After wondering if the “chem-free” grad would be held at all earlier this month, there’s no question now that Fort High teens can party in a safe, sober setting here June 20. “It’s definitely a ‘go,’” said Diane Noonan, one of the organizers. “Service clubs and the business community have […]
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Jeraldine Bjornson and Patrick Playfair have been a part of our town for the past eight years and on June 18 at La Place Rendezvous the community will have the chance to bid the couple a fond farewell. “We are planning on having a very casual get together to wish […]
As employees head into day 19 of their strike, there still are no talks slated between Association of Community Living workers here and their employer. “It’s status quo, there are no talks scheduled,” said Alanna Barr, executive director of the Fort Frances and District Association of Community Living. While administration […]
The Fort Frances Museum will be holding a cemetery transcribing inventory project here Saturday under the direction of Art Gunnell of the Ontario Genealogical Society. The survey was organized in an effort to preserve Fort Frances history and collect information that will help in the writing of the 2003 Centennial […]
With another school year winding down and summer vacations on the horizon, Bible camps are preparing for a full scale of activities.
Writer and historian Neil McQuarrie is jumping in with both feet–and he couldn’t be happier. The Brandon, Man. resident temporarily has returned to the town where he grew up in order to collect information that will make his writing of the 2003 Centennial History Book a bit easier. “I am […]
Whether you call them forest tent caterpillars or army worms, they are beginning to march by the millions across roads, into backyards, and onto buildings. “Somebody has to sweep the doorway before I can go out,” noted Joyce Strachan, whose back lawn of her Eighth Street home is carpeted with […]
With plans of studying theatre at the University of Guelph this fall, Alison Agar could not have been more pleased when she received word that she had been awarded the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. “I really did not expect to win the award,” Agar confessed Sunday. “I went through the […]
The Aquanauts put on a strong performance in their last swim meet of the year. Competing at the annual Thunder Bay International Invitational last weekend, Karli McKinnon led the local contingent by qualifying for the finals in seven of her eight events. Her best results were a third-place finish in […]
The Emo Beef Club had its first meeting Wednesday, May 9 at the research station in Emo. It was attended by 11 kids–some new to the beef club and some veterans. An election of officers took place and then we discussed options on how to go about this year’s club. […]
Since the Fort Frances Times first began publishing on the web in 1995, the look and feel of the online edition has gone through four overhauls. Each improved the edition over the previous. Last night, the Fort Frances Times launched its newest version. For most people viewing the site, it […]
Dear sir: I have found it reassuring to hear that the hemo-dialysis unit in Fort Frances is on track for operation come the fall. It is my understanding that the room is coming along quite nicely, and that there are nurses hired and in the process of starting to, or […]
