Fort Frances town councillor Tannis Drysdale is among the appointees to the Northern Ontario Grow Bonds board of directors, a body struck up to approve loans to applicants under the program. “There will be a flurry of activity in a very short time,” said Coun. Drysdale, noting the board will […]
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The United Native Friendship Centre’s Aboriginal Head Start program held its grand opening on Monday, celebrating the program that was first launched in Fort Frances as a summer program in 1996. “Fort Frances was one of the first Aboriginal Head Start summer programs in all of Canada,” noted Rhonda Evans […]
A malfunction in a Hydro One transformer station in Fort Frances left the town and approximately 3,600 additional district residents without power for about 10 minutes Tuesday afternoon. “It was a Hydro One cause,” said Fort Frances Power Corporation CEO Jim Kibiuk yesterday. At the time, FFPC did not yet […]
Upon recommendation from the Traffic Safety Committee, council agreed Monday to have a bylaw drawn up to set the maximum speed limit at 40 km/h near several local schools. The schools affected include St. Michael’s, F.H. Huffman, J.W. Walker and Robert Moore. This means there will be appropriate regulatory signs […]
The Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library held their regular monthly meeting on April 21, 2005. New members who signed up during the membership drive were welcomed. The Friends provided baking for “Thomas the Tank’s” afternoon visit to the library last Saturday (May 7). They will also be holding […]
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is jeopardizing employment stability in the forestry industry by closing its eyes to a growing crisis of supply. “MNR has a track record of looking through the wrong end of the telescope when dealing with fibre supply issues,” said Cec Makowski, Ontario Region Vice President […]
Like a piano falling on a Looney Tunes character, the feeling hit Caroline Spencer. She started her walk to the pitch relaxed and cool like Bugs Bunny, but halfway onto the field is when her dormant character—resembling a nervous Daffy Duck—came to the surface. “I wasn’t nervous in the slightest […]
The annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts wrapped up Sunday with the Highlights Concert at the Townshend Theatre. The following are the winners in this year’s competition. Gillon’s Most Entertaining Ballet •Armageddon-Fort Dance Studio In-Focus most entertaining Jazz 12 & under •Circus Circus-Dancemakers School of Dance Investors […]
Ken Boshcoff, MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River, on behalf of Lucienne Robillard, president of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, on Friday announced funding of $281,732 for an Employment Assistance Services project targeted to help 3,000 unemployed individuals […]
The Aquanauts swm club sent 12 swimmers down to the KSS Spring Invitational Swim Meet on April 22-24 in Kenora. Here are their individual results: •Christopher Allan (12)—50m Free (5th, 53.59); 50m Back (2nd, 54.43); 100m Breast (3rd, 2:31.38), 100m IM (5th, 2:13.21), 100m Free (5th, 1:58.14), 100m Back (DQ), […]
“Help us preserve our past by being involved in our future.” That’s the message museum curator Pam Hawley sent to council Monday, when she gave a presentation to kick off fundraising to renovate the Fort Frances Museum. She noted a community fundraising goal of $75,000 has been set for the […]
Bill Michl is challenging people in the district to help raise both funds and awareness for arthritis—a crippling disease that affects more than four million Canadians. And he’s promising a big payoff for their help. “If we can raise the money by July 1, I’m going to do the Canada […]
