Tom Fry, chairman of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, announced last week that the field for the 15th anniversary tournament in 2009 would be increased to 150 teams. As well, the entry fee for 2009 will be $1,000 (Cdn.) per team. The prize board, based on 150 teams, will […]
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Local air cadet Jackson Gillon was awarded the Top Gliding Scholarship Course Cadet (Northwestern Ontario) Award at the graduation ceremony held Friday (Aug. 15). Gillon, a cadet with 908 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Fort Frances, was selected to attend the gliding scholarship course after having achieved excellent school […]
Fort Frances summer camp trains the next set of Canadian Olympians. Junior athletes Eric Supinski and John Zajac take us through their training regime. The Youth Action Alliance braves the wet and cold in hopes of encouraging a ban on tobacco in parks and beaches. Youth leader Andy Morrish explains […]
The dog piles are getting out of hand along the riverfront walkway and through Pither’s Point Park, so the Town of Fort Frances is reminding pet owners the bylaw states they must clean up after their four-legged friends. Recently, an influx of calls from residents complaining about the increasing amount […]
From Aug. 26 through Sept. 24, the Casareto Beach and day use site on Crane Lake will be closed to visitor use during rehabilitation work on the historic Casareto cabin. The cabin was constructed in 1934 by local carpenters for the Casareto family of Worthington, Mn. as a summer retreat. […]
Nick Mainville Jr., currently one of the two representatives for the Grand Council Treaty #3 area, recently was appointed by the Ontario First Nations Young People Council to be a representative on the Assembly of First Nations’ National Young People Council. On top of his current duties, Mainville now is […]
Members of the Rainy River District Abattoir Board are excited to move ahead with their not-for-profit, community-owned abattoir. With funding of up to $500,000 just announced from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp, plans now can go ahead. After submitting an application for funding, the RRDAB waited a few months […]
When most people think of art, they think of things like paint brushes, portraits, prints, and Picasso. But for the OPP, “art” means their program to reach out to First Nation communities across the province. “The core of it is to have an open and positive relationship with the First […]
District residents will have a chance to get rid of their stockpiles of paint, oil, and other hazardous goods in a few weeks when the annual Household Hazardous Waste Day is held here Saturday, Sept. 13. The event, which runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., once again will take place at […]
School may be out for the summer, but the Fort Frances High School senior band might just be the hardest-working group in show business. Members have been spending their summer working to raise thousands of dollars for their trip to Italy next March Break. That includes giving up their Saturdays […]
In the modern, fast-paced world of all work and no play, stress really can take a toll on the mind and body of just about anybody. Luckily, the Indian tradition of yoga has been brought to our Western culture to help ease us into tranquility. Jen L’Hirondelle (nee Krag) began […]
With the aim to be up and running in April, 2009, the walls are up at the new aboriginal youth detained custody centre being built on Eighth Street here. “It remains on schedule. The new facility is expected to become operational by the spring of 2009,” said Ministry of Community […]
