The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce kick-started its 2008 strategic planning process with a session on Tuesday, and will present its tentative findings to the general membership for approval next month. Chamber manager Dawn Booth said yesterday about 15 Chamber members attended Tuesday’s planning session, which took place between 10 […]
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More than $15,179 was raised in 2007 by the Fort Frances Wal-Mart’s in-store fundraising and sponsored activities for local community groups and a range of national charities. The local charities that received much-needed financial support from the store were selected by Wal-Mart associates. The 2007 fundraising activities included raising $1,149 […]
tour de Fort’s final performance of the 2007-08 season is set to rock the Townshend Theatre here this Sunday (March 30) at 7:30 p.m. with three Canadian artists who own the stage with their music and performing styles. Guitarist and singer Matt Anderson, an East Coast Music Award nominee, fills […]
A ceremony was held at Confederation College here last Tuesday (March 18) to celebrate student achievement. The first portion of the ceremony involved the presentation of certificates to the graduates of the Women in Skilled Trades/Multi-Skilling Program, which offered participants the academic requirements and the opportunity to explore a range […]
During the late afternoon of March 4, someone believed to be a young male left death threats on the voicemail system of the Falls High School in International Falls, Mn. On March 5, at around 11:25 a.m., a second threat was received at the high school. The second threat left […]
Yes, the daffodils are in transit! We’ve received word from Lesley Thorley, the new Cancer Society daffodil co-ordinator in Thunder Bay, that the daffodils were due to arrive here in Fort Frances earlier this week. As in past years, Bill Plumridge and the staff at The Beer Store volunteer space […]
Well-known Thunder Bay artist Peter Humeniuk will be holding a weekend watercolour workshop called “The Colour of Music” on April 5-6 at the Little Beaver Snow Park here. “He’s holding it at cost, kind of as a promotional thing,” explained Bob Hamilton, owner of Little Beaver Snow Park and a […]
District residents have until the end of March to participate for a chance to win in the local seniors’ coalition’s third-annual “Medicine Cabinet Cleanout Contest.” The purpose of the contest, sponsored by the New Horizons for Seniors Programing, is to encourage people to safely dispose of their medicine so that […]
Town council won’t be creating a policy stating future council vacancies have to be filled by succession, not a byelection. On Monday evening, council voted in favour of a recommendation from the Administration and Finance executive committee stating “council not adopt any policy that would limit its options available to […]
Organizers of a “unity walk” held here on Good Friday believe the event certainly took the first step on the path to overcoming racism locally. Plenty of aboriginal and non-aboriginal people participated in “Biimosetaa Walking Together to Overcome Racism,” as well as at the celebration that followed at the Nanicost […]
In a 4-3 vote Monday night, council elected to move forward with the process to re-zone and sell off property at the northwest corner of Nelson Street and Williams Avenue to be developed into five housing lots. The recommendation came forward from the Planing and Development executive committee after a […]
Fort Frances High School students will take to the Townshend Theatre stage tonight during their opening-night performance of the Tony-Award winning musical “Bye Bye Birdie.” The production, a satire on American society set in 1958, centres around superstar Conrad Birdie—a character based on popular icon Elvis Presley—and the complications that […]
