By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

A little rain never hurt anyone, and that was certainly the case on Sunday as the Fort Frances chapter of the Bear Clan Patrol held a successful fundraising barbecue to help continue their mission of keeping the streets safe. The barbecue was held outside of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

Mine Centre School is receiving a significant sum of money to help foster a love of reading in their students. The school was revealed to be one of this year’s recipients of the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation’s Literacy Fund grant, a program which aims to provide funding to what […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

As summer approaches and warm weather rolls across across the district, the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum are gearing up to offer the second annual Garden Tour to allow those with a green thumb to show off the results of their hard work to appreciative visitors. Scheduled for Saturday, […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

A group of concerned community members are calling on the Town of Fort Frances and other stakeholders to save the green space on the former St. Michael’s school grounds. The group of 58 community members is calling itself Save the Knights of Columbus Park – Green Space for Kids in […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

In recognition of the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the birth of the Pride movement, one local organization is hoping to put on a one-of-a-kind event to celebrate and reunite a community that has been kept apart by COVID. The Binesiwag Centre for Wellness (BCW) and its Queers […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

It’s coming up on the second graduation season under the spectre of COVID-19, and Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) is looking at new ways to keep the experience memorable for this year’s graduating class. Even though a large-scale graduation ceremony won’t be going ahead this year – SGEI has used […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

Video helps promote continuing discussion of MMIWG Grand Council Treaty #3 and youth from across the Treaty #3 region have joined forces to help shine a light on the ongoing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) crisis in Canada. As part of MMIWG Awareness month and released on […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

So you’ve introduced a strong program designed aimed strengthening the spoken Anishinaabemowin language in the region, and increase the number of fluent speakers and future teachers. Even as the successes of the program are celebrated, there’s still work to be done to make it even better. For Heather Campbell, director […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

La Place Rendez-Vous is making the most of their provincially-mandated downtime to spruce up their outdoor patio area and continue work on a few of their rooms to ensure every visit to the business is top-quality. Business owner Sarah Noonan shared that the most recent round of stay-at-home orders were […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

The Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB) and Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) have some successes to celebrate when it comes to their combined efforts to create and administer a way to help keep Anishinaabemowin alive and thriving. In 2017, RRDSB, SGEI and SayITFirst, an organization dedicated to Indigenous language […]