With the growing demand on people to meet a certain standard with their body and their image because of the media, more and more people are finding themselves falling into the traps of anorexia and bulimia, two eating disorders now classified as mental illnesses. However, the flipside to this obsessive […]
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Since 2002 when Major League Gaming (MLG) was created, gamers across North America have sat for even longer in their basements with the lights off and their headsets on, practising harder in order to reach the ever-elusive “pro” status. Greyson Wesley, 17, of Fort Frances is one of those aspirants. […]
One of the privileges of this area is its amazing natural resources. Clean water, dense forest and public recreational spaces set this piece of the country apart. Picture your favourite district campsite, with its trees and natural beauty. Now picture it desecrated by trash, forgotten clothing, propane tanks and various […]
Dear editor: Arthritis is a chronic disabling condition which affects one in five Northern Ontario residents. It is the major cause of long-term disability in working age adults, as well as the most chronic disease in children, affecting one in 1,000 Canadian children under the age of 16. Our door-to-door […]
This picture, taken in 1919, showed early local Salvation Army members, including Constance Smith, Annie Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, and Edna Matice (back row), Helen Theirstein, Verna Smith, Ethel Cooper, Capt. Theirstein, and Mildred Vhrych (middle row), and Carol Baldwin, Ida Matice, and Leona Ek (front row).
After a three week break crews are back to work at the Central Avenue construction site here. This week they’ve been digging up the road to install a new manhole. Crews are expected to start laying concrete in the second week of September.
oanna, left, Sara, Monica, Jessica, and Jacob Empey all successfully completed the Kiwanis-sponsored “Laugh Out Loud @ the Library” reading program by reading over 20 books at their own reading level. Over 200 kids participated in the reading program and a total of 90 kids achieved the highest honours by […]
After taking a short break over the summer, the building committee for the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre met with project architect John Knox last Wednesday (Aug. 20) to take another look another look at the plans in anticipation of putting the project out to tender in January. […]
Pither’s Point Park is under much scrutiny behind the scenes in the Town of Fort Frances as well as on the reserves of Treaty #3. The 99-year lease on this property that has been in effect since May 1st, 1910 between the Town of Fort Frances and Government of Canada, […]
Foster children from Fort Frances, Dryden, Thunder Bay and Kenora participated this week in the YouthCAN conference. Youth 12 and up were invited to attend the three day event at Sunny Cove Camp which featured typical summer camp activities in addition to some teamwork oriented activities such as an “Amazing […]
On Aug. 15, the Salvation Army celebrated 94 years of service in Fort Frances and Rainy River District. For almost a century, the Salvation Army has been supporting and looking after the needy in our community. We have provided food, shelter, transportation, medicine, many different programs, funeral and wedding services, […]
It’s back to school in one week, but students at J.W. Walker will have to wait a little longer before they have a new gymnasium to use. “It’s moving along,” said J.W. Walker principal, Bill Daley, about the old gym’s demolition after it was destroyed this past February during winter […]
