Mathew Nowak, foreground, had some “sopa ranchera” with his mom, Cathy Richards, and sister, Jenna Nowak, as well as other family members, on Saturday evening during a Mexican-themed dinner at St. John’s Anglican Church. The church saw a nearly full house for the special supper, which featured food like chili, […]

Josie McLeod, left, Joanne Bliss, and Arlene Georgeson were among the participants who walked, ran, and biked in the local Terry Fox Run yesterday afternoon. The group left the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau at 2 p.m., made their way to Pither’s Point, and then turned around and made it back […]

The town is directing trucks coming through Fort Frances to continue using Second Street East to help ease downtown traffic flow problems resulting from road construction. While the town previously said the re-routing would be in effect until Monday (Sept. 17), Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown reported late this […]

District residents came through once again for the Canadian Blood Services donor clinic at Fort High yesterday and Wednesday. “We had an amazing turnout,” CBS community development co-ordinator Harvey Heather said this morning. “We had 412 donors over the two days, 345 units, which is about 43 more [units] than […]

Shaw Communications this week announced its channel lineup will be changing as of Sept. 18 through to Sept. 20 to bring its customers the greatest in content choice and selection, including new HD (high definition) channels and NHL Centre Ice. NHL Centre Ice consists of at least 1,000 regular-season and […]

The Fort Frances Canadians ‘AA’ Midget team will hold tryouts this weekend, starting tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. All players interested must be 15-17 years of age and registered with the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association. A $30 tryout fee also is required. A second day […]

In what’s become an annual tradition since 2004, the Voyageur Lions Club will be holding its “Drive-Thru Breakfast” next Thursday (Sept. 20) at Tim Hortons, with residents invited to come by early and pick up their bag of goodies in support of local children’s activities. Club members, as well as […]

This interpretive panel is one of many that are part of the permanent exhibit detailing the history of Fort Frances on the upper floor of the renovated museum. Exhibit interpretive development intern Emily Carr, who spent the last 14 months working on the exhibit, has been putting the finishing touches […]

Voyageur Lions member Gaby Hanzuk and club president Bill Michl arranged some of the items that will be available to win at the annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” next Thursday at Tim Hortons, including a $300 Boliva watch donated by Brockie’s.

Helen Andrusco checked out some of the items in a living room display at Green’s Countrywide this morning during its grand re-opening to showcase the store’s new look. A number of sales are being offered throughout the three-day extravaganza, as well as draw prizes, cookies, and coffee.

Atikokan competed with communities across the country and Canadians voted the city winner of the Kraft “Hockeyville” 2007 Fitness Merit Prize on-ice Post Cereals Hockey Clinics with NHL alumni Dale Hawerchuk. Merit winners were chosen based on five criteria: Fairness, Fitness, Food, Fun, and Family. The clinics will take place […]

OTTAWA —More than one out of every six families in the Fort Frances region is headed by just one parent, according to new census information that shows the continued decline of the so-called nuclear family across Canada. The latest data from the 2006 census, released yesterday by Statistics Canada, indicates […]