Heather Latter Pat Herr picked the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for February this morning at International Travel Services here as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on. Shaun and Teresa Bagacki of Fort Frances will be heading on a Honolulu—a trip valued at […]
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Margaret Louise Cousineau, 70, of 1220 Strachan Place, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away with her family at her side on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Dec. 23, 1939 in Fort Frances to the late Thomas S. and Beatrice M. (Miller) […]
Staff A Fort Frances man is dead following a head-on collision involving two snowmobiles last night. Aaron Hyatt, 33, was killed when his snowmachine collided with a second snowmachine around 8:30 p.m. on a trail north of School Road and south of Highway 11 at Couchiching First Nation, Fort Frances […]
Staff While the number of nominations are not as high as some past years, judging soon will begin to decide the winners at the 14th-annual Bell Business Awards coming up here on Saturday, Feb. 13. Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce manager Anthony Mason said roughly 35 nominations came in by […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are making appearances in classrooms near you. Players have been split up into four groups, each led by one of the on-ice captains, and have been visiting local schools. The players are speaking to the students about both education and sports, reading to them as […]
the OPP With cold weather conditions always threatening to put our district into a deep freeze, the OPP would like drivers to “Lock It or Lose It!” Police want drivers to take a few simple precautions to help protect themselves and their vehicles from opportunistic criminals. Property crime is everyone’s […]
Duane Hicks Police still were on the scene this morning of a head-on collision between two snowmobiles last night that killed a Fort Frances man and sent two others to hospital.
Peggy Revell Steve Loshaw, president of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc., addressed the huge crowd that turned out for the site’s opening ceremony yesterday. About 200 people took tours of $2-million, 3,600 sq. ft. facility, which is located on Byng St. in Emo. The abattoir will not be […]
Lifelong Fort Frances, Ont. resident Ernest John Howard Calder Sr., 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, with his family by his side, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Aug. 19, 1921 in Fort Frances to Edward and Nancy Calder. He married his […]
Heather Latter Students at St. Michael’s School had an “out of this world” experience thanks to a space-themed book fair that ran all week there. Pictured are visiting astronauts, Nikki Armstrong (far left) and Laura Chabot (far right), along with Christian Wiedenhoeft and Ethan Rose. The annual January book fair […]
Duane Hicks Adam Brazier and Marisa McIntyre thrilled the crowd with more than 50 songs from Broadway musicals during a performance of the cabaret-style comedy, “He Sang She Sang,” last night at the Townshend Theatre. The show was the fifth in the 2009-10 “tour de Fort” concert series.
Duane Hicks Always a popular event to raise funds to help district individuals and families with medical bills, the 12th-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner is slated for Sunday, March 7 at La Place Rendez-Vous. Linda Hamilton, a member of the organizing committee, said yesterday that plans are in the early […]
