The Fort Frances Public Library will celebrate Family Literacy Day a few days early when it hosts “Winter Fest” on Monday evening. The fun, which runs from 6:30-7:30 p.m., will include a pajama parade, a “Cocoa Club,” and bedtime stories, librarian Andrea Avis noted this morning. She added two guest […]
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Organizers are hoping more people are willing to take a chance to win $100 in groceries every week for a year and buy a raffle tickets in support of local Crime Stoppers prior to the draw next Saturday afternoon (Jan. 29). “Things are going somewhat well. We’ve sold about half […]
After a nearly month-long investigation by the Fort Frances OPP, a Thunder Bay man has been charged in relation to issuing a forged document and obtaining goods by false pretense. On Dec. 29, Fort Frances OPP began an investigation into the use of a fraudulent document to obtain prescription medication. […]
The Lorne Jackson rink of Fort Frances faced a must-win situation in their draw which started at noon (EST) today in order to stay alive at the Northwestern Ontario men’s curling playdowns in Terrace Bay. They were up against Wayne Hampson of Red Lake (the outcome wasn’t known by press […]
Grade 8 students at J.W. Walker School—like the rest of the world—were deeply-troubled by the devastation caused by the tsunamis in South Asia last month, and are going the extra mile to do what they can to help. They raised $2,500 in a two-day blitz early last week, in an […]
Facing financial troubles, SAAN Stores Ltd. has gone into receivership and currently is undergoing a reorganization process that includes the liquidation of all of its stock and the closing of some of its stores. It is not known yet if the Fort Frances store will be among those closed. SAAN […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team was not able to close the gap with the first-place Dryden Eagles, falling by a 2-1 score there last night. Brian White had the lone goal for the black-and-gold, which came unassisted on the power play in the third period. “It wasn’t such a bad […]
As an economic developer, would you invest money in Northwestern Ontario? With obstacles like a dwindling population and an over-reliance on natural resources, Michael Atkins, the keynote speaker at last Thursday’s “Community Summit” here, gave delegates a strong dose of reality while asking them to come up with an answer […]
Speakers from fields ranging from agriculture to health care to education made it clear to the roughly 90 delegates on hand for last Thursday’s “Community Summit” here that the future holds many challenges for Fort Frances and district. < *c>Education Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District […]
A group of Fort Frances High School students raised more than $2,000 last week for victims of the devastating tsunami in South Asia on Boxing Day—and managed to learn a thing or two in the process. Teacher Shane Beckett and his Grade 11 marketing class organized the fundraiser in an […]
The provincial government has served notice that truckers will be facing more stringent safety regulations shortly, with significant implications for log haulers in Rainy River District. The National Safety Code Standard 10 became law Jan. 1 for all commercial vehicles with a registered gross weight of more than 4,500 kg—and […]
Dear sir: Larry and Shane Armstrong made my autistic son’s Christmas. When my son, Kirk, asked me for a skating rink, I told him “it was impossible!” Then one day while at Wal-Mart, I saw a rink liner and then I thought that maybe it wasn’t so “impossible.” I casually […]
