Heather Latter Get out your heels and grab a Cosmopolitan! This November, ladies in Fort Frances will be able to feel like that glamorous New Yorker, Carrie Bradshaw, as the Canadian Cancer Society brings in “Hope and the City”—a fun, flirty, and fabulous event to benefit women’s cancer research. “It’s […]
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Duane Hicks With a “Go Local” program gaining momentum here, Jessie Radies, founder of Live Local Alberta, will share her vision of the benefits of shopping local during the grand opening of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s new office here tomorrow. Radies will speak tomorrow 5 p.m. at the […]
Duane Hicks The town will be getting rid of its underground petroleum fuel storage tanks in favour of new above-ground models. Currently, the town has four underground fuel tanks—two at the airport and two at the Fort Frances Cemetery. Each location has a tank for diesel fuel and one for […]
Duane Hicks The town maintenance garage at Riverview Cemetery has been transformed from drafty and rundown to eye-catching, energy-efficient, and built to last for decades to come. Contractor Ed Kaun and Sons Ltd. are wrapping up the final work on the building this week. In an interview Friday, Travis Rob, […]
Heather Latter Robert Moore School council members, along with help from the local Kiwanis Club, are planning a spaghetti dinner Oct. 25 to help fund the popular breakfast program that has been running there since 2005. The program, which is available to all 470 students in the school, sees trays […]
Duane Hicks The Assisted Living Action Group (A.L.A.G.) took a big leap forward in developing a three-year strategic plan following an all-day workshop conducted here last week. Almost two dozen people—representing community partner agencies, municipal government, and citizens—gathered at La Place Rendez-Vous for the all-day workshop, which was facilitated by […]
Heather Latter Damien McGinnis of the Nigigoonsiminikaaning Health Program has submitted an idea for an Art and Science Centre—Bawaajigan (Dream)—in this year’s Aviva Community Fund. Now he needs people to vote so the idea will move on to the next round of the competition. The idea is in the running […]
Lucas Punkari He’s already known as one of the most feared shooters in the NorWOSSA boys’ basketball loop. But now coaches and scouts in the U.S. have a better idea of the talents local player Will Anderson possesses. The Grade 12 student at Fort High, who plays as a shooting […]
Lucas Punkari Weather conditions weren’t the most favourable Friday afternoon but that didn’t damper the enthusiasm of Fort High students Shilo Beck and Katie Sinclair as they cheered on the Muskie football team during its annual Homecoming game. Did the black-and-gold pull out a victory against the Neelin Spartans? See […]
Heather Latter Hometown comedian Ryan McMahon provided plenty of laughs Friday night as he stopped by the Little Beaver Cultural Centre here to perform two shows as part of his “UnReserved Tour.” The cross-Canada tour is in celebration of McMahon becoming the first native comedian to ever tape a one-hour […]
Lucas Punkari Although last Friday’s snowfall melted away rather quickly, young Matthew Begin was able to make a snowman at his house on Fifth Street East before he headed off to school. Fortunately, Fort Frances missed the brunt of the early-season winter storm but others in the region weren’t so […]
Lucas Punkari With quarterback Tobijah Gerber watching on and Neelin Spartans’ defensive back Brock Hiltner racing in from the side, Muskie running back Cam Gobeil tried to make his way up the field with Nick Ukleha wrapped all over him during the second quarter of Fort High’s annual Homecoming clash […]
