The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship—by far the highlight in terms of community festivals here—has come and gone for its 13th year, leaving organizers with the task of evaluating what went right and what didn’t as they already start preparing for the 2008 tournament. No doubt there will be […]
Editorials
“Bass Week” is here! The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship had a somewhat humble origin back in 1995, when 47 teams took to the waters of Rainy Lake for a three-day tournament that featured an $11,000 first prize. Over the years, however, thanks to the dedication of its board […]
The flag of the Town of Fort Frances incorporates the community’s crest with the turbine generating electricity, and the evergreen tree. It is a historic representation of the community that owes its growth and prosperity to first lumber, and then paper. The paper mill was built here on […]
Every parent knows how expensive it can be to register their children for the myriad of recreational activities offered in Fort Frances, but particularly minor hockey, figure skating, and swimming. If the initial fees aren’t bad enough, there’s the equipment to buy, as well as the additional expenses to […]
The anonymous author who penned “Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree” also should have added dogs to that discipline philosophy. In my neck of the woods, I’m quite sure the few smart brain cells my canines did have fell out and into the hole where they buried […]
Fort Frances has been designated as a “safe community” by the World Health Organization, yet a serious safety hazard continues to exist here that threatens our most vulnerable residents—our children. The hazard in question? The lack of a crosswalk across King’s Highway at the Legion Park, which fell by […]
Given the storm that ripped through Ignace yesterday morning, not to mention the devastating tornadoes that tore across southwestern Manitoba this past weekend, every effort to offer communities better early warning of severe weather is critical. Fort Frances town council took a step in that direction Monday night by approving […]
The announcement that a 12 bed youth detention centre was to be built in Fort Frances came as a surprise to most residents. The commitment by the Children and Youth Services Minister to build the facility is a welcome note. The communities of Fort Frances and Couchiching First Nation began […]
There is a segment of the population that feels criminals, whether hardened or first-time offenders, should be cast into the deepest, darkest dungeon never to be seen or heard from again. Fortunately, the majority of people are far more reasonable—and are willing to accept initiatives aimed at rehabilitating those who […]
Full credit must go to the group of people in Emo who are spearheading the construction of a water spray park there. After months of initial discussions and legwork, the committee is now set to launch its fundraising campaign this Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo. Raising […]
Town council likely will face a tough decision sometime this summer: is the government dock at Pither’s Point worth saving. Let’s hope the answer is yes. True, as Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig pointed out this week, the dock isn’t a going concern like it was 25 years ago. The […]
You’ve got to admire—and envy—Ely, Mn. Faced with changes to fishing regulations and a flagging mining industry 30 years ago, the small town (population 3,500 in the winter months) didn’t shrivel up. Rather, it catered to the influx of canoeists to the boundary waters area to tap into a whole […]
