Staff The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau will hold its annual community Christmas dinner once again this year. The 29th-annual event is set to go Sunday, Dec. 25 from noon-2 p.m. at Knox United Church. The dinner, which is free and open to everyone, usually draws 200 or so people. Thanks […]
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Alberton council and recreation committee members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to celebrate the installation of new playground equipment, benches, and picnic tables at the Millennium Park and rink facility there. Local MPP Sarah Campbell was on hand to congratulate the township on the work it did with the $52,500 […]
Heather Latter Atikokan author and artist Sophie (Hajdu Hnatiuk) Fogg is sharing her sketches in an adult colouring book she created this fall. It is the second book she’s published as her novel, “One Our Father: Protected the rest of my family from more gunshots,” was completed last year. The […]
Heather Latter Confederation College president Jim Madder shared the “Report to the Community” during a luncheon for stakeholders Monday at the Copper River Inn here, indicating 2016 was a successful year for the regional post-secondary institute. Coming to the end of the 2013-16 strategic plan, Madder noted the focus over […]
Duane Hicks Reconciliation isn’t going to happen just by talking about residential schools—it also has to include the re-emergence of local economies where indigenous peoples can participate. This mindset change lies at the crux of “An Army of Problem Solvers: Reconciliation and the Solutions Economy,” a new book written by […]
From the OPP On Saturday at 3:30 a.m., Rainy River District OPP officers received a complaint about a motor vehicle on Highway 11 in Dawson Township. Shortly afterwards, officers received another complaint that the vehicle had left the roadway before coming to rest on railway tracks belonging to Canadian National […]
From the OPP On Dec. 2 around 5:15 p.m., the Manitouwadge/Marathon OPP responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision involving two pickup trucks on Highway 614 about 16 km south of Manitouwadge. Police and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended the scene and determined a northbound Dodge Ram pickup impacted […]
From the OPP On Wednesday around 2:20 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers were conducting a Festive R.I.D.E. check at the intersection of Highway 600 and 621. After speaking with the driver of the vehicle, it was determined two occupants had outstanding warrants for arrest. Both individuals, a 38-year-old man […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP and the Town of Fort Frances’ Bylaw Department wish to advise the public that the operation off-road vehicles is illegal here. The operation of OVRs is prohibited at all times within the Town of Fort Frances, according to the Bylaw 46/15. Operators […]
Joey Payeur Darryl McLeod followed in his father’s footsteps—and the path wound up lasting more than three-and-a-half decades. Last month marked the end of McLeod’s 37-year career with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, 34 of which were spent here in Fort Frances. The Red Lake native knew early […]
Heather Latter Maria Gilbert was thrilled to see the joy on the faces of students in the “Best Buddies” program at Fort Frances High School yesterday morning as they viewed the toys, games, and supplies lining the table in a classroom. Gilbert, a Grade 11 student there, purchased and donated […]
Heather Latter An idea of having a youth centre in Fort Frances has been brought forward and a small group is looking into the possibility. June Caul, who sits on town council, said she and John Beaton recently sat down with a high school student who thought a youth centre […]
