After giving the go-ahead to proceed with installing playground equipment at three local parks, town council also agreed Monday night to consider replacing that which was removed from Pither’s Point Park last summer. “That is an area where a lot of people from the community go,” said Mayor Dan Onichuk, […]
Local News
Motorists will have to slow down a little when passing schools come September after town council Monday night passed a bylaw to amend the Traffic Control Bylaw and establish “school zones.” The amendment to Bylaw 10/03 means there now are “school zones” at St. Michael’s, Huffman, Robert Moore, and J.W. […]
Playground equipment will be ordered for installation at three local parks immediately if council votes tonight to accept a report it had sent back to the Operations and Facilities executive committee at its last meeting. At that July 11 meeting, council agreed to send the report regarding the playground projects […]
Norm Lindsay cried when he heard the news. And it was with due right that his eyes looked like two sinks spilling over with water as he stood behind the stage and listened while his brother, Dave, and father, Lee, were crowned the winners of the 11th-annual Fort Frances Canadian […]
The Manitoba Motor Transport Board has approved a number of cuts in service proposed by Greyhound Canada, including two trips that pass through Fort Frances. Paul Bock, owner of North Air Services here, said the seven weekly arrivals and departures between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay will be reduced to […]
James Lindner is still the man to beat. The two-time defending champion hasn’t lost a beat with his new partner, Mike Hehner, as the duo reeled in 21.10 pounds Thursday to lead the 11th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship after the first day. “It was awesome,” said Hehner, of Baxter, […]
While the “Sensational Hot Rods” burned up the stage in front of hundreds of people at the Sorting Gap Marina last night, the party at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is just getting started. “Everyone who came out [last night] had a great time,” said FFCBC nighttime entertainment director […]
Two people were hurt, one seriously, in a single-vehicle accident that occurred just before midnight yesterday on Highway just west of the Windy Point bridge. Fort Frances OPP said a pick-up truck with two occupants was eastbound on the highway when the vehicle drifted on to the gravel shoulder. The […]
When it comes to coughing up the goods on where, or even if, they’re finding big bass during pre-fishing, anglers competing in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship aren’t exactly known for their honesty. But as they pulled their boats off Rainy Lake following Sunday’s annual Kid-Pro tournament, they certainly […]
How bad are things on the farm these days? Consider this information from an article by Ron Friesen in The Manitoba Co-operator. More than three out of every four dollars (77 percent) that Canadian producers netted in 2004 came from the government, not from crops and livestock. But that’s not […]
While still awaiting word on government funding, local fundraising for renovations at the Fort Frances Museum is coming along quite well. “We’re probably halfway there,” said museum curator Pam Hawley, noting around $37,000 already has been raised here. The goal for local donations is $75,000, not including significant pledges which […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 11th “Quest for the Best,” which saw Courtney Jourdain and Katelyn Shortreed crowned the winners of “Quest” and “Kiddie Quest,” respectively, was deemed an overwhelming success. Organizer Dawn Booth said she felt this year’s singing competition was better than ever. “Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful,” she […]
