Rennie John Barnard Jr. passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Rennie was born May 9, 1973 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Rennie and Margaret Barnard. He lived in Fort Frances and attended school here. In 1991, he moved to British […]
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FORT FRANCES—With the intention to start construction this spring, the most recent plans for the new Fort Frances Library and Technology Centre were unveiled during Monday night’s town council meeting. The concept behind the 15,000 sq. ft. library, to be located next to the Memorial Sports Centre on Second Street […]
EMO—As Canadians, we expect the educational system to prepare our children for the future. We expect our schools to be accessible to all students—and hope that each child will be able to achieve a personal level of success. This certainly is not the case for all the children of the […]
The 68th Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is getting underway for another year, with entries coming due next Friday (Feb. 22). “We’re hoping to get a lot of participation this year. It’s such a great opportunity,” noted committee member Carol Lyons. She explained there are five divisions […]
It was an exciting day at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Sunday as two local teams vied for top honours in the 49th-annual Northern Ontario Fire Fighters Curling Championships. The event, hosted by the Alberton firefighters, saw the Mitchell Seguin rink from Dawson (also featuring Bert Seguin, Claude Seguin, […]
The 10th-annual Fort Frances Girls Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam hockey tournament was held last weekend. Nine PeeWee teams and eight Bantam squads vied for top honours from around the region, including International Falls, Baudette, and Greenway, Mn. On the PeeWee side, the International Falls 12U girls prevailed over the […]
A 12-point weekend from the line of Zach McCool, Kevin Bobczynski, and Taylor Jorgenson helped the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a pair of weekend victories over the visiting Red Lake Rams. Despite the heroics of Red Lake goalie Stephane Gagnon, who saw more rubber than Highway 401 at rush […]
While it may have seemed like a good idea at first, the town will not be giving out vouchers for residents to dump a free load of waste at the landfill after all in what is turning out to be a tight budget year. Council approved a recommendation from the […]
While figuring out their income tax may not be difficult for some, it can be stressful to others—especially if they can’t afford to hire a service to do it for them. As such, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau once again is offering a helping hand, with volunteers donating their time […]
Portage Avenue, from Sinclair Street to Church Street, and Sinclair from Victoria Avenue to Portage Avenue, were closed to all public use and parking as of early January due to construction at the biomass boiler site. But not everyone seems to be acknowledging this as trespassing seems to be a […]
Lee Oelke has brought his photos of Northwestern Ontario wildlife to the Fine Line Art Gallery here as the newest member of the local co-op. Oelke, who previously had lived in Fort Frances from 1981-89 and just moved back from Thunder Bay, was an avid hobby photographer through the ’80s […]
The local Alzheimer Society’s annual book sale last Thursday through Saturday at Revco Carpet here raised $1,860—proving to be the best of any held yet in either the Kenora and Rainy River districts. The popular event saw no shortage of books donated by local readers, said Alzheimer Society executive director […]
