As a follow-up to the draft report presented at an open house here back in October, town council will receive a presentation from Heather Cram, of consultants Hilderman Thomas Frank and Cram, regarding an active transportation plan for Fort Frances at its regular meeting tonight While Cram was here for […]
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All of the 410 tickets for the upcoming “Faber Drive” concert have been sold. “They went on sale Thursday and were gone on Friday by lunch, so they sold out in a day-and-a-half,” said Adam Armit, who is responsible for bringing the group to town. “The same show is in […]
Local youths will have no excuse to stay indoors and play video games during March Break next week as the town is offering a number of activities for them to do. Tying into its new “Passions! Threadworks 2007: Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts” exhibit, which will run until April 12, […]
The Rainy River District School Board continues to work steadily at restoring J.W. Walker to a state where it’s usable and safe for its students once again. But Education Director Jack McMaster said this morning parents should know that students will continue to go to their alternative accommodations when they […]
MONTREAL—Forestry and newsprint giant AbitibiBowater broke off talks with its union yesterday after workers flatly refused to agree to wage and pension concessions the company said are desperately needed to lower operating costs. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union announced negotiations between the Montreal company and 30 CEP locals representing […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with The UPS Store, is encouraging area residents to grab their cameras and capture the essence of Rainy River District with their second-annual amateur photo contest. “We introduced the contest at our Home & Leisure Show last year with great success,” said […]
A Fort Frances man remained in critical condition at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital as of press time today following a single-vehicle accident here early Tuesday afternoon. The driver, John MacRory, was critically injured when his Dodge Caravan collided with a utility pole on the 100 block of Third Street West, […]
Classes at International Falls schools were cancelled again today after a second threat was called in declaring a bomb would be on campus at 11 a.m., according to school officials. Evidence concludes the caller was the same person who had called in a threat of violence left on an International […]
Fort Frances OPP reported late this morning that a missing Fort Frances teen had been located safe in the Thunder Bay area. Kayla Wayash, 16, had been last seen in front of the Adventure Inn here last Wednesday (Feb. 27). It was believed she had gotten into a white van […]
The Fort Frances Museum welcomes you to “Passions Threadworks 2007: A Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts.” Fort Frances has hosted past “Threadworks” exhibitions from the Ontario Association of Needleworkers, including “Navigations” in 1999, “Elements” in 2002, and “Garden Party” in 2004. Of the hundreds of entries, 60 were chosen by […]
The Fort Frances Airport will receive $4,700 as its share of Transport Canada’s $40-million funding injection into 49 safety projects at the nation’s airports. The money will be used for a decelerometer, Airport and Parks Superintendent Bill Caul noted last week, which is used to test braking action on the […]
International Women’s Day is March 8 and the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (Rainy River District local) is observing the event with a celebration at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau on March 6. “It’s a celebration of women,” stressed organizer Lorina Fryer, noting everyone is welcome to attend (both men […]
