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 […]
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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 […]
Instructor Ken Anderson and eight students of Northwest Tae Kwon Do attended Grand master Kang’s Can-Am Games tournament on Saturday in Winnipeg. Held at the University of Winnipeg’s Duckworth Centre gymnasium, this large tournament featuring six rings going at once for the full contact fighting division. Students could compete in […]
Three Muskies advanced to the all-Ontario badminton tournament after NWOSSAA play yesterday in Kenora. The senior mixed doubles’ team of Siobhan Devlin and Jamie Booth came in second yesterday to move on after a tough opening match. “They had their first tough match against Kenora. They went three games and […]
Fort Frances Aquanaut Rachel Dutton led a very strong team performance at the Division III swimming championships in Etobicoke, bringing home four medals. Dutton captured gold in the 200m free, silver for the 100m free, and bronze in the 200m I.M. and 100m fly. She fell just short of a […]
It will be family history at your fingertips tonight when the Fort Frances Museum holds its first of three genealogical open houses at the Family History Centre, which is located at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Keating Avenue. “We decided to hold this event to […]
“You are invited to celebrate the annual anniversary and reading of the will of the late Lord William Rutherford. If you dare to attend, an evening of murder, mayhem, and fiendish fun awaits.” So reads the advertisement for the Fort Frances Little Theatre’s production of “Murder of the Rutherford House”–a […]
The Fort Frances Municipal Airport will get a $1,152,366 injection for safety improvements. “Our [Airport Capital Assistance Program] funding was approved for our application for renovation of Runway 12-30,” Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson told town council Monday night. Now a tender will be issued for the project, with […]
Tess Coish and Kelly Calder want to let the local businesses that participated in the sale of Easter Seal eggs this year know how grateful they are for their support. “The campaign did get off to a slow start,” Coish admitted. “But the businesses we talked to were just great. […]
With an exhibit of her work now on display at the Fort Frances Museum, local artist Karen Wilde is hoping people take the time to stop in and see the paintings she’s spent the last three years creating. “All of my paintings are of someplace that I have visited or […]
