With summer well underway but without the typical dry heat to show for it, Bill Laidlaw, consulting meteorologist and owner of Signal Weather Services, said while this is a cooler year compared to others, this is not a first nor will it be the last. The most recent set of […]
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Fort Frances may be too far south to bear the brunt of the Ontario government’s announcement last week to preserve large areas of northern wilderness and reopen the mining act, but the impact of these changes remain unclear for local industry. “I can’t speak for all of industry, but certainly […]
“Faber Drive” is coming back by popular demand—and bringing a rock show sure to satisfy returning fans and blow the socks off newcomers. Adam Armit and his company, WildFire, opted to bring the popular rock band back to Fort Frances on Aug. 7 after Faber Drive’s stellar first show at […]
FORT FRANCES—The Town of Fort Frances will be holding a meeting this fall to gauge interest from potential property developers and unit buyers to see if building another condominium here is a feasible venture down the road. Local economic development officer Geoff Gillon said the meeting is a follow-up from […]
FORT FRANCES—A 75-hectare area of Goose Island officially has been designated as a provincial park by the Ontario government. “It’s fabulous. It’s been a long-time coming,” said James Duncan, associate regional vice-president for the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Ontario region. “This was always the intent of acquiring the island, to […]
FORT FRANCES—Whether its escorting police officers on marine patrol or promoting the “Lock It or Lose It” campaign, the local detachment of the OPP has four students lending it extra hands this summer. Cody Van Drunen, Dayton Brown, Mitch Cain, and Jenna Nowak have been working with the OPP under […]
FORT FRANCES—Moving newborns who require specialized care just got much easier for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. with the addition of a new neonatal transport incubator. The Voyager transport incubator was delivered to La Verendrye Hospital here last week, arriving with Phil Fish of Airborne Life Support Systems, a division […]
The talent really hit the stage last night at the annual “Kiddie Quest” and “Quest for the Best” shows under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. Dubbed by many as the best “Quest” in a long time, the judges really had their work cut out for them. Although […]
FORT FRANCES—Megan Schaenzer, a high school student from Minneapolis, crossed the border here Saturday at 10:30 a.m. after covering almost 485 km on foot. Schaenzer, 17, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes last May. But after learning of her condition, she decided she wasn’t going to take it lying down. Instead, […]
Children’s birthday parties and family gatherings are the target for a new laser business in town. The first of its kind in the district, Outlast Laser Sports is a family-owned business operated by local residents Corey and Natalie Cousineau along with Andrew and Lorraine Peters. The young group—all born and […]
FORT FRANCES—While the company is making changes to the way it operates in Fort Frances, Shaw has vowed to try and keep aspects of local programming viewers here are used to, including town council meetings. Deb Avis, vice-president of marketing for Shaw Cablesystems, said Monday that Shaw general manager Doug […]
More than 300 people showed up at the Memorial Sports Centre here yesterday to see one of their own who has gone on to reach the highest hockey stage. Duncan Keith, a defenceman with the Chicago Blackhawks who got his start while playing in the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, […]
