The Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances held its annual Valentine’s meeting last Thursday at La Place Rendez-Vous, with 15 members and their sweethearts present. The guest speakers for the day were Anne Marie Vanderaa, with the Coming Together for Kids Coalition, and Grace Silander of the Rainy River District Safety […]
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Fort Frances High School administration and the Rainy River District School Board are trying to resolve a testy situation after a controversial video involving six students was posted on the Internet. The roughly two-minute long video depicts the non-native female students dancing to the sounds of a pow-wow while acting […]
Drawing a sold-out crowd of more than 270 people, the 10th-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner held Sunday night at La Place Rendez-Vous raised about $19,000 to provide financial aid to local families facing medical expenses. The guest speakers for the evening all said they had no doubt the money raised […]
Those who enjoy the musical hits of ABBA, Rod Stewart, and Tina Turner won’t want to miss a concert slated for Saturday, March 1 at the Townshend Theatre here. “ABBAmania” will offer up one night of performances by these legends, featuring Dave Battah as Stewart, Sonia Ndongmo as Turner, and […]
After selling every last one of the tapestries made for the town’s centennial in 2003, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is aiming to bring them back again this year. Chamber officer manager Dawn Booth said yesterday the initiative has been in discussion by the Chamber’s events, projects, and marketing […]
With the deadline having elapsed Friday, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. has a total of 35 district businesses participating in its fifth-annual customer service challenge. “The last couple days, they’ve been coming in,” program co-ordinator Crystal Godbout said late Friday. “We reached 29, and I was excited. We reached […]
Do you have old bottles of pills and capsules that you never used up just sitting on a shelf in your house? Well, now is the time to toss them out! The local seniors’ coalition, sponsored by the New Horizons for Seniors Programing, is holding its third-annual “Medicine Cabinet Cleanout […]
Town council last night referred a request from the Downtown Scott Street Business Improvement Association for recycling pick-up to the Operations and Facilities executive committee for its recommendation. “In the Downtown BIA, we have 53 different buildings housing over 84 businesses/offices creating recyclable waste,” BIA chair Russ Ling wrote in […]
Town delegates hope to get answers from politicians regarding local issues next week when they attend the Ontario Good Roads Association/Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. John Albanese, Andrew Hallikas, and Paul Ryan, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig will be attending the conference, which […]
FORT FRANCES—No charges will be laid in connection to a video involving six Fort Frances High School students and then posted on the Internet after a police investigation determined the video was not criminal in nature. The roughly two-minute long video depicted the non-native female students dancing to the sounds […]
Local residents will hear emergency sirens tomorrow at 2 p.m. but there will be no reason to panic—it’s just a test. The Fort Frances Municipal Control Group will be holding an emergency exercise tomorrow afternoon to simulate a real disaster—and gauge how well prepared it is if something were to […]
Among a list of numerous requests town council will receive at tonight’s regular meeting, the Downtown Scott Street Business Improvement Association is asking for alleyside recycling pickup on a weekly basis. In a letter to council, BIA chair Russ Ling noted the BIA board polled its membership and found all […]
