Rainy River First Nation resident Art Hunter is hoping he’ll be seen on national television next week. Hunter spent three days at Old Fort William in Thunder Bay last May, acting in a number of scenes for the CBC mini-series, “Canada, A People’s History,” which currently is being aired. “My […]
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Although some people may be hoping we’ve had the last of the big snowfalls this winter, Bob Hamilton would be more than happy to see another large dump of the white stuff. For the past five years, Hamilton has been busy building the Little Beaver Snow Park on the old […]
The Fort Frances Lions Club’s “Polar Plunge” likely will become a New Year’s Day tradition here after hundreds of people turned out yesterday to watch nine people brave the icy waters of Rainy Lake to raise money for local causes. “It was great. We’ve already had lots of people tell […]
Abitibi-Consolidated has shelved plans to log the Reef Point Road-Hopkins Bay Road-Bay Road area for fire and shelter wood–plans which had sparked a public outcry last month. “We can’t log there without adversely affecting the land values,” local mill manager Jim Gartshore said Monday. “The areas will be declared surplus […]
A family of four are facing tough times after their mobile home in the Lakeview Trailer Court here caught fire just prior to midnight Saturday. The blaze left it uninhabitable for Miranda and Trevor Andrushuk and their two young children (aged three and four months), with smoke and heat damage […]
Dave and Mike Allison want to run a “AA” developmental hockey camp here for the weeks of July 19-23 and July 26-30. In fact, they’ve already booked the ice time with Community Services manager George Bell. There’s just one problem. Terry Mihichuk, owner/operator of the existing Borderland Hockey School, has […]
It was all Muskies during last week’s showdown against the Kenora Broncos as all four Fort High teams gave the host Broncos a not-so-cheery Season’s Greetings. The senior girls’ volleyball team improved its NorWOSSA record to 3-0 after sweeping the Broncos in the best-of-five match 25-15, 25-15, and 25-23. Coach […]
A single-vehicle accident along Highway 11-71 near La Vallee just before 2 a.m. Christmas morning took out a hydro pole that caused a district-wide power outage and a localized power surge which damaged electrical appliances in several households. Police said the lone female driver, who was westbound at the time […]
Former Fort Frances resident James Knoff left Winnipeg to visit his old stomping grounds and showed he can still swing a squash raquet. Knoff captured the ‘A/B’ event of the annual Fort Frances Boxing Day squash tournament after downing runner-up Jason Kabel 3-1 in the final here Tuesday afternoon. Knoff, […]
David Fagerdahl has been catching up on his rest after returning home from a five-week internship as a page at Queen’s Park in Toronto. “It was a lot of hard work but I really enjoyed it,” said the 13-year-old Fort Frances resident. “As a page, I was responsible for serving […]
While public consultations won’t start until early next year, Alberton Reeve John Milling said the possibility of Alberton School closing is an issue he’ll be keeping a close eye on. “It hasn’t come to council yet but speaking personally, I was shocked,” Reeve Milling had said before Christmas, referring to […]
Local runner Cathy Kowal will be taking part in a 42-km run Jan. 7 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fl. to help raise money for arthritis research on behalf of local resident and arthritis sufferer Melvin Haukaas. “It is pretty much consuming my days now,” admitted Kowal, a member […]
