Staff The first rehearsal for this year’s Easter cantata is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at the New Beginnings Fellowship. Diane Maxey, who once again will be directing the choir, is asking those interested in participating to contact her beforehand at 274-7309. She is welcoming any new […]
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Submitted Crystal Lindal showed off one example of the Pink Zebra candles she’s selling as a fundraiser for the new women’s resource centre here.
Dear editor: I am in agreement with Roy Avis, our mayor of 12 years (three consecutive terms) and a successful business owner. Roy Avis has stated, “Now is not the right time for another residential development.” I also agree with Ken Perry, a respected town councillor, that money would “be […]
Duane Hicks Crystal Lindal is looking to light a “WICK” for a good cause and keep it burning–but she can’t do it alone. In support of the new women’s resource centre in Fort Frances, the Arbor Vitae resident is striving to pre-sell 1,200 Pink Zebra candles as part of a […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum could have a Dutch student working there later this year. Town council agreed Monday night to a Community Services executive committee recommendation to allow the museum to offer an unpaid internship to foreign student Daan Strating after successful clearance from the Government of Canada-Immigration […]
Dear editor: In suggesting that the Stanley verdict has failed indigenous people, the prime minister is simply wrong. The prime minister is entitled to his feelings and opinions–even the opinion which many share–that the system has failed indigenous people. What he is not entitled to do, even indirectly, is to […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances has an updated bird’s eye view of itself. Council was given a look at new orthophoto imagery of the municipality during its regular meeting Monday night. “Back in 2007, the town engage Atlas Geomatics to do a fly-over of the town and take […]
Duane Hicks Brady Morrisseau, left, and Gabby Bourgeault were busy doing “100 Days” crafts last Wednesday afternoon in Carla Harris’ Grade 1/2 class at St. Michael’s School here. Students across the district were doing all sorts of creative activities tied to their 100th day of the current school year
Duane Hicks The International Tug-of-War will return this summer. The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club has teamed up with the Backus Community Center in International Falls to collaborate and bring back the event, which hasn’t been held here since 2013. The tug-of-war, which involves teams from each side of the […]
The Sorting Gap Marina and La Verendrye Parkway have proved to be a great success for our community and its citizens. The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will celebrate its 24th rendition this year while the seventh-annual International Boundary Water Dragon Boat Festival is set for June 30 at the […]
It’s the time of year here in Nova Scotia when we all start to complain about the state of our roads. Truth be told, we complain about roads all year long, but it is a heightened complaint now–bordering on rage and hysteria. It’s what we do. Holes appear in the […]
William “Bill” Loney, 77, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., and formerly of Emo, Ont., passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Funeral arrangements are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
