FORT FRANCES—OPP detachment commander Insp. Dave Lucas delivered a quarterly activity report to town council Monday night, with numbers indicating there’s been fewer calls to police compared to the same point last year. For the period ending June 30, there have been 1,740 calls for service, compared to 1,889 in […]
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“Tugnut” is on tour and will be performing one show only here in town tonight at the UMAYC (corner of Mowat Avenue and First Street East). Featuring Rainy River District natives Steve Vargas and Joe Egan, along with their bassist from Mississauga, the band currently is on its “Ode to […]
By yesterday evening, the forest fire management program in Northwestern Ontario had responded to 54 new blazes—bringing the number of active fires in the region to 242. The massive firefighting effort being carried out by FireRanger crews, air attack, and service and support personnel is making some headway, with multiple […]
FORT FRANCES—A landing pad for helicopters to transport people for emergency purposes will be the topic of one of the presentations on the agenda at Monday night’s town council meeting. Dan McCormick, health services manager with the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, will give an update on the […]
FORT FRANCES—With the nomination deadline in less than three weeks, more nominees for the local municipal and school board elections are coming in. Coun. John Albanese filed his nomination papers Friday, joining the list of those running for seats on town council. That list so far includes Andrew Hallikas, a […]
Ministry of Natural Resources’ FireRanger crews from Fort Frances are having a hard time keeping up with multiple forest fire starts. Ten to 15 small fires were detected each day over the weekend and extinguished. Fire crews, in some cases, no sooner were finished working on one fire when they […]
FORT FRANCES—After holding its annual general meeting Wednesday night, the “tour de Fort” board of directors is remaining positive about passport sales and plans on going ahead with its 2006-07 concert series as scheduled. “Our tickets sales are over 300 now. We’re looking at about 130 to go,” president Dave […]
FORT FRANCES—Four FireRanger crews were establishing hose lines Friday morning in an effort to suppress a forest fire that ignited Thursday in the Preacher Lake area, just west of Burditt Lake (about 30 km north of Emo), the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. The 26-hectare blaze, which was reported around […]
Tickets are still available for the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s summer raffle, featuring a grand prize of $5,000, which will be drawn on Nov. 10. They are available at the Volunteer Bureau (located in the old CN station) as well as various locations around town. The September early-bird winner was […]
FORT FRANCES—The Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is on the lookout for people to give the “gift of life” at its fall donor clinic coming up Sept. 25-26 at Fort Frances High School. Spokesperson Harvey Heather said Thursday morning that people should note this is a change from past years. The […]
FORT FRANCES—In a move to create one fair and consistent property assessment system across the province, the Ontario government has decided to proceed with provincial land tax (PLT) reform—with legislation slated to be introduced this fall. If passed, the government will implement a current value property assessment (CVA) system in […]
FORT FRANCES—With a little over two weeks to go, the Fort Frances Museum is looking for more chili chefs for its “Great Chili Cook-off” slated on Friday, Sept. 22. Museum curator and organizer Pam Hawley said yesterday six teams have confirmed their participation so far, including the United Native Friendship […]
