Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Curling Club has thrown its hat into the ring to be one of the 10 communities selected for this year’s Kraft Celebration Tour. Two bids from the club were submitted for this year’s competition—one sent in by Muskie curler Hailey Beaudry and the other by […]
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Lucas Punkari In her first time competing at a Soap Box Derby event, seven-year-old Marie-Mai Langevin of Fort Frances turned in a strong performance at Valley City, N.D. on Saturday. Going up against 27 other competitors in the “stock” category, Langevin finished up in fourth place overall and just lost […]
Sarah Pruys With courses entitled “School @ Sea” and “Foods of the Americas,” who wouldn’t be interested in some of the new programs being offered at the local Confederation College campus this fall? Or perhaps “People & the Forest” or “Developmental Disabilities” sound more appealing? Campus director Anne Renaud said […]
Sarah Pruys “They’re the darnedest cutest birdhouses you’ve ever seen,” noted BIA chairman Doug Anderson. The community project involved a long line of locals, and is culminating with new birdhouses being put up on the 100-300 blocks of Scott Street. The birdhouses were built locally, with the BIA purchasing 33 […]
Heather Latter A cross-border brainstorming session, staged by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, the local Business Improvement Association, and the International Falls Area Chamber of Commerce last Thursday evening, was successful in addressing issues experienced on both sides. “It was really great,” Fort Frances Chamber manager Annely Armstrong said […]
Heather Latter The Town of Fort Frances has agreed to support in principle the “Kiss ‘N Ride” safety program at St. Francis School, J.W. Walker School, and Robert Moore School this fall. The parking bylaw changes associated with the program were referred to the Planning and Development executive committee for […]
Staff The Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. will build a six-unit apartment complex on York Avenue later this year after town council approved zoning amendments at its regular meeting Monday night. The amendments changed the zoning for 1026-1040 York Ave. from “R2” to “R4” to permit multi-residential use and […]
Duane Hicks Police services costs are escalating in Ontario, and town council is calling on the province to take immediate measures to alleviate the most recent pay increase of 8.5 percent that will take effect next year. Council passed a resolution at its regular meeting Monday night, which will be […]
Sarah Pruys Dr. Joanna McQuarrie has known since Grade 7 that she wanted to go into dentistry. Now, after nine years of post-secondary education at the University of Manitoba, she has achieved her goal. Dr. McQuarrie first spent three years completing her Diploma of Dental Hygiene, then worked part-time as […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances will be pressuring the Ministry of Transportation and Miscampbell Road Authority to repair the section of Frog Creek Road fronting the airport property. Mayor and council have gotten several complaints in recent months about the condition of this portion of the road, which is used by […]
Sarah Pruys Willie and Rodi Longenecker are talented people. Not only do they sing worship songs, but they can do it while fishing on Lake of the Woods and being filmed for their first video DVD, “Calling Fishermen.” The couple, who have lived in Morson since 1969, sat down to […]
Lucas Punkari Although his team finished at the bottom of their pool without a win or a goal to their name, Muskie boys’ soccer head coach Shane Beckett felt his team has nothing to be ashamed about with the effort they put in at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford […]
