Dear sir: It is with my greatest pleasure to submit this letter of thanks to the town of Fort Frances for the outstanding warmth and hospitality I had experienced during my stay. I have never experienced such friendliness in all of my business travels as I had during the trade […]
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Dear editor: This past summer, while at the cabin with my young daughter, I had the pleasure of listening to CBC’s Vicki Gabareau. One interview in particular has stayed with me. Gabareau was interviewing an American author, and they were discussing his research findings that could, in part, explain the […]
Dear editor: Not too long ago, I awoke to find a trickle of water coming from a broken shower head in my bathroom. I immediately decided that I needed a plumber. When the hail storm damaged my roof, I called a carpenter with the skills to solve that problem. When […]
The fight over Bill 136 may be over but the battle against the Harris government isn’t, with labour groups across the province putting their support behind the teachers’ fight against Bill 160. All four local teacher federations have joined the Fort Frances and District Labour Council, the most recent being […]
You can’t get “something for nothing.” That’s just one reason why Jeraldine Bjornson, minister at Knox United Church here, said she will speak out against opening a charity gaming casino in Fort Frances before voters go to the polls in November. And she’s expecting the local ministerial association–along with others–will […]
Community support for a drug and alcohol-free environment within the 10 area First Nations got a healthy endorsement here Friday morning when almost 300 people showed up to participate in a “Rally and Walk.” The event–the first of its kind–included a banner-waving march from the Senic River Mall on Second […]
For a little more than a year now, counsellors at the Door of Hope Counselling Services have been helping their clients find ways to deal with the stresses of everyday life. While providing a professional level of advocacy has evolved most successfully in terms of a client base, counsellor Ron […]
When Sandra Morrisseau joined the Couchiching Volunteer Fire Department, she probably never expected to be called to a fire at her own home. But early Sunday morning, she watched her house go up in smoke. “It’s completely lost,” Morrisseau said Monday from her brother’s home where she, her husband, Charlie […]
Shortly after passing a resolution not to commit more town dollars to the auditorium project at Westfort, Fort Frances council made a “friendly amendment” to kick in another $300,000 to bring its maximum financial commitment up to $1.8 million. But with that, the auditorium will house only 434 seats, not […]
Spotting a huge, unidentifiable object in the evening sky with flashing lights “not like an airplane” may sound far-fetched but it’s a scenario at least a dozen residents from Fort Frances to Barwick said they saw Sept. 20. Reported to be extremely large, stationary for up to an hour, and […]
It wasn’t about buying and selling, or even about trade. It was about making contacts with people on both sides of the border. And it was a real success for Trish Neilson of Rainy River Preserves, who was attending her first “Northern Networks” trade conference. Neilson decided to attend the […]
Fort Frances council could be putting the brakes on the proposed Rainy River District Area Services Board by insisting on representation by population. That’s the warning Rainy River Mayor Gord Armstrong, who chairs the working group putting together the proposal, relayed after hearing council here gave the go-ahead to the […]
