In light of the 12 fire-related deaths so far this year in Ontario, the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service would like to remind everyone that having working smoke alarms in your home not only makes sense, it is the law. Every home in Ontario is required to have a properly-working […]

MERVIN EARL (BUD) CYR Mervin Earl (Bud) Cyr, 88 of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at his residence with his family by his side following a courageous battle with cancer. Bud was born Feb. 7, 1920 in Crozier, Ont. to the late Eugene and […]

If you still haven’t got your tickets for the eighth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner coming up Sunday, Feb. 17 at La Place Rendez-Vous, you’re out of luck—all 270 tickets for the fundraiser were reported sold by yesterday afternoon. Spokesperson Larry Cousineau said it was not necessarily unexpected to see the […]

An intimate crowd of 125 people turned out last night to the Fort Frances Museum’s presentation of the play “Rope’s End” at the Townshend Theatre as part of the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Regional Tour 2008. The play, which was meant to be a fundraiser for the museum, instead saw a […]