For all you young anglers out there, today and tomorrow is your only chance to sign up for this year’s Kid-Pro tournament slated July 22 in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Open to kids aged 10-14, those interested can sign up at the Fort Frances Chamber of […]
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Construction of the golf course at Couchiching is on hold pending overall environmental concerns and paperwork for a bridge which will span Frog Creek there. “We have been on site,” said Earl Jessop, a habitat biologist with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “The course is actually on hold […]
An extremely successful slo-pitch tournament, organized by the Crossroads rink committee as a fundraiser, wrapped up over the weekend in Devlin. Joe Bodnar said they exceeded the amount of money they thought this event would make, adding he and the rest of the committee were extremely pleased. After a lot […]
“You never know what you’re going to get when start carving.” That’s Marlene LaFreniere’s philosophy when it comes to her award-winning work, which is on display at the Fort Frances Public Library for the next two weeks. LaFreniere’s love of carving started four years ago when she and her husband, […]
Barwick is celebrating Canada Day a day early, getting a head-start on the festivities with a parade and baseball tournaments this Saturday (June 30). “We have a parade and it’s on Saturday, and we’ve got baseball. There’s slo-pitch and fastball,” noted Barwick clerk Doris Dyson. Participants are encouraged to register […]
Meet Christine Eisenzopf, cancer survivor. As strong as those words are, their simplicity doesn’t do justice to the journey this 53-year-old Fort Frances woman has made from her doctor’s office in 1994 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer to the gravel road around Pither’s Point at last Friday’s “Relay […]
Games, entertainment, and fireworks are scheduled as Emo will celebrate Canada Day on Monday, July 2 given similar parties are slated in Barwick on June 30 and Fort Frances on July 1. “It’ll be great. I can’t believe what they’ve put together in the last week,” noted Emo Reeve Russ […]
Their simple brick homes in ruins, residents of this Andean highland town began a painstaking process of cleaning up and rebuilding after a devastating weekend earthquake. “We don’t have anything,” said Augustin Chuquimamani, mixing mortar and laying a fresh brick wall on his one-room house. “We don’t have a kitchen, […]
The ground has been broken for construction of the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here. “We hope to have it finished by the end of this year,” said Jim Gartshore, general manager of the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here. “We’re glad to get started and I think it’s going to have […]
Dear sir: The “chem-free” grad party held last Wednesday evening was a tremendous success. The Class of 2001 enjoyed a memorable graduation celebration filled with fund and friendship. This party would not have been possible without the amazing support we received. Our sincere thank you and appreciation to all those […]
Dear Mike: For the first 35 years of my life, I lived in a large city in England, then together with my husband and children emigrated to Canada. During the 27 years we have lived in this country, we have moved across Canada twice. From Sarnia, Ont. to Calgary, Edmonton, […]
Dear sir: This is a letter of sincere gratitude to the fantastic people of Fort Frances. I had the honour of working with a group of people involved with the first-annual “Relay for Life.” I and nine other individuals, as a team, helped organize and raise roughly $75,000 to fight […]
