With all the snow gone and lots of brown, dry grass around town, the Fort Frances Fire Department is ready to start burning controlled fires here next week. “There’s no exact time or dates set yet but you’ll see them [firefighters] out there next week,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson said […]
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Carol-Lynne Oldale has resigned as education director for the Northwest Catholic District School Board here, effective July 14, the board announced this morning. Oldale has accepted the position of director of education with the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, the local board noted. She had been appointed as director […]
Lawns are being raked, streets swept, sidewalks patched, and potholes filled as the town recovers from the wrath of another winter. Public Works and Parks and Recreation crews are running busy schedules these days as the annual spring cleaning gets underway in full swing. “We’ve been going and [filling potholes] […]
The Rainy Lake Hotel will be rocking to the infectious sound of the Ottawa based-band “Circuit” Friday and Saturday nights. Although the present members have been performing as a group for only two years, their distinctive brand of rock already has caught the attention of some major record labels. “We […]
A Dryden man escaped injury after a plane he was piloting broke through the ice on Wabigoon Lake near the Yacht Club yesterday. Dr. Clare Ernewein had landed the Piper Cub he was flying, and was in the process of taxiing back to the Flying Club, when the plane broke […]
A search for a 38-year-old Northwest Angle man reported missing near Nestor Falls on Wednesday night was called off Thursday morning after he showed up on his own, Sioux Narrows OPP said. Conroy Paul and a male companion were hitchhiking north along Highway 71 from Nestor Falls when they decided […]
A 21-year-old man is facing several charges in connection with a robbery at the East End Confectionery on Scott Street Wednesday night. The store was entered by a lone male at 9:50 p.m., who brandished a knife at the clerk, police said. The man then fled the store but he […]
The Trout Lake Road dispute and border gun registration will be hot topics at the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association’s annual spring meeting Friday in Nestor Falls. “There will probably be some discussion on the Trout Lake Road issue, and the gun control, I know, is going to be a real […]
While winter has been long in departing, the collection of refuse one sees along the streets of Fort Frances and the highways leading into our community indicates we continue to disregard basic environmental care. It is a seven-month collection. And it is a sad statement of the way we disregard […]
Fort Frances hockey talent continues to be recognized as five more players secured berths on ‘AAA’ teams. Last weekend in Thunder Bay, Michael Jourdain, Kyle Herr, Steven Boileau, and Andrew Easton all were chosen for positions on the Thunder Bay Thunder travelling teams. Meanwhile, Jared Catholique-Bruyere earned a berth on […]
There will be a new addition to Portage Avenue next Tuesday when Yvonne Desaulniers opens her pet grooming store, Luv-A-K9-Grooming, next to Ocean’s Pet Store. “I am from Dryden originally, and I had my pet grooming business up there for seven years,” Desaulniers said. “My husband got work down here […]
Janis Lesko, honorary chairperson of the Rainy River District Women’s Business Network, is excited about their annual charity ball coming up May 5 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. “This year we decided to try something a little bit different,” said Lesko, who owns Cripes It’s a Castle on Scott […]
