Heather Latter Adrienne Lake yesterday registered her three-year-old daughter, Lorelai, for the pre-school program at the Fort Frances Nursery School (located upstairs at Knox United Church). For ages 18 months to five years, parents were able to choose any of the morning or afternoons sessions running Monday through Thursday. Those […]
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Staff Are you an enterprising woman? Do you know an enterprising woman? There is no better to way to be recognized than through the PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise. The nomination form is now available at www.enterprisingwomen.ca, with the deadline for nominations being Sept. 14. According to the website, an […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency reminds travellers to plan their border crossing to avoid delays during this upcoming Labour Day weekend. In previous years, the Labour Day long weekend has been one of the busiest of the year in terms of traffic volume. Peak traffic volumes at the […]
It will be mostly clear tonight, with an overnight low of 12 C (53 F) and northwest winds at five-10 m.p.h. Tomorrow will be sunny and continued hot, with a high of 27 (80) and low around nine (48). Look for calm winds becoming southeast at five m.p.h. after midnight. […]
Staff It was a big-game performance on both the mound and at the plate by Guy Arpin. Arpin earned the win—and also belted a grand slam—as the Stratton Eagles came away with a dramatic 8-7 win over the Big Grassy Braves in the Rainy River District Fastball League final Tuesday […]
Staff Six new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday evening while a total of 10 were confirmed by day’s end Tuesday. Some of the new fires were classed as human-caused, but most were the result of lightning strikes from storms that tracked through over the past several […]
Staff Any local residents who attended Fort Frances High School from 1951-53 are encouraged to participate in “Reunion 60”—and there’s still time to sign up. The event will run Sept. 7-8, with daytime activities featuring special events at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, the Fort Frances Museum, and […]
Duane Hicks The overpass on Colonization Road East will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 9 a.m. next Tuesday (Sept. 4) so needed repairs can be done to the south-side expansion joint. To repair it, workers must drill holes in the angle iron, put in grease nipple jerks, and […]
Duane Hicks Local delegates sent the message to Energy minister Chris Bentley that the possible consolidation of hydro distribution companies is something the town and Fort Frances Power Corp. does not want. Mayor Roy Avis, along with Couns. Andrew Hallikas and Paul Ryan, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, spoke […]
Ken Johnston The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held its annual yearling sale on Saturday, with 1,001 animals being sold at the Stratton sales barn. “It is a feeder sale but sort of known as our yearling sale,” noted Kim Jo Bliss of the RRCA. There were 878 yearlings, 100 cull […]
Staff Plans for the Town of Fort Frances and the local Kiwanis Club to partner on an off-leash dog park here are moving forward now that a steering committee has been established. The ad hoc advisory committee held its first meeting yesterday to review terms of reference, which now will […]
Heather Latter Internationally-recognized blues singer Sunday Wilde of Atikokan is set to record her fourth album this fall. But you won’t find her at a studio. Instead, she’s booked Branch’s Seine River Lodge for a week and will record in a cabin there. “It’s the first [album] ever in the […]
