There was much fanfare and enthusiasm as the Northwestern Ontario “Smart Growth” panel handed over its final report—hailed as a strategy to increase prosperity in the region over the next 30 years—to Municipal Affairs and Housing minister David Young here Friday. The challenge now is to make sure this report […]
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Dear sir: I just wanted to say thank you, on behalf of our hockey club, to Thunder GM Brent Tookenay and his entire organization for putting on an excellent event during this year’s Dudley Hewitt Cup. Mr. Tookenay, please congratulate your entire organization on behalf of our team, as well […]
The Fort Frances/Rainy River Gideons’ Camps presented their Festival of Praise last Tuesday evening (April 29) at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, with an enthusiastic audience on hand. The message brought forth was “Take the Whole Gospel to the Whole World.” The welcome was given by Don Ricci, and […]
The second-annual Mother’s Day fish fry will take place this Sunday (May 11) beginning at 4 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. The cost is $12 for adults, $6 for kids aged six-12, and free for those five and under. The funds raised will go towards the Crossroads community rink project. […]
Debbie Murray wasn’t asking for the moon, but she was happy with what she saw in the Starz. The Fort Frances Cyclones coach and seven of her troops were brothers and sisters in arms with three other regional clubs as part of the Northwestern Ontario Starz squad that competed at […]
A creel survey of the Pipestone/Burditt/Despair chain of lakes will begin this Saturday, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. The open water roving creel will cover 10 lakes and last until the end of September. Lake trout on Pipestone Lake will be the focus this spring until the walleye season […]
No matter how you look at it, a bus ride from Fort Frances to Calgary, Alta. is a long trip. But for the Fort High band, that took on extra meaning. After stopping in sunny Swift Current in southwestern Saskatchewan for a snack on their way to Calgary, the band […]
My daughter, Louise, and I spent two-and-a-half weeks in April with her son, Grant, his wife, Tara, and their three children in Bathurst, northern New Brunswick, returning home on Good Friday. We found a lot of snow, about four feet, near the coast (Tetagouche) but not so much in other […]
Whatever may be the case throughout the rest of Canada or across the border, in Rainy River district at least, the building and renovation market is thriving. According to local contractors, there is at least as much work out there as last year—and perhaps more. “This year I’m finding it […]
Dear sir: As much as I support the idea of recreational facilities for young people in Fort Frances, I can’t wait to see this “$300,000 concrete bowl” fill up with glass and other detritus after the first couple of days. I also hope the emergency room is ready for the […]
Dear Mr. Behan: Our family was delighted to read the Centennial Edition which you recently published as a salute to the centennial of Fort Frances. What a splendid piece of work! We shall cherish it as a piece of local historical significance chronicling a great community. Thanks to you and […]
Al Herback probably could fly around the world with as many frequent flyer miles as he has racked up. There’s just one problem. “I never get to use them because the times I want to go anywhere, the seats are already all booked,” laughed the Kincaid, Sask. native who has […]
