Town council agreed at its regular meeting Monday night to donate the fee for the rental of the Townshend Theatre for a tsunami fundraiser concert being staged tomorrow evening (Jan. 27) by the Fort Frances Ministerial Association. This fee will come out of the town’s public relations budget, and is […]
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There is no mistaking Penny Logan’s work during a visit to the Fine Line Art Gallery. Her distinctive, one-of-a-kind carved wooden characters highlight a fascination with the human face. “I have always been interested in people’s faces and how each face tells a different story,” said Logan, who was born […]
For the second time in seven months, the town is asking motorists who have to wait more than five minutes at the McIrvine Road rail crossing to speak up so it can lobby CN to eliminate the delays. “I have for some time, and today once again, received calls and […]
I don’t know of one person that isn’t mesmerized when they see a hummingbird. Hummingbirds make their home in the forest and in urban settings. I am always utterly amazed when I see one in the depths of the forest miles away from any roads, or flowerbeds for that matter. […]
Lionel Berg grew up in Dewart, and went to school at Sturgeon Creek and Fort Frances. He has spent the past four months in hospital, including two of them in Winnipeg. Then on Nov. 27, he was admitted to La Verendrye in Fort Frances, where he still is recovering from […]
With recent reports of graffiti and messes left in dressing rooms at the Memorial Sports Centre, town council sent a message Monday night that such behaviour won’t be tolerated. Mayor Dan Onichuk recalled that about a year ago, the town worked to eliminate vandalism at the arena to much success. […]
Things are looking up for a little beaver named Li’l Amik. The committee that had been looking to resurrect the Li’l Amik Winter Carnival here met last night to discuss activities and possible venues—and found they have enough to fill a day and an evening. “It looks positive,” said Geoff […]
FORT FRANCES—For the second time in seven months, the town is asking motorists who have to wait more than five minutes at the McIrvine Road rail crossing to speak up so it can lobby CN to eliminate the delays. “I have for some time, and today once again, received calls […]
FORT FRANCES—Fort Frances OPP detachment commander S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis told town council Monday night that police have been very busy here in 2004, with increases in the number of charges in most enforcement areas. “There was certainly an increase in Highway Traffic Act enforcement in 2004,” noted S/Sgt. Dennis. “This […]
FORT FRANCES—Rainycrest Home for the Aged administrator Jill Colquhoun plans to retire in March. Her letter to the home’s board of management was accepted during its regular monthly meeting here Tuesday. Colquhoun said she enjoyed her time at Rainycrest and learned a great deal from the many challenges it has […]
FORT FRANCES—The issue of whether the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 should be amended to allow councillors and trustees to sit for four-year terms is dead here after it was given a thumbs down by town council Monday night. Originally coming before council as a request from the Municipality of Clarington […]
FORT FRANCES—La Verendrye Hospital here is donating a large amount of medical equipment for use in a remote area of China through an outreach project co-organized by local lawyer Lawrence Eustace. Marna Martin, a registered nurse in surgical services at La Verendrye, said she saw an article in the Times […]
