Staff Three new fires are burning in Fort Frances District due to lightning strikes earlier this week. Fort Frances Fire #19 is a 0.5-hectare blaze burning near Cornell Lake, northeast of Fort Frances. The fire was confirmed Tuesday and was listed as “under control” at last report. Fort Frances Fires […]
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Joey Payeur Northwoods Gallery & Gifts staffers Neila Booth, Rebecca Arndt, Betty Fehr, and Penny Faragher were all smiles after winning the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s window-decorating contest in advance of the “Kraft Celebration Tour” coming to town. Fort Frances Curling Club president Ron Silver presented three Safeway food […]
Press Release With the kids back in school, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre will be going back to its fall hours. Beginning Tuesday (Sept. 3), the library will be open: •Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; •Fridays from 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; •Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and •Sundays from […]
Sarah Pruys Lee Stones talked about elder abuse this morning at the Métis Hall to delegates from the 10 area First Nations. About 60 people attended the two-day conference, which was put on by the Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services’ Behavioural Health Services Unit and funded by New Horizons.
Staff About 60 people attended a two-day elder abuse workshop, held by Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services’ Behavioural Health Services Unit, that wrapped up this afternoon at the Métis Hall here. Lee Stones, who has given presentations on this topic in the past, lead the conference from 9 a.m.-4 […]
Earle Thurber passed away Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Sarah Pruys Flo Lerman, left, and Winnie Rousseau enjoyed their cobs of corn during the annual seniors’ “Corn Feed” yesterday at Sister Kennedy Centre here. About 35 seniors were on hand to enjoy a feast of fresh corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and watermelon.
Staff The chances of employment for prospective Fort Frances Lakers’ defencemen just improved. The Lakers announced yesterday they traded blueliner Simon Desrosiers, 19, to the Grande Prairie Storm of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in exchange for a player development fee. “We wish Simon the best of luck,” Lakers’ general […]
Joey Payeur Kraft isn’t finished with its generosity toward Fort Frances just yet. The company said yesterday it plans to cover the roughly $600 cost of purchasing water for the crowd at the Sorting Gap Marina for Sunday’s festivities as part of the “Kraft Celebration Tour” stop here. The Fort […]
Staff The Fort Frances Community Garden committee is being allowed to keep its existing fence, with the option to build a permanent one down the road once funding becomes available. This would be done under the guidance of the town’s bylaw department. Town council gave the nod during its regular […]
Duane HicksJoey Payeur The final stop of this year’s “Kraft Celebration Tour” was such an attraction that people were spilling into Fort Frances from out of town, out of province—and even from across the Atlantic. Fort Frances earned the honour after amassing 518,082 online votes to defeat Dryden in a […]
At his residence in Fort Frances, Ontario, on August 25, 2013, Thomas Nicholas Dawyduk passed away at the age of 61. Tom was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on March 3, 1952 to William and Louise Dawyduk. He grew up in Winnipeg, where he attained his Bachelor of Social Work from […]
