Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent
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Duane Hicks Acclaimed singer-songwriter Peter Katz, left, and talented multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Rollo performed the inspirational track, “We Are the Reckoning,” during the “Tour de Fort” season finale Friday night at the Townshend Theatre here. Montreal musician Ian Kelly opened for Katz.
Staff Shirley Dolph of the Emo and District Lions Club was out selling tickets for the “Lions’ Share Grocery Raffle” on Saturday at Walmart here. The winners will be drawn on Saturday, April 22 during “Spring Fever Days” in Emo. The grand prize is $100 in groceries a week for […]
Duane Hicks The public is urged to drop off their aluminum cans at the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions’ new bins, which are located at the corner of Portage Avenue and First Street East, as seen here, as well as at A&W on King’s Highway.
Staff Fort Frances High School, J.W. Walker School, and Robert Moore School have teamed up to present a “Family Well-Being Night.” It will take place next Wednesday (April 12) from 6-8 p.m. at Fort High. The purpose is to increase awareness surrounding local service providers and the mental health and […]
Duane Hicks If you want a lot in the industrial park in the north end of town, you’d better act fast–there’s not too many left. A look at an up-to-date map of the park shows six town-owned lots that are excavated, backfilled, serviceable, and ready for sale and four others […]
Duane Hicks Think twice before the next time you put an empty pop can in your “blue box.” Instead, you could save it and help out a local service club. The Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, with some help from community partners, put out two bins over the weekend–one at […]
Submitted Students were put to the test during “Quest for Knowledge” last Tuesday at Rainy River First Nations. In the junior division, St. Francis School earned first place this year, followed by Crossroads School in second and Robert Moore School in third. In the senior division, St. Francis again captured […]
Nicholas Donaldson Clare and Warren Bowman took time to learn about the benefits of buying from local producers and the “Rainy River Raised” branding at one of the many booths set up for “Ag Day” on Saturday. Businesses and other organizations had booths set up with information, promotional items, and […]
It will become clear tonight, with an overnight low of minus-two C (28 F). Tomorrow will see plenty of sunshine, with a high of 10 (50) and low around minus-two (28). Partly sunny skies are forecast for Friday, along with a high of 14 (57) and low dipping to four […]
Nicholas Donaldson Lt. Ryan MacDonald (Fort Frances Salvation Army), left, Terry Mueller (Sunset Country Ford) and Ben Sletmoen (Tim Hortons) spoke as part of a panel of local businesspeople on hiring intellectually-disabled employees. The panel was part of the Community Living Fort Frances and District “Employer Honour Event” that recognized […]
Press Release While most Kiwanis Clubs designate their funds and service to their local areas, there have been two major “International Projects.” The first was in the 1990s with the “Iodine Deficiency Disorder,” which involved installing processing plants to add a small amount of iodine to the salt in many […]
