned out to be a career change for former freelance photographer Gary Gellert. “It was about 1997, I guess. I needed a part for a guitar and a music store was supposed to get it for me and he failed […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society will resume its regular meetings March 26. They will be held the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the old CN station. This year promises to be another busy one with lots of interesting programs planned. It is a special year as […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team travelled across the river to face the International Falls Broncos last weekend and came home with a 3-0 win. David Pierce (assisted by Tyler Miller and Larry Pham) opened up the scoring in the first period. After a scoreless second, Pham and Alex […]
Local figure skater Sarah McComb went to Fort Erie for the provincial competition over the weekend and finished seventh out of the top 12 skaters in Ontario. “It was a good experience. She missed a couple of jumps that if she would have landed would have made her score higher,” […]
This is the third in a series of articles to share information on issues of importance to parents and other members of the Fort High community. Today’s topic is course selections, and is intended to provide some important information and dates regarding completion of option sheets for the 2001-2002 year. […]
