FORT FRANCES—Naotkamegwanning Emergency Medical Service recently has been established at Whitefish Bay First Nation—and is one of the first ambulance services operating in a First Nation community in the northwest region. Base supervisor Jeffrey White explained the initiative to have their own ambulance service started back in 2005. “Health services […]
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FORT FRANCES—There’s an oasis located inside the local Family and Children’s Services office, complete with shimmering lights, soothing music, and appealing aromas. To some, it might look just like a simple white room with colourful objects scattered about. But for individuals with disabilities or developmental delays, this “oasis” offers a […]
While some bruins did have to be trapped and relocated after wandering into town this summer and fall, the number of nuisance bears reported here this year was down considerably. “It’s been one of the quietest years in a long time,” municipal bylaw enforcement/animal control officer Dave Egan said Tuesday […]
Fort Frances Theatre is having a giant costume and garage sale as the troupe is downsizing in order to move to a different storage location. Weather permitting, the costume sale will take place this Saturday (Oct. 20) at 1 p.m. at the West End Hall (behind the Legion Park). If […]
Maintaining the seat he’s had since 1987, NDP leader Howard Hampton was re-elected as MPP for the Kenora-Rainy River riding in a landslide victory last Wednesday. Looking ahead to the next four years, Hampton said during his victory party at La Place Rendez-Vous that he clearly laid out issues crucial […]
Around 8 p.m. on Saturday, members of the Fort Frances OPP received a complaint regarding two people walking along the 900 block of Victoria Avenue with what was believed to be a rifle. Officers located two youths, aged 13 and 14, and discovered them to be in possession of an […]
It’s not too late to get tickets for this year’s “Luncheon of Hope,” which is set for this Saturday (Oct. 20) at La Place Rendez-Vous. “Tickets are moving,” said Teresa Hazel, chair of the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, noting that although a total of 220 tickets were printed […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will hear an update on the Managing Information for Student Achievement initiative (MISA) at its regular meeting here tonight. The initiative, now in its third and final year of funding, aims to have in place a centralized Student Management System to collect and store […]
The Fort Frances OPP would like to thank the public for their assistance in locating a 16-year-old female who went missing Saturday. The Fort Frances teen was located safely around 10 p.m. last night. She had last been seen walking away from the Training and Learning Centre in Watten Township […]
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 […]
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 […]
