THUNDER BAY, ON—Hundreds of people from all walks of life have signed their names to a letter to the Premier of Ontario urging him to avoid the decimation of the province’s forestry sector that will occur with a wrongly implemented Endangered Species Act. Municipal leaders, housewives, bankers, lawyers, business owners, […]
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The Fort Frances OPP is seeking the assistance of the public to solve the following crimes of vandalism. On March 15th, 2008 police were called to investigate three reports of vandalism. In all three incidents, someone smashed the taillights on parked vehicles. The vandalism occurred at the 100 block of […]
One new fire was reported yesterday—a 0.1 hectare blaze located in the Red Lake District north of Woodland Caribou Park. FireRangers and water bombers responded, and no problems are anticipated in extinguishing the blaze. This brings the total number of active fires in the region up to four. There’s been […]
The Town of Fort Frances’ summer day programs and specialty camps are off to a great start this year with many different ones being offered for a variety of age groups. “The programs are all named the same as before and they are basically the same, except we are doing […]
The annual Canada Day fastball tournament in Barwick featured plenty of sunny skies to complement the smiling faces seen on all who took part as the Fort Frances Sight & Sound team pulled off a hotly-contested 6-5 victory over Pinewood in the tournament final. But the real story of the […]
Mandy Barker received her crown and sash along with all of her other goodies, after being announced First Princess and Miss Congeniality during yesterday Junior Miss “Fun in the Sun” crowning at Pither’s Point Park.
Children and adults from the Fort Frances Day Care paraded down Portage Avenue on Monday as they celebrated Canada’s birthday—complete with streamers, flags, and maple leaf hats.
The Bemidji High School marching band joined in yesterday’s Canada Day celebrations here by participating in the annual parade.
Jr. Miss “Fun in the Sun” contestant Amanda Caron, sponsored by M.L. Caron Electric, showed off her Canada Day spirit with her spectacular float in the annual parade.
Students from Fort Dance Studio led the way for the Fort Frances Highlanders Pipes and Drums, just one of the many groups that participated in this year’s annual Canada Day parade.
Tania Cox had her head shaved during the “Cuts for Cancer” event in front of Celeste’s Hair Design on Friday afternoon. Cox raised more than $2,500 for the cause, while Tristan Shoemaker, who had his head shaved on Saturday there, brought in about $600.
Five-year-old Greta Fedoruk, left, and Elizabeth Cousineau, three, made music along with performer Rodney Brown on Friday during his concert in front of the Fort Frances Museum.
