Vacation Bible School’s “Son-creek Junction–A Gold Mine,” is ready to roll at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo on July 23-27 from 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. The final program is slated Friday, July 27, to which everyone is welcome to view the crafts assembled and watch music and skits presented by […]
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The fluid, hypnotic movements of Tai Chi make it look easy. But an hour of practising this ancient Chinese martial art is surprisingly strenuous, in a good way, of course. This is what the close to 20 seniors enrolled in an afternoon Tai Chi class here are learning as they’re […]
Believe or not, one brainchild for Mike and Dave Allison’s successful “AA” Developmental Hockey Camp here came from California. “The basis I took it from was at a Los Angeles Kings’ hockey camp,” said Mike, a former NHL veteran who helped out with the camp when he was a Kings’ […]
It was a night of firsts at the Emo Speedway last Saturday for feature winners Kenny Perry Jr. (mini-sprints) and Ron Westover (street stock). Perry, in his rookie season on the local stock car racing circuit, captured his first feature win while Westover capped off the debut of his refurbished […]
More than 60 skaters and eight goalies have been invited to the Borderland Thunder’s first-ever tryout camp here Aug. 3-5 in preparation for the team’s inaugural season in the new Superior International Junior Hockey League. A team of 25 will be selected to start the Junior ‘A’ (Tier II) season […]
The Boise Cascade mill across the river in International Falls, Mn. is closed for a month as 22 capital projects costing more than $30 million (U.S.) are underway there. “It’s kind of like an ant hill. We’ve got over 500 contract employees working at the mill right now,” noted Boise […]
tour de Fort will be selling vouchers for its upcoming “Encore” concert series tomorrow at the Fort Frances Public Library. “We are planning on having the same quality of performers that we have during the passport series,” said tour de Fort spokesperson Wanda Botsford. “[However], we will gladly refund the […]
Marketing is about to begin in earnest for condominiums in the new “River Walk” development along Front Street here. Out of the 36 condos for sale as part of the project, down-payments have been made on 14 before any marketing has been done. The town has hosted several information sessions […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has lifted the restricted fire zone that had been imposed on most of the region, including Fort Frances District, since midnight Thursday night. Due to an unexpected amount of rainfall Saturday and Sunday, most of the new fires detected in the region last week have […]
John Madigan will be the new director of education for the Northwest Catholic District School Board here, board chair Gerry Rousseau announced today. Madigan, who replaces Carol-Lynne Oldale, will take over the position effective Aug. 25. Madigan’s career as an educator includes holding a variety of leadership roles, serving as […]
Extreme fire behaviour has forced the Ministry of Natural Resources to place a ban on all open burning in the southern half of the West Fire Region. The ban–which went into effective as of midnight Thursday and extends until Monday–means no fires may be ignited for cooking or warmth anywhere […]
High-speed Internet access, possibly as fast as 512 kbps, could be available to Fort Frances residents and businesses by mid-August. After installing an antanna on top of the town’s water tower on Wednesday, local Internet service provider (ISP) Jam21.Net will be able to provide customers with wireless Internet through a […]
