Sept. 22 will mark an important date for Canadian Firearms Program legislation. On that day, Members of Parliament will either choose to support the private member’s bill of Candice Hoeppner of Manitoba which would allow for debate on the legislation to kill the long-gun registry or to kill the legislation […]
Editorials
There’s no question the Fort Frances Airport serves the entire Rainy River District and so it’s only fair that district municipalities help shoulder the cost to operate it. And clearly there’s a sense of urgency. With revenues tumbling, due to fewer flights and the subsequent reduction in landing fees collected […]
With the municipal election just two months from today, more candidates finally are beginning to trickle in. But unless there’s a flurry of nominations between now and the Sept. 10 deadline, local voters don’t seem to be in for much of a campaign—if one at all. Fort Frances Mayor Roy […]
The Fort Frances Folk Festival is set to go this Sunday at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre but there has been a decided lack of “buzz” in the days and weeks leading up to it. True, the folk festival is only in its second year and organizers are still learning […]
Kudos to the local Business Improvement Association for taking the bull by the horns over what to do about the old Rainy Lake Hotel—the former grand lady of Scott Street now reduced to a derelict eyesore epitomizing the ever-creeping demise of our downtown core. Sitting empty for almost five years, […]
When a Wal-Mart looks at locating into a community such as Fort Frances, they go to a market research company that uses Stats Canada data that is compiled from the census, among other sources. The market research company will develop the full demographic breakdown of the community—age, sex, income levels, […]
Anglers . . . start your engines! Okay, okay, the Indy 500 it’s not. But the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has evolved, since its humble beginning in 1995, to become the major event of the year here—one which countless residents eagerly look forward to each July and around which […]
The future suddenly looks much brighter for the Superior International Junior Hockey League following Monday’s decision by USA Hockey to reverse its earlier ruling and allow two American teams to join the loop after all. And that, in turn, bodes well for the survival of Junior ‘A’ hockey here. The […]
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Canada gets hot in the summer! Really? The way the national media is portraying it, you’d think the “heat wave” currently blanketing Central Canada was some weird phenomenon never before experienced by those of us living in the Great White North. Well, guess what? […]
The mood was jubilant Monday as those who worked so hard to push for a new library here finally saw their dream—and perseverance—come to fruition with the grand opening of the beautiful, state-of-the-art Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Who can blame them? It was a long, at times rocky, […]
It appears aboriginal peoples will be exempt from the eight-percent provincial portion of the new HST, set to take effect in Ontario on July 1, at point of sale rather than receiving rebates only after filing their income tax returns (as is currently the case with the GST). A no-brainer […]
The plug finally has been pulled on “Fun in the Sun,” our long-running summer festival that’s been on life support for years, but it’s looking like Canada Day festivities have been resuscitated. That’s certainly something to celebrate. The best news, however, is that residents and community groups are the ones […]
