Heather Latter After years of working towards building an abattoir to service area producers, the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir is set to open next month. An opening ceremony has been scheduled for Jan. 28 to commemorate the new facility and its start of operations. “It’s been a long time […]
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Staff Will take effect for next term The next term for mayor and council will see somewhat better pay than the current one after town council approved a revised remuneration and travel policy for both town staff and members of council Monday night. The revised policy includes an increase to […]
Peggy Revell Investment in infrastructure, lower taxes, and stopping the HST were just a few of the many messages Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and Randy Hillier, his party’s critic for northern development, mines and forestry, brought with them to a stop in Fort Frances last Thursday. Meeting with […]
Peggy Revell North Star Public School and St. Patrick’s in Atikokan will be two of the roughly 600 schools across the province to see full-day junior kindergarten pilot projects for the 2010-11 school year. “We’re excited to be able to bring the early learning program to Northwestern Ontario,” said Mary-Catherine […]
Duane Hicks A $9,000 grant announced by the Canada Arts Presentation Fund last week will help the local “tour de Fort” concert series with a marketing revamp for its upcoming season. “It’s going to go a long way to help us, particularly with our re-branding that’s coming up,” Ken Avis, […]
Heather Latter Grades 6-8 students with the Northwest Catholic District School Board had the chance last week to participate in a forum led by two speakers from “Me to We,” a new kind of social enterprise for those wanting to help change the world with their daily choices. “Our tour […]
Duane Hicks The implementation of a new Economic Development Commission (EDC) to boost economic development efforts in Fort Frances may be closer to reality. Upon recommendation of the Administration and Finance executive committee, town council agreed Monday night to finance a feasibility study by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. […]
Staff Exams are a part of life for students, and those at Fort Frances High School looking to be better prepared for them not look further than the Academic Assistance Program. “It’s a great place to come study during lunch time,” said Natasha Shack, the local program’s teacher, who hopes […]
Staff The local Boston Pizza Royals can play good hosts. The PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team hosted the first-annual Boston Pizza “Fire on Ice” tournament over the weekend in hopes of capturing the championship for the hometown fans but had to settle for a fourth-place finish. In their first game Friday, […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers’ goal of finishing the regular season in third place took a major hit over the weekend. The local Junior ‘A’ squad traded leading scorer Colton Kennedy and defenceman Conner Foster in separate deals, meaning Fort Frances will march into the playoffs without two of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Thunderhawks seem to bristle at the thought of the Thistles. The local senior men’s squad lost both games to visiting Kenora this past weekend, falling 5-1 at the Ice For Kids Arena here Saturday before suffering a a 7-3 thumping in a Sunday afternoon matinee in […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad may not have a win in NorWOSSA play yet, but they have a medal to show for their efforts after a weekend tournament in Kenora. Fort High’s “Black” squad, which featured the team’s developed players, captured bronze at the “Winter Blast” tourney, winning […]
