Despite the unusually mild weather that’s melted all the snow and weakened the ice on area lakes, the first-annual Canadian Kitty Cat championships are still slated to run here Saturday. The event–which is part of the KC Pro East Racing Club circuit–will go on Sand Bay in front of Rusty […]
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Although the sixth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is still more than four months away, the committee already is looking for volunteers–the veritable backbone of the event. “We’re kicking into high gear now,” said Ray Engelbertink, director of media relations. “You hear about 400 volunteers helping out last year. Well, […]
Dear sir: It is a well-known fact that the Anglican parish in Fort Frances is in a state of turmoil with a serious dispute taking place between some members of that congregation and the Diocesan authorities. I have remained neutral in this matter, and have no intention of becoming involved […]
Council passed the town’s 2000 budget with no levy increases but it did include a $299,925 net reduction in municipal spending. Amendments to the “controllable” portion of the budget were in the form of cuts and fee increases. These were needed to compensate for higher “non-controllable” costs, which account for […]
More than 40 people lined the benches at Monday night’s council meeting to oppose the possibility of an escort service being established in Fort Frances. They were there in support of Salvation Army envoy Eric Alcock, who presented a petition with more than 300 signatures to council asking it prevent […]
Municipal tax bills will be in the mail by the March 10 deadline after council agreed Monday night to have the billing prepared externally rather than risk waiting to see if the town’s faulty software will be ready in time. “In the interest of being sure that we can get […]
“If you build it right, it will float.” Okay, okay, that’s not exactly how Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, would have described his principle of “mass equals buoyancy.” But it does sum up what three grade eight science classes at Robert Moore School learned about cardboard boats last week. Under […]
Cellular phone service between Fort Frances and Atikokan should be up and running as early as June after provincial funding finally came through. And service could be extended all the way to Thunder Bay by the end of the year. After being granted $1.75 million by the Northern Ontario Heritage […]
The new arena under construction here received plenty of praise as town councillors, “Ice for Kids” members, and the media went on the first tour of the facility Friday afternoon. Sporting an NHL-sized ice surface, 993 seats, an expansive lobby, and change rooms at least twice the size of the […]
“It’s a step up for us,” Nancy Gibb, of Pro Picture Framing, said of the move she and members of the Fine Line Gallery made to 529 Mowat Ave., where they opened up a bigger and brighter shop Wednesday morning. “I’m glad there was room for both of us–we’re compatible […]
Some 64 students at Donald Young School in Emo took part in a poster contest with the message, “Raise Values Above Violence.” “We had a very good response,” noted Brigette Schulzki, adding the three judges from St. Patrick’s CWL had a hard time choosing the winners. “I wish we could […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs ‘AA’ Atoms finished fourth at a 32-team hockey tournament in Fargo, N.D. last weekend, losing 5-1 to West Valley, Cal. in the third-place game. Josh Sigurdson had put the Mustangs up 1-0 in the first period but West Valley stormed back with five unanswered […]
