The pilot of a float plane that crashed yesterday afternoon on Prospect Bay of Rainy Lake suffered only minor injuries, Fort Frances OPP reported this morning. Trevor Lorteau, 32, of Sioux Lookout was approaching Lakeland Aviation around 3:15 p.m. when he encountered power lines, police said. The Beech Craft model […]
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The inaugural meeting of the “Communities in Bloom” committee is slated for tonight at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre and anyone interested in helping beautify Fort Frances is welcome to attend. Helen Crook, secretary of the Fort Frances Horticultural Society, said yesterday afternoon there’s no formal agenda. But some […]
Three teens will appear in court Oct. 12 to face charges related to a series of damaged mailboxes in Alberton back in July, the OPP reported this morning. An 18-year-old Couchiching male was charged with five counts of mischief under $5,000 while a Fort Frances male, also 18, faces four […]
A Couchiching man was killed and two others were injured in a roll-over accident Saturday around 6 p.m. on Pipe Lake Road, the OPP reported this morning. The driver, Sandford Bruyere, 38, of Couchiching, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Passenger Blake Mainville […]
The Town of Fort Frances is applying to the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation for a grant to train Memorial Sports Centre staff in areas such as yoga, tai chi, and related fitness programs for older adults. “Given our current demographics and past experience, these are high-growth program areas where […]
The Valley Adult Learning Association is holding its first-ever “Laps for Literacy” five-km race this Saturday to raise both funds for—and awareness of—the local non-profit organization. But so far, it looks like not too many runners will be participating. “We’ve really had only one person call us and tell us […]
Almost exactly one year after the ban on admissions was lifted at Rainycrest Home for the Aged, administrators there are struggling to keep the home’s costs in line while keeping the deficit to a minimum. Representatives from Rainycrest met with the committee of the whole of town council in a […]
Local women, men, and children took a stand against violence Monday evening in a “Take Back the Night” march across the international bridge here. Dubbed “Hands Across the Bridge,” the rally—which demanded an end to all forms of violence against women and children—was organized to bring marchers from both sides […]
It has been a long summer for the Delbridge family of Fort Frances. Ever since their daughter, Alicia, was stricken with a mysterious, life-threatening heart ailment while visiting family in Alberta back in August, Cory and Christina’s lives have been turned upside down as they watched her struggle for life […]
Town council denied a request from the local soup kitchen known as “David’s Deli,” located at the Joy of Life Fellowship Church, to be exempted from the use of “bag tags” just because it’s a not-for-profit organization. But David’s Deli still might get a break of some sort, as the […]
According to Dr. Joseph Michelli, a renowned psychologist, consultant, author, and radio host, stress is “anything that threatens us and requires us to adapt.” It is a person’s inability to react to an inherited physiological “flight or fight” response that allows us to become stressed. But as the Colorado-based speaker […]
A Fort Frances woman died yesterday after being struck by a vehicle in the parking lot at 375 Scott St., near Gagné Pharmacy, Fort Frances OPP reported this morning. The accident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. when a 1992 Chevrolet pickup truck, being operated by a 25-year-old driver, struck the […]
