By Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com

Last week we read a story about Marilou Amarille who was one of the first international students in Fort Frances. Our phone call was almost an hour long and despite the distance and barrier of technology, it felt like we were sitting around a kitchen table telling stories. Perhaps it’s […]

By Liz Adam
Certified Life Coach

Probably only the most avid of winter sports fans are happy that summer is over and winter has unofficially arrived rather unceremoniously on Remembrance Day when enough snow fell that we could only face the cold hard facts. For most of us, letting go of summer is at least a […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

After so many years of COVID-induced haze, it’s beginning to finally feel like life is going back to normal. What’s my benchmark for that assessment? It’s not the many social events that have come back, not the in-person fundraisers and blowout business sales. It’s the arts. In the past few […]

By Megan Walchuk
mwalchuk@fortfrances.com

I married a gardener, which by default makes me one, too. And anyone who knows my husband, knows he doesn’t do anything in a small way – an interest that started as a little raised bed in his parents’ backyard has ballooned into a small acreage, which keeps our family […]