FORT FRANCES—Pet owners who stroll along the riverfront are being asked to keep their four-legged friends from urinating on the lamp posts that line the walkway. Due to high traffic and excessive pet urination around the light standard bases, their shinny black finish has started to corrode, said Sharon Gurski […]
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For the sixth-straight year, the town has received money from the Moffat Family Fund to dispense to local groups and service clubs aimed at helping youths and families. Monday night, a total of $54,000 in Moffat Foundation grant awards were presented to 10 successful applicants. The Salvation Army received $11,100 […]
FORT FRANCES—Giving town council an update on ongoing summer construction projects here, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Monday night he doesn’t expect to see the Portage Avenue underpass being completed this year. “I see the completion of the wall on the east side and the soil anchors, but […]
With rising fuel costs and the growing popularity of healthy living, many are looking to the consumption of local foods as the answer. While people who live in a major city may not have the best access to locally-grown produce or meat, Fort Frances is in a prime location with […]
What’s the ideal way to celebrate a fishing tournament victory? How about a trip to Las Vegas. Jeff Gustafson had a pre-planned trip to Vegas this week for the annual International Convention of Allied Sportsfishing Trades, but will be bringing with him a little extra spending money after he and […]
After a full year of planning and grunt work in preparation for the 14th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, new chairman Tom Fry likes where things are headed with less than a week to go—for the most part, at least. “It’s been quite an experience over the past 10 to […]
The town will go ahead and decommission traffic lights at the intersection of Mowat Avenue and Church Street in the near future. Town council amended the Traffic Control Bylaw last night to get rid of the traffic lights and replace them with two yield signs along Mowat Avenue and two […]
The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) is hosting its annual Odd Job Week from July 14-18. As part of the festivities, an Odd Job Scavenger Hunt is planned for Thursday (July 17) from noon-3 p.m. on Scott Street. Participants either can sign up alone or with a […]
The public is encouraged to have their say tonight as to whether or not the town should decommission traffic lights at the intersection of Mowat Avenue and Church Street. As reported last month, a traffic count conducted in May found traffic at that intersection had declined to such a point […]
A house on Boucher Road in Watten Township, near Nickel Lake, was struck by lighting and burned to the ground around noon Friday. The Watten volunteer fire department battled the blaze, with assistance from the Couchiching Fire Department under a “mutual need request.” The roof was fully engulfed in flames […]
The Icebox Radio Theater will hold auditions for a variety of summer projects on Monday (July 14) at 7 p.m. at the Rainy River Community College theater in International Falls. Actors and sound effects artists will be needed. The IBRT, fresh from live performances in the Twin Cities over the […]
It’s official—the CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital here will be fully operational on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Patti Johnson, manager of diagnostic imaging for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., said yesterday that work on the CT scanner room is continuing in preparation for the new equipment, which is scheduled to […]
