The last time Chris Buchan made a trip to Fort Frances to curl, he earned a berth to the Brier. After Saturday’s 11-6 win over Dave MacInnes in the final of the provincial mixed playdowns here, Buchan once again will be off in search of a national title. With two […]
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With the top two junior players from last year moving up to the senior squad, the Muskies demolished the Dryden Eagles 92-46 in their NorWOSSA opener up there yesterday afternoon. The Muskies exploded for a 23-4 run to close out the first quarter, then increased their lead to 44-24 at […]
Despite playing less than inspired volleyball, according to head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team grounded the Dryden Eagles two games to one there yesterday afternoon to open their NorWOSSA season. The seniors battled back from a 9-2 deficit in the first game to stun the host […]
Ask Mel DeGagné how many years he’s been in business with NorFab Building Components Ltd. and he’ll probably tell you to count up one year for every expansion that’s been built on their 80-acre lot on Highway 11/71 just west of Fort Frances.
The Town of Fort Frances may have to do some more exterminating to get the last of the “Y2K” bugs out of its computer system in the next year but Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan said Jan. 1, 2000 shouldn’t bring Armageddon. Allan reported to council Monday night after […]
For the second-straight year, the local chapter of the Canadian Relief Fund for Victims of Chernobyl in Belarus is planning to host a small group of children in Rainy River District next summer. But organizers need some help from the community–and the clock is ticking fast. Five children and one […]
Some 1,400 teenagers from across the district got a “no nonsense” lesson in smart risk-taking when the theatrical production, “HEROES,” took to the stage at Fort High last week. The program–a show about life choices–addressed teens in grades eight through 12, as well as a number of those now out […]
Atikokan residents once again can drink tap water without having to boil it first after three consecutive samples came back negative for the Cryptosporidium bacteria. The Northwestern Health Unit lifted its “boil water” advisory last Friday. It was issued Oct. 14 after a sample taken by the Ontario Clean Water […]
After negotiating for six months, the Northwest Catholic District School Board finally ratified a tentative contract with its teachers at last Saturday’s regular meeting in Dryden. The two-year agreement, which will expire Aug. 31, 2000, should solve the previous problem of inequities between the former Dryden Separate School Board and […]
Town council voted unanimously Monday night to sign a contract with Northwest Energy, which would allow the town to buy its power on an aggregate basis with 10 other municipalities from Kenora to Schreiber. Public Utilities Commissioner Doug McCaig, who has been working on the Northwest Energy concept for the […]
Division managers for the town have less than a week to find another $410,000 that can be removed from the system to allow council to pass the 1999 budget with no tax increase at its next meeting Monday. Council debated the budget in-camera for several hours before the last council […]
Local members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Association of Aerospace Workers last night ratified a six-year contract with Abitibi-Consolidated. Members with IAM Local 771 ratified the deal by 78 percent. Numbers for the IBEW Local 1774 vote were unknown by press time. Mill manager Jim […]
