To gamble or not to gamble? That is the question. Town council Monday night unanimously supported asking voters if they were in favour of having a part-time charitable casino located in Fort Frances–as well as if they support VLTs here–as plebiscites held in conjunction with the Nov. 10 municipal election. […]
News
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon will seek a third term in November’s municipal election. He said yesterday the challenge of the position, and the different results achieved, were what spurred him to file his nomination papers again. And with the downloading of services by the province starting in January, he felt the […]
The deadline for the release of “real” download numbers has been pushed back a week as the Ministry of Finance and municipal treasurers, including Dryden’s Paul Heayn, continue to compare figures in Toronto. While municipalities were slated to get the figures this past Monday, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon explained their meeting […]
Making the grade under Ontario’s new guidelines isn’t going to be easy for the pupils—or the teachers, who may find themselves understaffed and overworked under the new curriculum. Tom Fry, who works in curriculum services with the Fort Frances-Rainy River Board of Education, said students who are not making the […]
After being plagued by the issue for more than a year, town councillors appear ready to let voters decide whether they are in favour of resurrecting a municipally-run and funded bus service in Fort Frances. At the request of the Northern Action Group, council passed a resolution Monday night to […]
The Harris government has come under fire from both the NDP and Big Grassy First Nation after no commitments were made to replace the ailing bridge on Highway 621. The bridge was at the centre of a land dispute for some time between Big Grassy and the provincial and federal […]
About 1,285 head of cattle were moved through the Stratton sales yard Saturday, with many steers selling in the $0.90-$1.10/lb range. But the buyers were picky this year, and not every steer was able to fetch such a high price. “The general feeling was where the quality was, the price […]
It’s T-minus 30 days until the deadline to file nomination papers for the municipal election in November but the races haven’t attracted much attention yet. As of Monday, no one had filed nomination papers for a seat on councils in Alberton, La Vallee, Chapple, Rainy River, Emo, McCrosson-Tovell, Morley, and […]
Canada has made a more conscious effort in recent year to reach its younger figure skaters by offering elite summer camps. And two skaters from the local Border Figure Skating Club, Sarah McComb, 10, and Shane Katona, 14, had such an opportunity last week at the Northern Ontario Section Skaters […]
Playing in her first national tournament, local golfer Carol Livingston admitted to battling a case of nerves at last week’s Canadian senior ladies’ golf championship in Calgary. Those nerves prompted the Kitchen Creek member to open the tournament Tuesday with five straight sixes en route to a first-round score of […]
The International Falls Broncos went into last Friday’s exhibition game against the visiting Muskies with one simple strategy on offence–make the Fort High crew stop their running attack. And for the most part, the black-and-gold defence did a reasonable job stopping the Broncos on the ground. But in the end, […]
The Fort Frances Selects were eliminated from further contention at the Thunder Bay invitational soccer tournament Sunday with a 3-0 loss to Thunder Bay Polonia. Polonia had a steady offensive attack in the quarter-final match-up, scoring a goal in the first half, then adding another early in the second half […]
