The Muskie Blueline Club is looking to add more Friday night games to the schedule next season to bolster sagging attendance. Last season, the local high school team played most of its home games on Tuesday nights, traditionally a poor drawing date. Fort High athletic director Bob Grynol said he […]
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Adrian Bondett, a first-year badminton player with the local club, won the consolation side in the under-14 division at the Manitoba Junior Open in Winnipeg last weekend. Bondett, 13, was swept 15-6 and 15-14 in his first best-of-three match before winning his next three by scores of 15-6/15-9, 15-9/17-14, and […]
Ten Aquanauts had the chance to compete at the Kenora Swimming Sharks’ Northwestern Ontario regional development meet last Saturday. Alice Bolen, Jessica Cousineau, Jennifer Green, Jennifer Hawley, Alyssa Holliday, Jamie Holliday, Michelle McFayden, Miranda Richert, Steven Boileau, and Alex Parent took part in the one-day event. For many of the […]
The first-ever “Fishing Expo,” being hosted by members of the Little Eagles and Little Thunderbird youth programs Saturday at the United Native Friendship Centre here, is hoping to catch the big one by adding a new prize package. The lucky winner of a $1 raffle, open to kids aged six […]
Waterbombers are the air detail of the Ministry of Natural Resources during a fire flap and come summer, they’ll be bigger, faster, and more efficient at doing their job across the province. That’s because the MNR’s existing tanker fleet of nine CL-215 waterbombers is undergoing replacement by CL-415s. In a […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities is refusing to say why former CEO Paul Brown has been replaced by Liz Clark, its assistant executive director of patient services. Riverside announced abruptly yesterday that Clark would take over the helm as acting CEO until the position was filled permanently. “The board has struck […]
Council decided meters weren’t the answer but the town is still working on a plan to free up more parking spaces along Scott Street for shoppers. Now it’s hoping signs directing the public to the town-owned parking lots, as well as making information available as to their use, will work. […]
The fire department here could see some trimming as part of the town’s offer of golden handshakes to those employees within 10 years of retirement. While he wouldn’t reveal how many firefighters were eligible for the early retirement option, Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach assured the community would not be […]
With one officer transferred and the other unable to work due to medical reasons, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has decided to close up its “storefront” office in Fort Frances. And it may never reopen. Sgt. Bob Grinstead, of the Thunder Bay RCMP detachment, said the move to pull down […]
The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition wants to measure how safe people feel our community is for youth, and it’s turning to the public for input. The coalition’s Family and School Safety Committee is conducting a survey of what people perceive as safety issues or concerns for local youth. Committee […]
It’s about that time of year again when Fort High students blitz the town for garbage, with their annual spring cleanup slated to start May 5. Co-ordinator Walter Horban said students and volunteers will take almost anything to the town’s landfill site. Exceptions will be shingles, and anything that is […]
Plans to build a peat plant here are, for the most part, progressing to the satisfaction of Normiska Corp. president and CEO David Graham. In a brief phone conversation from his Toronto office yesterday afternoon, Graham said ongoing activity at the company’s property along McIrvine Road is still centered around […]
