Heather Latter The removal of snowbanks along the west side of Keating Avenue near J.W. Walker School has improved the safety for students walking to and from there, but the school council still would like to see a sidewalk installed as a permanent safety measure. “In the short-term, we were […]
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Duane Hicks The Voyageurs Boundary Waterways Route has taken another step closer to becoming official after town council supported its designation, in principle, at its regular meeting Monday night. Stephen Challis, president of the Rainy Lake Conservancy and member of an ad hoc citizens’ committee, told council the committee has […]
Heather Latter The “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women was named a grand-prize winner in the Aviva Community Fund competition, earning a total of $45,000. “I am so excited—a little teary, very humbled, and slightly overwhelmed,” retreat director Renée Martin-Brown enthused yesterday […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers decided it was time to remind the Thunder Bay North Stars who currently is in charge of the SIJHL. Cody Wickstrom scored a power-play goal with 2:19 to go to help lift the visiting Lakers’ to a 6-4 victory Saturday night. Fort Frances (33-6-0-2) […]
Joey Payeur Brookelynn Marchuk, left, Evan Strain, Sydney Anderson, and Sam Halliday—from Karen Papineau’s Grade 2/3 class—had “Green Eggs and Ham” to spare during Family Literacy Day at St. Michael’s School here Monday. The school promoted the theme “Seuss and Soup” for the annual event, which allows members of the […]
Joey Payeur Daimon Gardner of the Warroad Squirt ‘A’ team didn’t score on this chance in his team’s 7-1 victory over the Dryden Paperkings in their opening game at the Fort Frances Canadians Atom ‘AA’ hockey tournament Friday. But that was a rarity as Gardner struck for four goals against […]
Dear Mike: We on the Fort Frances Public Library Board are very much aware of the challenges facing our town. We appreciate the effort of councillors as they wrestle with the budget. That having been said, as reported in the press, one councillor recently made inaccurate statements. Unfortunately, that could […]
Dear editor: The topic of conversation everywhere you go these days is the very long cold spell we’ve had in December and January. But we really have nothing to complain. If you watch the news, you’ll see that the weather they’ve been getting east, west, and south of us is […]
Dear editor: I find it ridiculous that with the town’s budget being reduced again, the soft services are the first to be diminished (“Council sets sights on service cuts,” Jan. 22). The library, for example, accounts for approximately two percent of the town’s budget, yet is a constant target of […]
It is with great sadness we inform you that Erna (Geissler) Hodgson of Stratton, Ont., beloved wife, mother, and Oma, passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 at the age of 71 after an unexpected illness. Erna lived in Northwestern Ont. since emigrating from Germany in the early 1960s; she has […]
