With Cst. Pete Drouin behind the wheel of the police boat, OPP summer students Dayton Brown, left, and Cody Van Drunen, at the front of the boat, prepared to meet with a boating party last Thursday morning on the upper river here.
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Danielle Belanger and her eight-month-old daughter, Regan, took to the water at Pither’s Point beach to beat the heat Monday afternoon.
Jenna Nowak and Mitch Cain were ready to head out on patrol last Thursday morning. As OPP summer students, the duo are promoting the “Lock It or Lose It” anti-theft campaign.
Joel Morris shows off the bike he’ll be using to complete the first-annual 100-km bicycle fundraiser. Proceeds will go towards the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, along with some to the local Model Railroad Club (Morris is president of both organizations).
Ian Jodoin accepted his prize from Duncan Keith for being one of the trivia winners as “Duncan Keith Day” committee member Larry Patrick, centre, smiled his approval during Monday’s ceremony at the Ice for Kids Arena. Hundreds of people—many of which were young, aspiring hockey players from the community—lined up […]
Young entrepreneurs Sydney Korkola, left, and Zack McDougall served up juice to thirsty customers Caitlan Visser and Reegan MacRae, helping them beat the heat here Monday afternoon.
Karen Erwin proudly took a turn carrying the torch during the annual Ontario Law Enforcement Special Olympics Torch Run here Sunday afternoon. More than 20 participants, including local Special Olympians and law enforcement officers, walked together for the the event, which raised about $8,500 (the most ever here) for Special […]
Chief librarian Margaret Sedgwick, right, showed conceptual drawings of the new library to Deb Avis, vice-president of marketing for Shaw, shortly after yesterday’s announcement of the company’s $175,000 donation to the project. The cash boon brings the “Building for the Future” campaign fundriaising total to $706,000—a big step closer to […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Public Library “Building for the Future” campaign got a major shot-in-the-arm Tuesday with a $175,000 donation from Shaw Communications. The donation to the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre boosts the campaign’s fundraising total to $706,000—a big step closer to its goal of $750,000. Equally […]
With summer well underway but without the typical dry heat to show for it, Bill Laidlaw, consulting meteorologist and owner of Signal Weather Services, said while this is a cooler year compared to others, this is not a first nor will it be the last. The most recent set of […]
Fort Frances may be too far south to bear the brunt of the Ontario government’s announcement last week to preserve large areas of northern wilderness and reopen the mining act, but the impact of these changes remain unclear for local industry. “I can’t speak for all of industry, but certainly […]
FORT FRANCES—One of Canada’s brightest young defenceman came back to the town where he got his hockey start—and certainly showed he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. Chicago Blackhawks’ star Duncan Keith was given a day in his honour on Monday, with the event featuring presentations, an autograph session, and […]
