Heather Latter Brayden Skaarup, six, tried out the driver’s seat of one of Alberton’s fire trucks yesterday during the annual community barbecue hosted by the township’s volunteer fire department and recreation committee. The event, held at the Millennium Park site on Hill Road, featured a beautiful afternoon of food, friends, […]
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Duane Hicks The town began generating power to sell yesterday as the first of four solar projects came on-line. The solar panels at the Public Works garage recently had been connected to the grid by electrical subcontractor M.L. Caron Electric. Then yesterday, the Fort Frances Power Corp. installed the smart […]
the OPP On Monday, members of the OPP and Weagamow Lake Police received a report that a winter road checkpoint building had been burned. Investigation revealed the building may have been burned intentionally. Investigators are requesting the assistance of the community. Anyone with information regarding the person(s) responsible for burning […]
Duane Hicks Work on Wahkaihganun Futures Corp.’s new 10-unit apartment complex on Eighth Street is cruising along. Construction of the complex, which is being built to help address the need of providing safe, affordable housing to aboriginal people living off-reserve, is expected to wrap up in November.
Peggy Revell A flock of Fort High students decked out morphsuits made their way around the track there this morning, as students participated in the annual Terry Fox Run, which also coincided with Homecoming festivities. For every lap a student completed, they were entered into a draw for the chance […]
Duane Hicks Piper Jordan Manty practised, along with the rest of the Fort Frances Highlanders, during an open house yesterday evening at the Masonic Lodge. The group, which gained two new students to play bagpipes, meets there every Thursday, with lessons held from 6-7 p.m. and then a band practice […]
Staff The start of the NorWOSSA campaigns for the Muskie court teams did not go according to plan yesterday in Dryden as all four were swept. Despite leading 17-12 in the third quarter, the senior girls’ basketball squad was unable to hold off the Eagles, who stormed back for a […]
For some time now, we have been searching for ways to improve our economic performance. Many “solutions” have been put forth in our national discourse. At one point, it was suggested that the Soviet Union and its command economy could provide us with some answers, but that was in the […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Effective Thursday, Oct. 6, the Fort Frances Power Corp.’s residential and small business customers will begin making the transition to the new time-of-use (TOU) rate structure. The switch to TOU rates means FFPC customers will pay for electricity according to what time of day they use it […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers edged the host Dryden Ice Dogs 5-4 in a shootout Tuesday night but may have lost the services of their captain for an extended period of time. Blake Boaz left the game late in the second period with a wrist injury—the severity of which […]
the OPP Rainy River District OPP responded to the report of a vehicle roll-over on Highway 11 near Nighswander Road in Chapple Township yesterday. Police and ambulance attended the scene. An investigation revealed a gravel truck had been dumping its load into a spreading machine within the highway construction zone […]
Staff Hunting season has arrived and FireRangers are taking extra caution to wear their orange uniform shirts, and let their presence be known as they work on fires in the wilderness, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. Hunters are asked to be alert to firefighting activity as they travel through […]
