BATIUK–TWINS–Born to Tom and Veronica, nee Selman, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Zain Michael Lee, weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. and a girl, Ariea Marie Lee, weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. on August 12, 2009 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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the OPP Fort Frances OPP and the Coroner’s Office are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dylan Wreggitt, 21, of Atikokan. Wreggitt was found unresponsive in his cell at the Fort Frances Jail in the early-morning hours of Saturday. CPR was started by the jail staff […]
the MNR A total of 155 Ontario personnel were scheduled to return from British Columbia today, bringing the resource level of Ontario FireRangers and support personnel still there to 306. Meanwhile, a planned dispatch of an Incident Management Team and firefighting support personnel has been postponed as B.C. assesses the […]
Duane Hicks A crew from Aurora Construction Ltd. continued building the foundation and footings for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre this morning. Workers also are clearing the land for the parking lot. The public can keep updated on the site work by checking out the library’s […]
Elisabeth Heslop Colten Allen, six, a member of Novice Team #2 at the 3-on-3 summer hockey program here, tried to catch up with Carson Noga (Team #1) as the seven-year-old made a dash up the ice during yesterday evening’s game. The program will run for the next two weeks until […]
Duane Hicks While the numbers aren’t as high as they’ve been in some years over the past decade, reports of bear sightings have been coming in to the town’s bylaw enforcement officers, with no end in activity probably until early October. “We do have some bears around town. It’s not […]
Staff Fort Frances native Dave Allison is among the three athletes, two builders, and a national championship team that will make up this year’s slate of inductees to enter the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. The 28th-annual induction dinner and ceremony will take place Sept. 26 at the Valhalla […]
Staff Parents of children starting school this fall have until the end of the day today (Aug. 17) to register them for the annual “First Rider” program. Two sessions will be held at Robert Moore School this Thursday (Aug. 20) at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to help the youngsters […]
