The Boreal West Round Table information centre will be in Fort Frances tomorrow in an attempt to develop recommendations on land use and natural resource allocation in Northwestern Ontario. The public will have a chance to examine the group’s planning recommendations and to ask questions to its members. The centre […]
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The local minor hockey association is bracing for the possibility of having all its current volunteers put through a police check as part of the Canadian Hockey Association’s revised harassment and abuse policy. “The whole idea is to protect the kids,” said Lynn Kellar, president of the Fort Frances Minor […]
After holding a special meeting Monday night on the new rink here, town council decided it would be in its best interest to have “technical” people look at the bids and provide input back. A total of 15 bids were received by last week’s Tuesday deadline for architectural proposals for […]
Calling it “a window of opportunity,” Fort High has elected to allow high-school aged swimmers the chance to compete at the all-Ontario championships next season. For many, the decision was a long time coming. “What we wanted to do was, in some way, get high school swimmers the chance to […]
tagg’s improved its league-leading record to 6-0-1 for 13 points in the men’s Borderland soccer play with a 4-2 victory over ‘AAA’ on Monday at Westfort. ‘AAA’ currently sits in second place with a 3-3-1 record, followed by the Falls (2-3-3), ITS (2-3-2), and Nova (1-5-1). The score from last […]
Many anglers consider walleye fishing to be a game of trolling. When the concept of back-trolling was perfected, expert and novice fishermen alike felt this method was the ideal technique for presenting a bait to walleyes. As effective as back-trolling is, though, there are still times when casting a bait […]
The Fort Frances Archers shone as brightly as the sun during last weekend’s second-annual Border Challenge with the Moonlight Archers Club of International Falls. With 41 archers registered, this year’s “challenge” drew twice as many competitors over last year’s inaugural one. The bulk of the archers were with the Fort […]
“Sail, sink or swim” could have been the motto of the cardboard boat races last Thursday at Pither’s Point Park. A project started by Cathy Brindle and her grade seven/eight French Immersion class at St. Francis School here, student Darren Jeffery said it was “probably the best field trip we’ve […]
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada were set to go before the Ontario Labour Relations Board in Toronto this morning after the company filed a complaint Friday that the union was bargaining in bad faith. Arguing the union couldn’t strike over “process,” the company has […]
Marshal Jourdain won’t be alone in court in August when he faces a charge of keeping a common gaming house–he’s going in with the full support of Couchiching’s chief and council. Jourdain, 50, manager of the former Couchiching Bingo Palace, was charged last Wednesday following a joint investigation by the […]
Two U.S. senators are trying to push through legislation before an October deadline so that Canadians will be allowed into the States without needing a visa. Sen. Rod Grams (R-Mn) and Sen. Spence Abraham (R-Mi), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, have 31 co-sponsors on legislation that would […]
It’s been two years in the making but Northwestern Ontario now has an alternate payment plan for surgeons. Dr. J.A. Spencer announced here Monday that as of July 1, surgeons at Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, and Atikokan will receive an annual salary from the Ministry of […]
