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The Town has announced that swimming lessons will be returning in the new year. A release issues this week stated that effective January 3, 2023, all swimming lessons (including Board of Education lessons), will resume, as a reduced capacity. Staffing shortages have resulted in the suspension of some programming for […]

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Town of Fort Frances Bylaw Department are reminding residents in Fort Frances that calendar parking is in effect year round within the town. With expected snow in the next few days, officers will be out issuing parking […]

Danielle Marshall has taken on the role of new Curator at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre. Marshall comes to Fort Frances from southern Ontario where she worked at a variety of museums in different roles over the years. “I liked the idea of just being somewhere for a […]

On Nov. 28 the Make a Big Splash Spray Park Advisory Committee brought its final proposed designs to Fort Frances Town Council on Nov. 28. With a finalized plan, the group now has an idea of cost and can move into the fundraising stage of the project. The design was […]

No one wants to think about spending their Christmas holidays in the hospital, but recent funding from the provincial government means that critical healthcare services will be able to continue to provide care to the public and keep an eye on future opportunities. Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford was at […]

Springboarding off of its resoundingly successful musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Row i Theatre company is launching weekly drama groups for both kids and adults starting in January. Trevor Barker is the director of Row i and will be hosting performing arts courses in January. One class is for students in […]

Many are reflecting on the year that has passed, including Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the North Western Health Unit (NWHU), who shared a word of thanks to staff, partners, and the public for their continued efforts, and reminded everyone to protect their loved ones during the […]

Local actor Scott Barker, best known for appearances in Amazon Original ‘Reacher’ and the Hallmark classic ‘Christmas in Montana,’ revisits his life in film and the friendships made when away from home on the holidays. The movie screen casted light upon a sparse audience. In one of the rows, Scott […]

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A traffic stop in the downtown core, ended with an arrest and a suspended driver being charged with an impaired driving offence. On December 17, 2022 just before midnight a member of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic […]

A delegation of concerned citizens made the trek to the Fort Frances Civic Centre this week to state their case for improvements to their part of town. A number of residents of Cornwall Avenue North were at the meeting of Fort Frances Town Council on Monday night to submit a […]

When user fees increase for many in Fort Frances come next year, more groups who are already locked into their plans for a season may see some temporary exemptions. During Monday night’s meeting of the Town of Fort Frances Council, a report outlining the proposed changes to the 2023 user […]