Staff Construction crews put down the top lift of asphalt on Nelson Street, from Portage Avenue to Victoria Avenue, and on Victoria from Nelson Street to Front Street, on Saturday, with more paving to get underway this week. Nelson Street was closed to all traffic starting at 7 a.m. today […]
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Staff 75 workers affected here AbitibiBowater announced yesterday it will be idling the #6 paper machine here indefinitely and cutting jobs as part of its newest round of corporate streamlining, which will see production suspended at several Canadian and U.S. mills. Local mill manager John Harrison said this morning that […]
Staff FORT FRANCES—Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. will amalgamate the two nursing floors at La Verendrye Hospital here onto one effective Oct. 12, with Complex Continuing Care and Pediatrics being moved down to St. Andrew’s. “Mainly it’s occurring because of low [patient] census,” Riverside president and CEO Wayne Woods explained […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort William North Stars got two goals from returning sniper Mitch Forbes to steal a 5-2 win from the Fort Frances Lakers last night before an announced crowd of 400 at the Ice For Kids Arena. Despite coming out on the wrong end on the scoreboard in […]
Press Release “Snap It” photos are now on display in the teen centre at the Fort Frances Public Library. We were so excited to receive 113 photos, and all participants had their name entered in the draw for a 10” laptop. The main goal of the contest was to make […]
Press Release Union Gas this week announced a decrease in the rates customers will pay for natural gas beginning Oct. 1. Residential customers who buy gas from the utility, including those here in Fort Frances, can expect a further 11 percent decrease in their annual natural gas bill. This marks […]
Press Release Sr. Mary Pilar Verzosa, a Good Shepherd Sister who has set up crisis pregnancy centres and Pro-Life chapters around the Philippines, will speak in the basement of St. Mary’s Catholic Church here this Sunday (Sept. 20) at 12:15 p.m. Sr. Pilar will share about the economic, social, spiritual, […]
Heather Latter About 50 participants started off on the Tom Bruyere Memorial “20-Mile Walk for Dialysis” early this morning along the River Road (Highway 602). The group planned to make their way east to Fort Frances, arriving at North American Lumber between 1:30 and 2 p.m. All proceeds will go […]
Heather Latter Librarian Evelyn Norris showed Chloe Anderson the turtle puppet yesterday, with mom, Jessica, looking on, during the Mother Goose program at the Fort Frances Public Library. The 10-week sessions, which teach rhymes and stories to parents and babies, started up again this week.
Peggy Revell Singer-songwriter Nylin White performed some of his music at the Townshend Theatre yestesrday morning for local students as part of the Aboriginal Music Tour. Nylan, who is from Whitefish Bay First Nation, performed alon with fellow aboriginal musical artists Shy-Anne Hovorka, Missy Knott, and Chris Sutherland (a.k.a. Shihbastik) […]
Mitch Calvert Lakers’ forward Cam Gross tracked down a loose puck all alone in front of Fort William North Stars’ goalie Guillaume Piché at the Ice For Kids Arena last night.
Peggy Revell Voyageur Lions Jim Martindale and Meghan Spooner passed out coffee, muffins, and goodie bags during the Pclub’s annual drive-thru breakfast fundraiser at Tim Hortons this morning. Each bag was filled with goodies donated from local businesses—and some came with special prizes.
