Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce manager Dawn Booth looked over the list of flower basket sponsors during the official launch of “Project Petunia” on at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here earlier this month. The Chamber will be helping beautify Fort Frances with 60 flower baskets and 20 planters this […]
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Ken Anderson’s Midwest Modified stock car had to be towed off the track after suffering a hard crash into the retaining barrier at the Borderland Racing Association’s season-opener at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night.
Chief Jim Leonard, left, and others silently read the monument to the First Nations war veterans which formally was unveiled at Manitou Rapids on Friday afternoon. Youth of the community read the names which are carved in the momunment aloud as others stood by in reverence.
Customer Raylene Hebert, with daughter, Madeline, left, joined with Jim, Blair, Donna, and Chris Lowey, along with “Bandit,” for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday to celebrate the grand-opening of Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Gardens, which was rebuilt after a fire there last winter. Though the wind was quite chilly outside, the […]
Inside the water tower, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown showed one of the reasons why the rehabilitation project is a must—highlighting the rust on the piping system from the water boiler.
This past weekend, four teams from our region travelled to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. for a big smallmouth bass tournament on Lake Michigan—the Sturgeon Bay Open. This is an extremely competitive event, much like the FFCBC and KBI, with a 200-boat field. The fishing is a little different from what we […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will meet tonight to discuss, among other things, policy considerations and committee reports. The Ministry of Education has developed a program called “Shared Solutions,” which focuses on preventing and resolving conflicts within programs and services that are catered towards children with special needs. The […]
Aside from a few medical calls, the Fort Frances Fire Department had a relatively quiet Victoria Day weekend, responding to just one fire. At 1:10 a.m. yesterday, firefighters were called to a vehicle fire on the 100 block of Fourth Street West, Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong reported this morning. When […]
Evelyn Wagness, 88, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at the Falls Good Samaritan Center in International Falls. She was born Oct. 26, 1919 at Rainy River, Ont. to George and Lena Dustak. The former Evelyn Dustak was united in marriage to Norman Wagness. She was […]
High winds in the West Fire Region on Saturday resulted in trees falling over power lines and sparking forest fires. By Saturday evening, six new fires were reported, including one near Lake Despair in Fort Frances District. However, these fires were small and declared “under control” or “out” within a […]
Elder Willie Wilson, Veteran of the Honour Guard Tim Sinclair, Treaty #3 Grand Council Chief Arnold Gardner, and Deborah Richardson, with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, stood at attention during a ceremonial Veterans Drum, which was played during the War Veteran and Armed Forces Monument unveiling ceremony Friday afternoon at […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer team clinched a bye to the NorWOSSA final with a win and a draw here Wednesday. The black-and-gold opened the day with a 1-0 win over the defending champion Dryden Eagles. Kelsey Quibell netted the lone goal of the game. Then needing only one more point […]
