Dear editor: Mega accolades to everyone involved in the VALA variety show this past Saturday. What a great performance! I, along with several of my friends, attended the matinee Saturday afternoon at the Townshend Theatre. We thoroughly enjoyed all the entertainment—what a talented group of individuals! The show opened with […]
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Fort Frances residents will see a slight difference on their next sewer and water bill after town council passed a bylaw Monday night approving a two percent increase to rates for all classes. The increase was approved by a vote of 5-1, with Couns. John Albanese, Roy Avis, Tannis Drysdale, […]
As a fundraiser for the Fort Frances Museum restoration project, tour de Fort is bringing the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra to the Townshend Theatre on Thursday (Feb. 16). And there’s still quite a few tickets left, tour de Fort president Dave Legg said yesterday afternoon. “I don’t know the exact […]
Although the deadline for registrations originally was this Wednesday (Feb. 15), the annual “Curl for Cancer” fundraiser coming up on Saturday is now full at 24 teams. But co-organizer Nadine Johnson said this morning the public is more than welcome to come out to the Fort Frances Curling Club and […]
A public meeting regarding a two percent increase to sewer and water rates is on the agenda for tonight’s town council meeting. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said this meeting is a formality prior to council voting on a bylaw to set the new rates. “We have the public meeting […]
Local occasional secondary teachers are planning to implement low-level sanctions beginning next Monday (Feb. 20) following a breakdown in talks with the Rainy River District School Board. “We don’t want to rush into this with guns blazing,” said Andrew Hallikas, chief negotiator for local occasional secondary teachers. “We want to […]
Joyce Cunningham, chair of the Fort Frances Public Library board, drew the second place winner’s name in the “Friends of the Library” draw on Friday afternoon as Arlene Georgeson, another board member, held the box. Bobbie Loyie won the first place prize of $2,000, while Pam Munn won the second […]
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Sue Danku, left, and her son Evan, four, tried to choose from among the many sweet treats at the annual Friends of the Library bake sale this morning. Danku’s daughter Anya, one, looked on as she was held by Friends of the Library member Barb Marr.
The four Muskie court teams were in action yesterday against the Kenora Broncos in their last home matches before the NorWOSSA playoffs here next Thursday. The senior girls’ volleyball team was the only one to taste victory yesterday, downing the visiting Broncos 3-1 in their best-of-five showdown. “[We] have matured […]
Some tickets are still left for the second-annual VALA variety show, which will hit the stage Saturday for two shows at the Townshend Theatre. “It’s going to be an awesome time, with lots of entertainment and lots of laughs,” director “Babs Spielberg” (Barb Duguay) enthused Thursday. This year entitled “Hollywood […]
Local businessman Dave Ashworth is in southwestern Ontario learning the ropes to open a new Domino’s franchise here next month. “I’m very excited about getting back to Fort Frances and opening up,” he said Wednesday afternoon from Burlington, near Hamilton. Ashworth and his wife, Terri, have purchased the building at […]
A group of local taxpayers sent a letter Wednesday to Health and Long-term Care minister George Smitherman inviting him to come to Fort Frances and meet with the public regarding the future of the Fort Frances Clinic. Chairman Allan T. Bedard said in a release that the group would like […]
