It could be said that life here is just what the doctors ordered as Dr. Daryl Brain and Dr. Andrea Coholic settle into their second month as associates with the Fort Frances Clinic. Although they’ve had their share of life in larger urban centres like Kingston, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, […]
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Fort Frances resident Ted Scott doesn’t mind that he didn’t win last Thursday night’s record SuperStar Bingo progressive jackpot of more than $600,000. After all, his consolation prize wasn’t too shabby. Scott, a regular player at the Fort Frances Bingo Hall, won $49,615.86 on 50 numbers in the main prize […]
Herman Metke’s pharmacy diploma earned a permanent spot in the Fort France Clinic’s renovated surgical suite, which was dedicated to the memory of the clinic’s former pharmacist Monday night. Metke started working at the clinic pharmacy in 1962 until he retired in 1993. He passed away late in 1995 after […]
School boards will not be able to compose a list of proposed school closures by the Harris government’s Dec. 31 deadline, said John McLeod, the acting director of education for the local public school board. But the Ministry of Education and Training doesn’t sound like it will be giving any […]
About 100 people were on hand last Thursday afternoon for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open Confederation College’s new permanent home at the “multi-use” facility here. Those on hand then got a chance to walk through the site, and enjoy some refreshments. Campus manager Don Lovisa said he was pleased […]
“Friends of the Library” are hoping to pull in some serious dollars from their third-annual dinner/dance next month in order to help finance a security system for the local library. Slated to get underway at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13 at La Place Rendez-Vous, a literary-theme silent auction and […]
A new water heater is being installed at the Atikokan pool after that was determined to be the cause of a carbon monoxide leak that sent 18 people to hospital last Tuesday night. Five of the victims had to be airlifted to Minneapolis for treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. Everyone […]
As predicted by the Ministry of Natural Resources earlier this year, hunters in Northwestern Ontario are finding moose and partridge to be plentiful so far this season. Several hunting parties already have bagged a moose just over two weeks into the season, and others are getting their daily limit of […]
With a new mixed league in place this year and an enticing offer to attract new members, the number of participants in Saturday’s novice curling clinic tripled from last year. Some 30 curlers took part in this year’s one-day clinic, which taught beginning curlers the basics, such as the delivery, […]
As the Muskie hockey team returned to the ice Monday afternoon, head coach Glen Edwards said he wanted to get his team’s lines ready–and systems in place–as soon as possible. The black-and-gold have just over two weeks before they see their first exhibition action at the Warroad Jamboree on Nov. […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association decided at Monday night’s board meeting to drop one team in both its Atom and PeeWee house leagues in order to have a larger number of players on each team. The PeeWee league will be pared down from five to four teams immediately while […]
Heading into his first appearance at a world armwrestling championship, Allan Hartnell knew speed and experience would be the keys to victory. The 19-year-old Rainy River resident already had the speed and power to overtake the top armwrestlers in the world. The experience he gained along the way. “First it’s […]
