BRUYERE-KELLY-Born to Haley Bruyere and Paul Kelly, a girl, Bella Mae, of Fort Frances, Ontario, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz on January 14, 2020 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

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Town councillors have been busy attending various municipal meetings and rural conferences throughout the district as of late. At last night’s council meeting, Mayor June Caul said she recently travelled with Coun. Wendy Brunetta, Coun. John McTaggart, and town CAO Doug Brown to Toronto for the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association […]

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The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (EFTO) has announced two consecutive days of strike action across the Rainy River District School Board next week, if a contract agreement cannot be reached by month’s end. A third week of rotating strikes will affect local elementary schools on Wednesday Feb. 5, followed […]

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With news of a deadly outbreak alongside the regular flu season, you may be concerned your runny nose is a danger to more than just a good night’s sleep. But according to a press release from the Northwestern Health Unit, you can breathe easy, even if you can’t breathe clearly. […]

Elsie Dupuis, 89, of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.

After several weeks of preparations to my fishing gear and a new boat I finally got to hit the road for Florida late last week to get ready for my upcoming bass tournament season. After some great winter weather over the holidays, when the recent cold snap hit, it was […]

I recently listened intently to a speaker talking about the need for looking to new solutions in community housing. An article in The Economist looked at new solutions for community housing. In a community like Fort Frances, sprawl and infill are easy solutions for new building lots. Coun. Wiedenhoft was […]