With the hugely successful “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign set to wrap up next month, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care is determined to keep the momentum going in 2001. “Riverside is excited about our future,” Foundation chair Jim Krag said during a press conference here Monday to officially […]
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Lakehead University student Tracie McIntosh is looking forward to beginning her two-year study into researching the effects of relocation on the Cameron Lake elk this spring. “I have already been up to the job site to check things out,” McIntosh said Friday from Thunder Bay. “Everything looks really good and […]
Friction between Fort Frances and the townships of Miscampbell and Alberton may be growing over the town’s bid to extend the municipal boundary around two small parcels of land. “They are asking for some remuneration to make the deal happen. We are willing to [pay] any of the costs of […]
People here haven’t been turning in their firearms rather than go through the hassle of getting a licence for them, Fort Frances O.P.P. said yesterday. “We haven’t had an influx of firearms turned in. But we have had a number of inquiries at the front desk here,” noted Cst. Cameron […]
The old Fort Frances High School on First Street East may not be sitting vacant much longer now that a group has shown preliminary interest in the building, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon revealed yesterday. “We have a group that is attempting to raise money and do environmental tests and a feasibility […]
The “New Roadway” isn’t much of a street name. That’s the name currently being used for a new street on maps and engineering schematics for the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility being built here. But town council is challenging Fort Frances residents to rename it. “We’re just asking for […]
After going through the ordeal of being surrounded by spectators, shot with a tranquilizer dart, and transported in the bucket of a front-end loader, you’d think a moose would be wary of anything human. That hasn’t been the case with a moose recently sedated and shipped out of the town. […]
To slide or not to slide? That was the question posed during Monday night’s council meeting–and one that was never really answered. Youngsters (and their parents) will be sliding in a non-designated area if they use their toboggans, crazy carpets, and GT racers on the overpass near Bayview Avenue the […]
About 70 students who took part in the co-op program this semester showed off their experience–and what they learned–during a display day yesterday morning at Fort High. Erik Ross, who worked at Howarth’s Home Centre here, said his co-op experience helped him to decide that electrical engineering is the career […]
With the ice-fishing season running full tilt, communities literally have popped up on area lakes–including the annual influx on Gordie’s Road at Sabaskong Bay (Lake of the Woods). “Crappie fishing has been good for the guys that fish. Of course, last week we had the cold spell and they weren’t […]
The Emo Toy Lending and Resource Centre is going to make January look like “Winter in Wonderland” with various crafts planned for the children all month. Fun in the Kitchen is planned Wednesday, Jan. 17 from 4-5 p.m. Meanwhile, a sliding party is planned Thursday, Jan. 18 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. […]
Emo ringette teams competed in a Kenora tournament Jan. 5-7. It was a busy, fun-filled, and competitive weekend, with two of the three teams returning home with wins. The Bunnies (ages seven and under) won three of their four games–not losing until the gold-medal round against Steinbach, Man. The team […]
