What are you doing with the pile of outdated glasses shoved in the back of the dreaded junk drawer or taking up space in the bottom of your purse? The Fort Frances High School Leo Club is looking for donations of old eyeglasses, lenses, and frames and today launched its […]
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The Associates of St. Marguerite du Ville are holding their annual coat drive at the end of the month and are looking for donations of coats. The coats will be available for those in need of warm clothing as the temperature continues to drop. Winter coats for men, women, and […]
Members of the Fort Frances OPP responded Thanksgiving Monday to a missing hunter incident. Jozsef Fiser, 59, of Hamilton, Ont., was hunting on Beaver House Road, located in the Flanders area near Atikokan, on Sunday when he failed to return to camp. His hunting party searched that night for him […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its 12th-annual business awards with a full slate of nominees. Chamber manager Dawn Booth said yesterday a surge of names came in by Tuesday morning, translating into 93 nominations for a total of 84 different nominees. This year’s nominees are […]
Know someone who has contributed much of their time and effort to the community, and who you feel is deserving of the title “Citizen of the Year 2007?” The town’s “Citizen of the Year” selection committee is asking the public to start thinking about individuals who have made a difference […]
While there’s no guarantee they’ll get them, those planning on buying tickets at the box office for “An Evening with Billy Andrusco” tonight at the Townshend Theatre may be in luck. Concert organizer Bill Gushulak said this morning about 50 tickets were unsold, and that it’s possible some of those […]
On Saturday around 3 a.m., members of the Fort Frances OPP responded to an intrusion alarm at the Fort Frances Museum on Scott Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered the building had been broken into. A search resulted in a male young offender being arrested. The accused later was released from […]
While the New Democratic Party did not gain any seats at Queen’s Park, the atmosphere was undeniably celebratory last night as Fort Frances native Howard Hampton was re-elected as MPP for the Kenora-Rainy River riding in an overwhelming victory. Hampton received 14,280 votes for a lion’s share—60.6 percent—of the total […]
The local 908 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron has begun a new year—and is looking for new recruits. And if anyone ever needed examples of what heights air cadets can soar to, they need not look further than flight sergeants Ryan Wood and Jordan Manty. At training camps over the […]
This year’s Border Concert series was launched in fine style last Thursday (Oct. 4) with the appearance of The State Symphony Capella of Russia. The 48-voice mixed choir filled Backus Auditorium in International Falls with the deep, rich music of some of Russia’s most celebrate composers. Under the precise direction […]
There will be a planned power interruption to 3,762 Hydro One customers from the Fort Frances town boundary west to Rainy River this Sunday (Oct. 14) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This includes the communities of La Vallee, Devlin, Emo, Chapple, Barwick, Morley, Pinewood, Dawson, Sleeman, and Rainy River. This interruption […]
This year’s “Luncheon of Hope” is set for Saturday, Oct. 20 at La Place Rendez-Vous. Tickets cost $25 each, and are on sale now at Pharmasave, Shoppers Drug Mart, Emo Health Centre, Rainy River Health Centre, and La Verendrye Hospital. The Rainy River District Breast Health Network is pleased to […]
