Some of the district’s finest businesses and individuals were in the spotlight Saturday night during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 11th-annual business awards. More than 150 people attended the gala at La Place Rendez-Vous to see 12 awards handed out. The Fort Frances Clinic Dispensary was named Business of […]
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As part of its long-term plan for the outdoor rinks in Fort Frances, the town held a public meeting last Thursday night to get input from what local residents wanted to see. And after getting some suggestions from three people, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown is preparing the plan […]
While Fort Frances voters only started to receive their mail-in ballots for the Nov. 13 municipal election on Friday, they already are flooding into the Civic Centre. Assistant returning officer Lori Pattison noted yesterday afternoon that a total of 1,112 ballots have been returned since Friday. A whopping 739 came […]
The Legion Br. #29 Ladies Auxiliary reminds everyone that their annual Remembrance Day tea will be held this Sunday (Nov. 5) from 2-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Legion. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for kids under 10. Refreshments will be served in the upstairs hall while downstairs […]
The spirit of community service is alive and well at Robert Moore School. The school’s Builders Club—a junior version of the Kiwanis Club—held its installation of officers Thursday night. Tanner Bell was named president, Carra Onichuk vice-president, Jenna Wilson secretary, and Alexa Lesperance treasurer. Also installed into office were Paige […]
FORT FRANCES—An immigration study completed by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. has been reviewed by the Regional Economic Development Committee (REDC), and the RRFDC now will move forward with some of the recommendations in the report. “The primary step is to put together some kind of immigration committee to […]
FORT FRANCES—A slight delay in the availability of a new transformer for the Fort Frances Museum means staff won’t be moving back into the building until early January, instead of next month as originally planned. “The contractors will essentially have everything else done by then,” museum curator Pam Hawley noted. […]
The Fort Frances OPP is investigating the theft of a boat and motor. Sometime last week, someone stole an Aluminaire skiff with a 25 h.p. Yamaha motor that was parked in the alleyway of the 600 block of Armit Avenue. Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call […]
While there has been a delay in planned renovations at the local Canada Safeway store, the changes will go ahead and are expected to be completed in December. “Plans haven’t changed for that store. They are proceeding,” said John Graham, manager of public affairs for Canada Safeway. “However, they were […]
Most of the eligible voters in Fort Frances should have received their mail-in ballot packages by now for the Nov. 13 election, and in fact a total of 275 ballots already have come back. But town clerk and returning officer Glenn Treftlin said yesterday afternoon it’s quite likely there’s at […]
My name is Gerry Rousseau and I am a self-employed electrical contractor. I have been a trustee for 12 years with the former Fort Frances-Rainy River District Roman Catholic Separate School Board and, more recently, with the Northwest Catholic District School Board, including years in the position of vice-chair and […]
Some of the district’s finest businesses and individuals were in the spotlight Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 11th-annual business awards. Ed Kaun & Sons won the Business of the Year Award (16+ employees) while the Fort Frances Clinic Dispensary was honoured as […]
