Fastenal Company, a full-line distributor of industrial and construction supplies, has opened a new store in Fort Frances. The Fort Frances store is one of more than 200 new stores Fastenal Company has opened in the past year. It operates 1,962 stores served by 12 distribution centers nationwide. The Fort […]
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FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will have a staff member dedicated to a new business retention and expansion project for the next year, Chamber office manager Dawn Booth said late Thursday. Kerri Dittaro will start her one-year contract on Monday, with her primary task being to follow up […]
FORT FRANCES—An agreement to sell Rainycrest Home for the Aged to Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. is now complete, Riverside announced in a press release issued late Friday morning. “Rainycrest is now officially part of the Riverside corporation,” Riverside CEO Wayne Woods said in the press release. “I look forward […]
On Monday of this week, Voyageurs National Park staff conducted a ground and aerial reconnaissance of ice conditions throughout the park. While all of the interior lakes are now frozen, the main water bodies of Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan, Sand Point, and Crane lakes have open water, with thin ice along […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will hold its inaugural meeting tomorrow to swear in trustees following last month’s election, followed by the first regular meeting of the new board. The board also will hold an election for chair and vice chair following the swearing in. Former board chair Gerry […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team squandered a 10-point second-quarter lead and never recovered en route to a 68-64 loss to the St. Ignatius Falcons yesterday at the Tiger Tip-Off Tournament in Thunder Bay. Head coach Paul Noonan cited the black-and-gold’s lack of rebounding as a major factor in the […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team is hosting a two-day tournament beginning this afternoon at Fort High. Seven teams are scheduled to compete, including a split Muskie squad, a split Dryden Eagles team, the Kenora Broncos, Atikokan Voyageurs, and Whitefish Bay. The Muskies open action at 2:30 p.m. with the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team cruised to a 7-1 win over Transcona in their opening game of the Genesis Hospitality tournament in Brandon, Man. last night. The black-and-gold are in Pool 1 with Transcona and Birtle, who they were scheduled to play at 4 p.m. today. The top two teams […]
The Prince’s valet, played by Michael Brady, expressed disgust at the smell of one of Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters’ feet during the opening night of the Muskie Theatre presentation of “Cinderella” at the Townshend Theatre last night. The stepsisters were played by Sierra Spicer, Dana Elders, and Andrea Nelson. The one-hour […]
Christine Denby was elected the new president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night. Denby, who served as first vice-president for the past two years, will assume the role Jan. 1, 2007. —Melanie Béchard photo
DOROTHY KELLY “THUNDER WOMAN” STURGEON CLAN With great sadness we announce the passing of Dorothy Kelly of Onigaming First Nation at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont. Dorothy was born in Fort Frances, Ont. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Edward Kelly, in 1990; infant […]
Although the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s 19th-annual community Christmas dinner is still more than three weeks away, local donors already have started to get into the holiday spirit. “Donations are starting to come in,” executive director Denise Audette said yesterday shortly after a meeting of the Christmas dinner committee. “We’ve […]
