Jam21.Net owner Dave Ashworth said he’s in negotiations as he pursues high-speed Internet access for Fort Frances. “We’re definitely implementing it in August,” said Ashworth. “We’ve been having meetings over the last two or three weeks.” After negotiating a lease agreement with the Town of Fort Frances to install antennae […]
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Thanks to parents and student organizers, there’s a safe alternative to celebrating high school graduation when the “chem-free” grad party goes Wednesday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. Slated to run from 10 p.m.-4 a.m., about 120 students are expected to fill the “52 Canadians Arena,” co-organizer Diane Noonan said […]
After two-and-a-half days spent cold and wet in the Northern Ontario bush, Dr. Michael Monture said it was the suffering and desperation he saw in the remote reserve of Pikangikum that prompted him to set out on a spiritual quest for help. While his motives were personal, the physician unwittingly […]
Rainy Lake has dropped by three cm since Friday to sit at 338.19 m (1,109.55 ft.) this morning. But the lake level still remains 50 cm (19.7 inches) above the International Joint Commission’s maximum rule curve for this date. With little precipitation over the weekend, Namakan also continues to drop, […]
After extending the deadline for entries until last Friday, “Quest for the Best” is now raring to go with a line-up of 19 acts vying for prizes under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on July 25. “Everything’s going really well,” organizer Dawn Booth of the Fort Frances […]
Our Tuesday Community Sail Night will start tomorrow (June 19) provided the weather and water levels co-operate. Anyone is welcome to come out sailing with us. Just show up at either the Rendez-Vous dock in Fort Frances or the dock in Ranier. Hopefully, there will be fair winds. In other […]
Despite overnight rain, Rainy Lake has dropped since yesterday morning and now sits at 338.221 m (1,109.65 ft.)–a decrease of 1.3 cm. The drop comes even though the U.S. National Weather Bureau in International Falls reported the area received 0.889 cm (0.35 inches) of rain overnight. The average five-day in-flow […]
The Northwestern Health Unit on Thursday posted Hannam Park Beach in Rainy River as “unsafe for swimming” due to high bacterial counts found during routine sampling. “It’s most likely due to the phenomenal amount of rain we’ve been getting, with all the run-off,” public health inspector Dave Coats said Friday […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will take another step towards improving student achievement as several recommendations are up for approval at Saturday’s regular board meeting. The recommendations come from the student achievement committee, headed by curriculum co-ordinator Ron Fryer, which Education Director Carol-Lynne Oldale formed following the release of […]
Ruby Stuart (nee Treftlin), 91, of Elizabeth Manor in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital on Tuesday, June 12, 2001. She was born in Bergland, Ont. to the late Brita (Bessie) and Christian Treftlin. Mrs. Stuart was raised in Edmonton, Alta. She moved to Fort Frances […]
The Urban Multi-purpose Aboriginal Youth Centre (UMAYC) is holding its first-annual summer carnival for youth of all ages here Saturday. The carnival–being held at the drop-in centre at the corner of First Street East and Mowat Avenue–will kick off with a pancake breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Then, staff and youth […]
Sears customers by now probably have noticed the “Closed until further notice” sign on the store’s front door and seen the paper on its windows since Wednesday. And now they may be wondering, “Where’s my order?” “For that outlet, when people have ordered something, it will be mailed to their […]
