After a lengthy struggle with physical pain and illness, our mother and friend, Dorothy Finch (also known as Dot, Auntie Dot, Grandma, GG, and Mom), went to Heaven just after midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. She had been living at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Dorothy was […]
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Ben and Donna Wiersema Dear editor: This letter is to send a special thank you to our local fire and police departments who went above and beyond. At about 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 27, we received a phone call to inform us that our store (Kitchen & Bath Plus) was […]
Walter Horban Dear editor, The taxpayers of Fort Frances deserve to be informed of decisions made by the trustees of the board of education. Why haven’t we been informed of how it was possible for hundreds of thousands of dollars to [go missing] over a period of [several] years without […]
Staff Council approved a collective agreement with the Fort Frances Professional Firefighters Association at last night’s council meeting, but the town is saying the new deal will prove to be “very costly for the corporation and for the taxpayers of the Town of Fort Frances.” The arbitrated award includes a […]
Lucas Punkari In what was their first competitive set of games in nearly a month, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks had differing results in a pair of games with the Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks over the weekend in Bottineau, N.D. The first game between the two sides on Saturday evening […]
Press Release Eleven forestry companies, including AbitibiBowater, have accepted wood supply offers from the province, creating 163 new jobs and sustaining 404. This will also help create other jobs in the forestry sector, and support local economies. AbitibiBowater in Thunder Bay will produce stud lumber at their sawmill, creating 50 […]
Peggy Revell Gunnar Krawchuk placed his envelope into the post office box with the help of his mother, Heather, and watched it disappear yesterday morning as the Fort Frances Nursery School toured the local post office. The children mailed off valentines and letters to themselves, and also took a peek […]
Peggy Revell Cole Hammer lined his bowling ball up with the pins during a game yesterday afternoon at Plaza Lanes, as the local “Sunshine Bowlers” league invited out the RAM Bowlers from International Falls for a Valentine’s Day party. Run through Bowl Canada, the “Sunshine Bowlers” program gives athletes with […]
Staff Paper production at the local AbitibiBowater mill will halted for two weeks starting next Monday (Feb. 21) due to poor market conditions. Pierre Choquette, Abitibi’s manager of Canadian Public Affairs, said this morning the temporary shutdown is expected to affect 230 employees. He added the kraft mill will continue […]
Lucas Punkari With the Wisconsin Wilderness already having clinched the regular-season crown, the Fort Frances Lakers now are looking to solidify the second seed come playoff time. The Lakers certainly helped their cause Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena, doubling the Sioux Lookout Flyers 4-2 to move them […]
Duane Hicks With the aim to bolster its coffers to help pay for future projects, the town is looking at a sewer and water rate hike for 2011. Town council will receive a report on water and sewer rates at tonight’s regular meeting, which indicates a 3.7 percent overall increase […]
