Recently chosen as a site for a provincial program to improve childhood development, the Fort Frances Toy Lending Resource Centre, located in the Children’s Complex on Portage Avenue, now has a new name—the Fort Frances Family Resource Centre/Ontario Early Years Centre. “It’s a new initiative, based out of Kenora, but […]
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The new Heron Landing Golf Course at Couchiching will see its first real test next week when it hosts a fundraising tournament. The fundraiser—to benefit the Borderland Thunder—is set for Saturday, Aug. 30. “It’s a four person, best-ball scramble,” explained Shawn Jourdain, who is organizing the tournament for the Thunder. […]
A Restricted Fire Zone went into effect at 12:01 a.m. today for much of Northwestern Ontario, including the Fort Frances District, to reduce the risk of human-caused blazes while the fire hazard remains “high” to “extreme” in the West Fire Region. All outdoor fires—including campfires, brush, and incinerator fires—are banned […]
A ruling by a North American Free Trade Agreement panel last week was treated as a win by both Canadian and U.S. representatives as the dispute over softwood lumber subsidies and duties continues to plague cross-border relations. The ruling decided that Canada’s provincial stumpage fees (for timber cutting) have a […]
Though a large portion of Ontario, not to mention much of the northeastern United States, was without power last Thursday night and parts of Friday, power stayed flowing here—for the most part. Though some problems occurred locally at Abitibi-Consolidated and Voyageur Panel, and with respect to Internet service, the total […]
If you think a pageant is all about standing around and looking beautiful, don’t even consider vying for the Emo Fair queen crown next year. For all five contestants in this year’s pageant, just getting to the crowning ceremony last Thursday night at the Emo arena was an achievement in […]
In the end, it came down to youth and brawn prevailing over wisdom and experience. But victory in the Rainy River District Logging and Safety Association’s competition, held in conjunction with the Emo Fair, was by no means as easy as falling off a log for defending champ Kelvin Caul […]
Dear sir, The recent Stratton centennial celebration far exceeded our expectations. It was fabulous. A big bouquet of thanks is extended to the Stratton centennial committee as well as to all the volunteers who worked with great dedication and co-operation to make the centennial celebration such a success! All events […]
Dear editor: Just a quick correction/clarification on the article in last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin regarding Fort Frances town council. In the article “Hamilton to run for council,” I was mildly misquoted. Duane Hicks called me to ask a few questions regarding filing the nomination papers for town council and so […]
The 103rd edition of the Rainy River Agricultural Society Fall Fair last week was, by all accounts, an outstanding success for all involved—except, of course, for those lucky(?) market steers that took home the ribbons and hardware. Unfortunately for them, they won’t have much time to bask in their glory […]
Carlee Bosma is proving nearly impossible to beat as the youngster from Emo has taken the feature race, along with most heats, for the past month in the Beginner’s division of go-kart racing at the Emo Speedway. This past week was no exception. Bosma took the first heat over Jeff […]
Tannis Drysdale is the latest to announce her intention to run for a seat on town council this November. “Successful leadership is the result of the development of an effective team. All victories come from the power of a community that creates the vision,” Drysdale told a crowd of about […]
