Duane Hicks The first of a series of local road reconstruction and watermain improvements this summer has begun. Wagner Construction Canada ULC was digging today into Eighth Street to install sewer and water services for the new 10-unit apartment complex being built by Wahkaihganun Futures Corp. Then next week, the […]
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Zoey Duncan Will Pike lugged one of dozens of televisions onto a trailer during the Recycle Your Electronics tour here yesterday. The tour, which has collected 70 metric tonnes of materials throughout the province, continues today from 2-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre parking lot. Yesterday, 113 vehicles dropped […]
Peggy Revell Construction is underway at St. Michael’s School in anticipation of the province’s roll-out of full-day junior kindergarten there this fall. Local contractors Ed Kaun and Sons are pushing out the walls of the two classrooms by about 15 feet in order to expand the classrooms’ square footage to […]
Staff A change in format for the ever-popular “Quest for the Best” singing contest will see old favourites compete against newcomers this year. The annual event is set to run this Wednesday (July 20) at the Sports Memorial Centre in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, with doors […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Power Corp. will not be making the transition to time-of-use (TOU) rates until further notice. FFPC president and CEO Joerg Ruppenstein said this morning that the roll-out, originally scheduled for July 11, did not happen because of “system integration issues.” The FFPC, along with utilities […]
Staff It was a steady performance for Steve Arpin and his #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet Silverado at the Iowa Speedway in Newton on Saturday night. The Fort Frances native was able to drive his Turner Motorsports-owned vehicle to a 13th-place showing in the Coca-Cola 200 event for the NASCAR […]
Staff The forest fire situation in the northern half of the Northwest Region remains “extreme,” with 96 active fires burning an area of about 254,000 hectares. Most of these blazes are in the Red Lake and Sioux Lookout districts. The hazard in the south half of the region, meanwhile, is […]
Ever since the end of the Second World War, strip malls have been the commercial-retail centre of suburbia. We in North America drove to these strip malls that were placed along a main road, just outside of city centres. People flocked to these malls for grocery shopping, perhaps to leave […]
Lucas Punkari The participants in this year’s Safeway KidPro event smiled for the camera after a long, hot day of bass fishing on Rainy Lake yesterday. A total of 20 youngsters took part in this year’s tournament, which saw a tie for first place between Kale Bruyere-Huntley (partnered with Mike […]
Lucas Punkari Eric Miller (#8) tried to knock the puck away from Dan Chesser as they took part in a scrimmage Friday night at Bronco Arena over in International Falls as part of the Fort Frances Lakers’ annual summer camp. Scrimmages took place all weekend as players from Canada and […]
Lucas Punkari Denny Trimble (#66) was under attack by Glen Strachan for top spot in the WISSOTA Modified feature at the Emo Speedway on Saturday evening. But both Trimble and Strachan fell out of the running due to mechanical issues, which allowed Gavin Paull of Fort Frances to capture his […]
Heather Latter Astrid Sobkowicz put together a beautiful bouquet of flowers Saturday at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market, where the Fort Frances Horticultural Society was offering a “make and take” workshop. Flowers and vases were supplied by the members, with residents being invited to create their own bouquets or have […]
