The Fort Frances OPP is partnering with both local school boards to present a free interactive workshop here next Wednesday (April 12) for parents about children and Internet safety. “The reality is a lot of our kids know more about the computer than we do,” said Fort Frances OPP Cst. […]
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On Friday, April 7, 2006, Lyle Vernon Armstrong went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ. Lyle was born Nov. 8, 1948 in Fort Frances, Ont. to George and Kirsti Armstrong. As a young man he had many passions, from airplanes and horses to art and music, which continued throughout […]
Harry A. Rushton, a World War Two naval veteran, passed away in his 87th year on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at the Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the beloved husband of the late Lillian Rushton (nee Gadd); dear father of Mary Lou Baggaley, Linda Gillespie, […]
The revolutionaries looked on as Marius (David Barron) held the lifeless Eponine (Lauren Gurski) in his arms before the first attack on the group. This was a scene for the Fort Frances High School’s production of ‘Les Misérables’ which opened last night at the Townshend Theatre. The musical continues to […]
The OPP resumed its search for missing Ear Falls resident Geoff McClain yesterday. Members of the Red Lake-Ear Falls OPP conducted a search by boat of the shorelines downstream of the bailey bridge at Highway 804 to the Ontario Power Generation Hydroelectric dam at Manitou Falls. The search yielded no […]
With the April 30 deadline to file your income taxes coming up, a team of volunteers at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is assisting low-income families, the disabled, and the elderly file their returns. “It’s been very busy,” executive director Denise Audette said. “It’s been very successful this year—all of […]
With the proposed 2006 budget ready for a vote, town council is looking at a 2.6 percent tax hike for residential property owners and a 0.85 percent increase for commercial. These rates will come into effect if council approves the budget at its next regular meeting Monday night (April 10). […]
We all knew—deep down—that Fort Frances was not immune to the woes gripping the forest industry of late. It was a matter of when, not if. The shoe finally dropped over the past week with word Abitibi-Consolidated was laying off a large number of its salaried staff here (the company […]
An excessive amount of groundwater required the town to divert sewage into the Rainy River and relieve stress on its sewage treatment system on Friday. And while the steady rain, and the fact the ground is still frozen, was to blame, the fact some residents still haven’t switched their sump […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board has decided to phase out its French Immersion program—beginning with the senior kindergarten class this fall—due to a lack of enrolment and the overall declining population in the area. “They did decide, because of low enrolment for our SK French Immersion class, that we […]
The Rainy River District School Board is set to receive more than $247,000 in one-time funding from the province to finance three secondary school projects that meet the requirements of the board’s student success plan. Assistant Superintendent of Education Ian Simpson announced the funding at Tuesday night’s regular board meeting […]
Representatives from district municipalities passed a resolution Saturday supporting negotiations with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. to become the permanent administrator of Rainycrest Home for the Aged. The motion—originally passed by the Township of Alberton—was passed at a special meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association in Barwick, with […]
