Duane Hicks Lakehead University student Emily Drouin recently was selected from hundreds of applicants across the country as a finalist for Campus Vacations’ “The Amazing Travel Scholarship.” Now she is rallying Fort Frances’ support to try and win a grand prize that includes tuition, a paid internship, and a trip […]
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Haley Anderson Hundreds of hungry mouths lined up for a free meal Friday at the 44th-annual Rainy River First Nations’ fish fry. An assembly line of volunteers battered fish, warmed kernel corn, and sculpted bannock as the people filed in line at 4 p.m. Over the course of a few […]
Heather Latter Tours, job shadowing, meet-and-greets, and presentations. That’s the kind of entrepreneurship class that will be offered at Fort Frances High School this fall when the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship Program starts up. But in order to offer such a unique experience to his students, teacher Chris Hill is trying […]
Duane Hicks For a 15-month-old dog with no professional training and little experience, “Dakota” put in an impressive performance during a hunting skills test. The Small Münsterländer, owned by Mike Gurski, tied for first place during a natural ability hunting test Saturday at Four Brooks WMA in Liaca, Mn. Conducted […]
Duane Hicks The first roll of paper was produced at the Fort Frances mill on May 14, 1914. Ever since then, the mill and the logging industry supporting it have gone through many changes and been the sources of employment for thousands of individuals, all of which are chronicled in […]
Duane Hicks With election day coming up June 12, the Elections Ontario returning office for the Kenora-Rainy River riding already is bustling with activity. Returning officer Ian Simpson said staff at the returning office, which is located at 363 Church St. (the old public library), are busy right now revising […]
It is with great sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved aunt, Willa Sarah Chernaski (nee Becker), on Friday, May 9, 2014 in Fort Frances, Ont. Willa was born Oct. 10, 1934 to the late Hosea and Lillian (Carter) Becker in Fort Frances. Raised in McIrvine, Ont., […]
Dear Mike: I would like to highly commend Sherry and Shirley for the wonderful job they did on compiling all the history of the 100 years of our mill in Fort Frances. Wow! What a display and what a collection of beautiful memories! As Sherry so articulately said in her […]
Dear editor: As a senior citizen of Fort Frances and a regular user of the senior centre, I would like to comment re: the proposed policies that some of the board members are trying to introduce. I have attended the meetings lately and read the proposed policies. It is time […]
To the editor: As many of us enjoyed the May long weekend, I’ve been thinking about the relationship between Couchiching First Nation and the Town of Fort Frances. Four years ago, our community put a toll booth on the two-chain shore allowance (or thereabouts) portion of Highway 11, within what […]
The 24th-annual Sturgeon Bay Open bass tournament took place this past weekend in eastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and it was well-attended by Sunset Country anglers. A big event much like the KBI and FFCBC, the Sturgeon Bay Open attracts teams from across the U.S. Midwest and Canada because of […]
Wow, we are now past the middle of May and I still haven’t made a pass on the land (and yes, it is driving me crazy!) I stopped in at the Emo Agricultural Research Station over the weekend and we were getting close–only to have it rain again, which will […]
