Dear sir: By means of this letter, our intent is not to publicly slander anyone. Congratulations to Brent Anderson and the RRWT committee on your hard work and dedication to making your tournament the success that it is. Unfortunately, some are quick to judge and criticize committee decisions when there […]
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The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce decided Tuesday to hold a public forum on the issues related to the possibility of a “big box” retailer coming to town. Last month, the Chamber sent a letter written by Pharmasave owner Kim Metke to its members. In it, he raised some concerns […]
Though town council had passed a resolution at its Jan. 27 meeting to revise a policy to see a more balanced means of paying councillors with and without the town’s benefits package, those changes are now on hold. At that time, council—with the exception of Coun. Roy Avis—agreed to go […]
As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, high school teachers in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan last Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in support of strike action to back their contract demands. Teachers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B voted 98.9 percent in favour of taking strike […]
Now that we’re into our centennial year, but still lacking an appealing project, what’s wrong with getting together on a new pavilion at Pither’s Point Park? Nothing would please our surviving pioneers more than watching their kids jumping around in the style we knew until after the war years—and perhaps […]
It was years ago, but I still remember how happy my mother and her friend, Emelia, were when Lawrence Welk came to town. The tickets were very expensive, so Emelia’s son and daughter-in-law and my husband and I paid for their tickets. After dropping them off at the concert, we […]
The Ice for Kids Arena and the ’52 Canadians Arena will be the display area to showcase the latest evidence that points to women’s hockey continuing its rise into the collective sports consciousness. The fifth-annual Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s house league tournament boasts an all-time best field of 26 teams this […]
We’re blessed with some of the finest fisheries in the world. Just ask any angler who has fished the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on Rainy Lake. But we’re just as fortunate to have some of the finest biological minds looking after those resources. Folks like Ministry of Natural Resources […]
The goals of a cross-breeding program can be twofold. First, capitalize on traits that can be improved through heterosis, then select breeds with the strengths needed to make those improvements. First let’s understand some of the terminology: •F1—The first generation offspring as a result of cross-breeding. The F1 contains 50 […]
The good news is the snow and frigid temperatures of January are now history. February is here and that can only mean one thing—the boat and sport show season is coming up with some marvelous new products to be unveiled for Sunset Country outdoor enthusiasts. One of the neatest is […]
With the remaining unsold crocus bulbs not being shipped back to Thunder Bay until Friday, they still are available at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (old CN station) while supplies last. “We still have about 80 plants. We apparently got more than we thought we did,” Vanessa Hebert, executive co-ordinator […]
It’s tax time again, and property owners and businesses in Fort Frances should be seeing their bills arrive in the mail anytime now, Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan said at Monday night’s council meeting. “Most residents should be receiving theirs today,” Allan noted Tuesday morning, adding the bills were […]
