FORT FRANCES—Music-lovers can enjoy the sounds of pipes and drum music—and help support a local community group at the same time—now that the Fort Frances Highlanders’ first-ever CD, “Border Crossings,” went on sale this week. Pipe major Dr. Bruce Lidkea said Wednesday he just received the shipment of new CDs […]
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Mary-Catherine Kelly, director of the Northwest Catholic District School Board, yesterday announced the board has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Literacy/Numeracy Secretariat of the Ministry of Education. The project is called “Leading and Learning—Digging Deeper to Improve Student Achievement.” This project will concentrate on further developing the leadership […]
Those interested in attending the upcoming Youth Health and Wellness Conference at La Place Rendez-Vous here on March 27-28 still can register as space is still available. Presented by Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and the Métis Nation of Ontario Health Branch Services, the two-day workshop will highlight such topics as […]
After months of setting up interviews and sending out surveys, the local Business Retention & Expansion project has collected more than 80 surveys to date. The deadline for surveys was Feb. 29 but to give time to reach its goal of 100 surveys, Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce community development […]
With plans well underway for the third-annual Women’s Health Symposium here, organizers are extending the exhibitor registration deadline to March 26 in order to make this year’s event bigger and better than past years. Entitled “Indulge, Inspire, Inform, and Go Green,” exhibitors are encouraged to embrace this year’s theme as […]
A community event, “Bii-mos-e-taa, Walking Together to Overcome Racism” will be held in Fort Frances on Friday, March 21. The walk will begin at 2 p.m. at the United Native Friendship Centre, located at 516 Portage Ave., and will circle the downtown area. Afterwards, a celebration and feast will be […]
With the Fine Line Art Gallery’s spring art exhibit, “Think Green,” coming up next month, interested artists are encouraged to get their entries in by the end of March so staff have time to set it up. Fine Line co-op member Jean Richards said last week the show will include […]
When you buy a bunch of daffodils, you’re helping the Canadian Cancer Society fund important research that will help more Canadians survive cancer. Fort Frances Beta Sigma Phi members once again are proud to support these efforts to fight cancer. At the same time, it gives us all a chance […]
The Fort Frances Wal-Mart once again has shown its commitment to Canadian children by partnering with Breakfast Clubs of Canada to “Give Them a Taste for Learning.” The campaign will raise awareness and funds for school nutrition programs nationwide. Research shows poor nutrition has a direct effect on learning. If […]
While providing curbside collection of recyclables for downtown businesses falls outside of the town’s mandate, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said yesterday there are other options for Industrial Commercial Institutional (ICI) sector customers. “There’s ways of doing it. Here in town, anyone can phone Asselin Transportation and Storage and […]
With an greater focus on drug enforcement in Fort Frances, local OPP officers laid 61 percent more drug-related charges in 2007 than the year before. “There’s really no evidence for me to say that the drug issues have increased in the last few years, it’s just that we’ve dedicated more […]
FORT FRANCES—As dictated by provincial legislation, the town’s first round of semi-annual lead testing was completed prior to the April 15 deadline. But while nearly all the tests came back fine, due to one non-residential test result which exceeded half the standard prescribed for lead, the town will be required […]
