Staff As Public Works keeps working at thawing frozen water lines, the town also continues to receive several new reports each day. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the town got nine reports of frozen water lines yesterday, in addition to nine on Tuesday and eight on Monday. This […]
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Press Release Ontario is creating 46 new jobs while improving infrastructure on Highway 11 east of Fort Frances. The Seven-Mile Bridge is being replaced to improve travel and safety for families and businesses while strengthening tourism and the economy in the north. The Sharp Group has been awarded the $4.6-million […]
Staff With one night of registration left, Fort Frances Youth Soccer is prospering on some fronts but struggling on others. FFYS spokesperson Catherine McGuire encouraged those players, coaches, and referees interested in signing up to attend tonight’s third and final registration from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. “Right […]
Last week we saw the Harper government once again use government levers to further its own electoral interests through a foreign delegation. The situation in Ukraine has been astonishing to watch unfold. The people are rising up and demanding an end to the government of Victor Yanukovych that always seemed […]
Bit coin? Having a bit of coin is something I used to understand. Big Pie, up in Rat Portage, explained it as having enough cash to make a down payment on another piece of equipment without sending his wife, Sweet Charlotte, into a frenzy about pending financial ruin. Hollerin’ Harold […]
Winter certainly is the topic of most discussions—and rightfully so! With minus-40 temperatures and 14-foot snow banks, we have every right to talk about it! It certainly is hanging on, and all forecasts are indicating it is going to be colder than normal for most of March! • • • […]
This is officially the worst winter ever! That is the only way I can describe it in a non-offensive way. Over the past weekend, my parents sent me a photo of the seven-foot tall snow banks in their front yard. It’s depressing. Down in South Carolina, where I am this […]
When our family gets together, we have very interesting conversations. My husband and my son are veritable encyclopedias of interesting facts and statistics, and always are willing to share them. I, on the other hand, am more interested in people–remembering their names, what their grandchildren do, and what they said […]
George Home once said, “Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue.” Obviously he never spent a long, cold winter cooped up in this part of the country awaiting signs of spring. I don’t know about you but my patience is pooped […]
I believe the whole country is talking about the cold and length of this winter. In fact, I would suggest that most of North America has experienced more cold this year than in the previous 35. Historically, one of the coldest days recorded across Ontario happened on March 3, 2003, […]
I’m not a fan of hockey, or at least I should say I’m not a fan of NHL hockey. Please don’t run me out of town on a rail; I have other redeeming qualities (I hope). I feel as though I will be stripped of my status as a Canadian, […]
Joey Payeur Momentum definitely is in the Fort Frances Lakers’ corner at the moment. The Lakers ran their winning streak to eight games Monday night with a 7-2 pounding of the host Wisconsin Wilderness to close out their regular-season road schedule. “I thought we played a pretty good 60 minutes,” […]
