Knox United Church in Emo will be holding a Mother’s Day tea and bake sale on Friday, May 9 from 7-9 p.m. and again on Saturday, May 10 from 2-4 p.m. An old-time portrait studio also will be set up. Admission will be $5 for adults and $2 for children […]
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The following is the latest “Horse News and Views,” which is prepared by Dr. Bob Wright, Animal Health and Welfare, OMAFRA, in co-operation with the staff and researchers of the University of Guelph. The monthly column highlights research topics, extension resources, reminders of common poisonings, disease, or production concerns, and […]
The perception that you “can’t fight city hall” is nothing new, but it certainly has become an even more prevailing attitude among local citizens of late. We hear it in the coffee shops—and see it in the poor turnout for municipal elections and at many public meetings. But a group […]
Fort Frances High School’s graduation ceremony is coming up quickly and plans for the annual “chem-free” party afterwards are in the works. Following the ceremony on June 25, students from the graduating class will be invited to gather at the Memorial Sports Centre for a night of fun and games […]
After many months of deliberating and crunching numbers, town council will wrap up the 2008 budget in the coming weeks. On Monday night, council voted unanimously in favour of a tax scenario that will see residential tax rates jump 3.19 percent, or $57.16 per $100,000 of assessment. Multi-residential will go […]
The provincial government’s five-year renovation program for the Noden Causeway will start this spring, Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle announced here last week. “Certainly one of the issues of great importance to all of us here in the northwest, but particularly here in Fort Frances, is our highways […]
A public information session on the structural integrity of the government dock on Sand Bay, and future waterfront development in Fort Frances, will be held next Wednesday (May 7) at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. This is a follow-up from last year, when it came to light the government […]
While it’s traditionally been held in the springtime, the annual Kiwanis TV auction is scheduled for Nov. 8 this year. Kiwanian Shanda DeGagne-Begin, chairperson of the TV auction committee, said last week this will be the 30th anniversary of the fundraiser and the local Kiwanis wanted to change things up […]
Residents will have wait a little longer this year to get rid of stockpiles of paint, oil, and other hazardous goods given the annual Household Hazardous Waste Day, which usually is held in May, has been moved to September. In a report to council Monday night, Operations and Facilities manager […]
If people west of Fort Frances want to see their stretch of the Rainy River included in the proposed Canadian Heritage River System (CHRS) extension of the Boundary Waters-Voyageur Waterway, they have some work to do. “The focus, at the moment, is on it going to Fort Frances. The proponent […]
Holding to tradition, the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market will be opening for its 24th season on the first Saturday of May. And following another tradition, the first market once again is Bulk Maple Syrup Day. Pat and Kim from Cornell Farms will have delicious bulk maple syrup, which just arrived […]
The biggest spring sale ever held in Stratton looked more like a winter sale on Saturday. With a winter storm blasting hard outside, 1,424 head of snowy-backed cattle were put over the scales and under the auctioneer’s hammer between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. But only a couple of trucks […]
