MCFARLANE-WALKER–Born to Shannon McFarlane and Lloyd Walker, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Halen Robert John, weighing 7 lbs. 12.5 oz. on June19, 2008 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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The Fort Frances Fire Department blocked off the 300 block of Scott Street temporarily yesterday evening, after a possible gas leak was reported. Around 6 p.m. a call was made to the fire department to respond to Wesley Derksen’s law office (339 Scott St.). Upon arrival on the scene, crews […]
The Fort Frances Public Library is hosting a new reading program this summer called “Laugh Out Loud @ Your Library” and kids could not be more excited. The program has only been running for 10 days but there have already been 80 kids signed up and more are eager to […]
After failed contract negotiations last month between Fort Frances Community Clinic management and members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 65.08, bargaining teams will meet with a conciliator tomorrow to try to come to an agreement. On June 26, the 16 full and part-time female workers at […]
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Aviation and Forest Fire Management Program provided support on a medical emergency call Sunday in the Shabaqua area of the Thunder Bay District. The afternoon was a sweltering hot and windy day when the Thunder Bay Fire Management Headquarters received a request for support […]
Peter Mennie, the “Abra Kid Abra Magician,” disguised his assistants with floppy hats in an attempt to obscure their identities from the audience while he mixed up their standing order. The audience was on to his trickery though as they could still identify the assistants—but they were shocked when the […]
Two new fires were reported in the West Fire Region by the end of Sunday. Both fires, Kenora fire #21 and Fort Frances fire #9, were 0.1 hectares in size. There are currently five active fires in the region, and recent lightning activity is expected to result in new forest […]
Alice Ivall, North One Regional Director for Community Living Ontario, presented local graduate Veryan Erwin with the Anne Stafford “Light Up the Future” 2008 bursary. Erwin will be continuing his post secondary education at Confederation College in Thunder Bay this fall.
Lawrence Carter came up a bit short during the putting contest on the grass at Kitchen Creek Golf Course while sporting some extra grass on top of his head Saturday during the second-annual RBC Financial Group Charity Golf Classic. The fundraising total for the event was not available prior to […]
Seven-year-old twins Alina, left, and Brianna Eldridge enjoyed the “Knight’s Tale” party held yesterday at the public library. Kids participated in colouring, jousting, crafts, and were even knighted. Keeping with the medieval fantasy theme, kids also enjoyed eating Jell-O “dragon guts.”
Sarah Chrsitie, Youth Services Officer for Service Canada, served up pancakes during the “Stacked for Summer Employment Pancake Social” yesterday in an effort to promote youth employment by offering their services to the public.
The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) held a pancake social yesterday at their office on Scott Street in an effort to promote its youth employment services to the public. “An event like this just basically is meant to call out to the community and increase awareness. I […]
