During Monday night’s council meeting, Fort Frances re-affirmed its decision to pursue other means of economic development instead of the Rainy River Future Development Corp.–a move that has caught some district municipal leaders by surprise. “I have no idea what to tell you. I’ll have go call [RRFDC CEO] Geoff […]
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The $3.3-million renovation at Emo hospital got a $2.08 million boost from the provincial government Monday. “Our government is committed to improving access to long-term care services for Northern Ontarians,” said Northern Development and Mines minister Tim Hudak, who presented the cheque on behalf of Health and Long-Term Care minister […]
Elk really do get around. A radio-collared bull elk, released near Cameron Lake back in January as part of an effort to reintroduce a herd to this area, was sighted near Ely in northeastern Minnesota by a Department of Natural Resources officer last week. That’s a distance of about 240 […]
The signs at the town limits read “Population 9,000” but there haven’t been 9,000 people in Fort Frances since at least 1988. The latest enumeration numbers from the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation suggest the population here is on steady decline–especially among young people. In 1991, the total population of Fort […]
The number of cattle that have been killed by anthrax in Rainy River District has crept up to 15–and has now affected a second farm. “In total, there was 11 animals that had died on the first farm–one was doing badly and was euthanized,” said Dr. George Luterbach of the […]
Funding concerns for the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association have proven negligible as it heads into the fall in good financial condition. “Everything’s going along the way it should be–the way we predicted in the budget,” NORA co-ordinator Keith Sveinson said. “I don’t see any reason we should run out of […]
“We’re satisfied that our water supply is without question safe, clean, and pure,” interim Operations and Facilities manager John Callan told the town council during Monday night’s regular meeting. “Never has there been any concern of bacteria, coliform, or E. coli in our water system,” he added. The reassurance came […]
Seven concerts, seven different styles of musical entertainment. “tour de Fort” is back for the 2000/01 season with a mixture of performances that feature eclectic, brass, country, Celtic, a capella, and dance theatre. “We’ve tried to appeal to different age groups and different musical and theatrical tastes,” tour de Fort […]
Summer memories don’t usually include masks and Shakespeare but that’s what two Fort High students will be sharing now that they’re back in school. Heather Algie, 15, and Lindsay Hamilton, 17, took part in a unique summer camp this year–the Stratford Shakespearean School. “It was an amazing group of people, […]
It was a race to the finish Sunday when the 40 entries in the seventh-annual Morson Bass Classic weighed in their catches. Perhaps the most widely-watched teams on the leader board were two that featured the same names. Bill Godin and Pat Handorgan were neck and neck after the first […]
Tagg’s dominated the field here Sunday, capturing the men’s Borderland soccer crown for the third-straight time with a convincing 6-1 victory over Nova in the league final. “We played pretty good–the score was indicative of how intense of a game it was. We both played really well but that is […]
So far so good, the Muskie ‘C’ football team looks like it will field a good squad this year. “It is going good,” noted coach Steve Maki. “We are getting more kids out all the time and since [Tuesday] is the first day of school, we will probably have more […]
