Staff New Gold Inc. has been fined $150,000, plus a $37,500 victim fine surcharge, after being convicted last Thursday of failing to comply with conditions of an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) issued by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The ministry reported the offences occurred during the period […]
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Gracie Smith had the top peace poster at Crossroads School in Devlin.
To the editor: While I am not one to take part in premature electoral posturing at a local level, Mr. Douglas Judson, the PC nomination hopeful from Fort Frances, shared a number of inaccurate and/or incomplete details in his letter to the editor last week. Unfortunately, Mr. Judson bases the […]
The wait is finally over. Nearly two years after district residents raised more than $60,000 in support of the “Families for Families” initiative to bring a refugee family to Fort Frances, they are due to arrive in town this Friday. In fact, the response was so overwhelming–well above the initial […]
Duane Hicks Cde. Wendy Derendorf recited the “Act of Remembrance” during Saturday’s Remembrance Day ceremony here. The passage recited is: “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old/Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn/At the going down of the sun and in the morning/We […]
Staff The local winners have been named in the Fort Frances Lions Club’s annual peace poster contest, who now will be sent on to the “district” level. The winners were Abbie Kenny (Fort Frances High School), Joyce Wu (Robert Moore), Shya Lee Johnson Luoma (J.W. Walker), Camile (St. Francis), and […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent The next “Country Jam” will be held this Friday (Nov. 17) at the Emo Legion. If you enjoy dancing or just listening to old-time country music, plan to attend. There will be no “Jam” in December but they will resume in 2018 (dates will be announced in […]
Nicholas Donaldson Put on your best plaid shirt and load up the car for a trip because Fort Frances High School is set to stage its annual fall musical revue, this year entitled “Country meets City.” The show promises to be an entertaining night of popular songs telling the story […]
Duane Hicks Pastor Brian Keffer recited the benediction during the Remembrance Day ceremony here Saturday. Travis Enge performed “Last Post” and “Reveille” while Roger Dolyny sang “O Canada,” “The Star Spangled Banner,” and “God Save the Queen.” The sound was loud and clear thanks to Cliff Pidlubny of TopMusic Productions.
Press Release Knox United Church here once again is looking forward to welcoming Canadian fiddle champion Scott Woods and his band on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. For the first time in this area, the group will be presenting an uplifting show that celebrates the Christmas season with the […]
Fort High student Emma Cole, right, recited her portion of Lt. Col. John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields,” as fellow student Lillie MacKinnon listened intently, during Saturday’s Remembrance Day ceremony here.
Expect cloudy skies tonight, with an overnight low of minus-nine C (15 F). Tomorrow also will be mostly cloudy, with a high of minus-two (28) and low around minus-six (22). Periods of snow are forecast for Friday morning, along with a high of two (35) and low near minus-eight (18). […]
