It is with sadness and sorrow that the family of Guy DeGagne announce the passing of a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and uncle following a courageous battle with cancer at the Selkirk General Hospital on Monday, June 14, 2010 at the age of 76. The eighth child of […]
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The mood was jubilant Monday as those who worked so hard to push for a new library here finally saw their dream—and perseverance—come to fruition with the grand opening of the beautiful, state-of-the-art Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Who can blame them? It was a long, at times rocky, […]
Peggy Revell FORT FRANCES—The new harmonized sales tax (HST), resource-sharing, education, and a slew of other issues are up for discussion as First Nations’ leadership from across the province gathered at Couchiching on Tuesday for the 36th All-Ontario Chiefs Conference. “It’s always a pleasure to play host to the All-Ontario […]
Duane Hicks Hundreds of people gathered yesterday morning to celebrate a moment 15 years in the making—the grand opening of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. “With today’s official opening, we mark on one hand the end of a project that took 15 years to complete from start to […]
Staff Jace Baldwin, a former menace to the Muskies, has been brought back to the Borderland area—this time on the Canadian side. Baldwin, who was raised across the river in International Falls, was acquired by the Fort Frances Lakers from the Steinbach Pistons of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League yesterday. […]
Staff The deadline to enter this year’s “Quest for the Best” has been extended to tomorrow (June 23) as organizers look for a few more singers to compete. Chamber manager Anthony Mason said 15 people had signed up prior to the original June 18 deadline, but he’s still hoping for […]
Bryce Forbes With the help of the Northwest Business Centre, a local student is one step closer to her dream of opening a dance studio. Brittainy Spence, a student at the School of Contemporary Dancers in Winnipeg, is offering dance lessons through Energy Fitness here as a summer job. “I […]
Duane Hicks Hundreds of people witnessed the grand-opening ceremony of the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre yesterday. Doing the honours were Friends of the Library Ruth Caldwell (left) and Jean Boileau, local MPP Howard Hampton, library fundraising chair Mark Kowalchuk, library board chair Joyce Cunningham, Ministry of Tourism […]
Bryce Forbes Declan Webb, left, tried to burst to the outside past Ethan Gould and Peyton Avis (in grey) during the Division 1 youth scocer wind-up yesterday evening. Shawn Wyder was there to back him up. After a rainy afternoon, Mother Nature finally let up enough so the youngsters could […]
