Looking to stage more activities aimed at teens, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has scheduled basketball and street hockey tournaments, along with a skateboarding demonstration, during this year’s event. But registrations have been slow so far and in a push to get enough youths signed up to allow these […]
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The sun was gleaming, the fireworks dazzling, and the smiles on people’s faces likely bright enough to illuminate the sky in either’s absence. Indeed, Friday’s Canada Day celebrations here were a glowing success. “I thought everything went really well,” enthused Dawn Booth, office manager at the Fort Frances Chamber of […]
The Town of Fort Frances is on the lookout for more volunteer firefighters, with a deadline for applications coming up July 22. Fire Chief Steve Richardson said Tuesday the department currently has a complement of 20 volunteer firefighters, but is aiming to expand. “We’re looking at having three more right […]
Tickets went on sale yesterday for the local Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Quest for the Best” and new “Kiddie Quest,” which will hit the stage July 18 once again in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “We’re ready to go,” said organizer Dawn Booth, who also is office […]
The Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls in investigating the possibility of changing social service administrators in an effort to reduce the annual levy it now pays to the Kenora District Services Board. The KDSB’s funding formula is based on property assessment of member municipalities. Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls has a small […]
Town council will have a revised fee schedule for sewer and water rates before it next Monday night (July 11) after several recommendations for changes were made during a special committee of the whole meeting Tuesday. At that meeting, council and management discussed the input they’ve received from the local […]
The reconstruction of King’s Highway from McDonald’s Restaurant to Daniel Avenue continues, with work on the stretch between Keating Avenue and Holmes Avenue to start in the next two weeks. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Monday that Bay City Co. Ltd. and its subcontractors “lost some time because […]
While Bay City Contractors has been hired to build a sidewalk on the north side of King’s Highway from Daniel Avenue to Wal-Mart this summer, just how the town will pay for it remains to be seen. Originally slated as a “local improvement project” (whereby the town would pay for […]
A last-minute surge of singers signed up to compete in “Quest for the Best” and the inaugural “Kiddie Quest” last week, and both now will be sporting more contestants than initially planned. “We have 22 people confirmed for the normal ‘Quest’ and 11 for ‘Kiddie Quest,’” noted organizer Dawn Booth, […]
There should be no reason for local residents to stay indoors tomorrow as the “Fun in the Sun” committee has lined up a slew of activities for Canada Day. Festivities will kick off with the Legion Ladies Auxiliary’s pancake breakfast from 7-9:30 a.m. at the Legion. The cost is $5 […]
While Bay City Contractors has been hired to build a sidewalk on the north side of King’s Highway from Daniel Avenue to Wal-Mart this summer, just how the town will pay for it remains to be seen. Originally slated as a “local improvement project” (whereby the town would pay for […]
Nicickousemenecaning First Nation has begun the first phase of a long-term development project on the band’s reserve on Rainy Lake. The project is located on Swell Bay, at the edge of the band’s reserve near Bear’s Pass, and is scheduled for completion next year. Nicickousemenecaning Chief Gary Allen said Monday […]
