One of the most ironic events of the summer is hearing one’s children complain that they are bored! Boredom must be a terrible thing—at least the way they go on about it. I do confess to having little tolerance for boring conversations if I can help it. Some people are […]
Local News
A total of 32 local individuals and organizations—looking to get a share of the $50,000 the town has been allotted by the Moffat Family Fund—filed their applications last month. Now, 12 of those have been chosen by the local Moffat Family Fund committee and forwarded to the Winnipeg Foundation for […]
A discussion on provincial tax reform last Wednesday at La Place Rendez-Vous here, including representatives from municipalities and unorganized areas in the district as well as the Ministry of Finance, may have been the start of a long-overdue process. The consultation was one of 11 being facilitated by the Ministry […]
Talk to any police officer and the chances are he or she will tell you their jobs can be boring, stressful, and frustrating, with occasional moments of excitement and fear. But one local officer recently had an experience that was the highlight of his 10-year career—and one that touched him […]
The first item on the agenda for tonight’s regular council meeting is a public hearing regarding tax adjustments for local properties. A total of eight applications have been made to the town since January, 2003 for reductions in property assessments. The rationale for these reductions is the property assessments don’t […]
“Face Mental Illness” was chosen as this year’s theme of Mental Illness Awareness Week to raise general awareness of mental illness by showing us human faces of those living with a mental illness. The hope of the week is to not only raise awareness in our community, but to reduce […]
The story in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin regarding the riverbank cleanup by students from Robert Moore School was incomplete as of press time. In fact, all eight classes at the school—Grades 1 through 8—were involved in the project, which also included cleaning up Lions Park on Second Street East. The students […]
Tickets were still available at last report for tonight’s exhibition clash here between the Manitoba Moose and Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Tickets, which cost $20 in advance, were available at La Place Rendez-Vous, the […]
The Fort Frances waterfront is looking a little cleaner today, thanks to the efforts of some of the town’s youngest citizens. Three classes from Robert Moore School spent Thursday morning scouring the riverbank from Crowe Avenue to the Sorting Gap Marina—and came up with an astonishing amount of other people’s […]
The final entries for the 2005 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship were selected by lottery at La Place Rendez-Vous last night. The top 46 names drawn from the 141 entries now have until Nov. 1 to confirm that they still want to be entered into the FFCBC next, and must […]
A town institution may be closing this month after more than 80 years in business. The East End Confectionery, owned by Neil and Doreen Kabel and Tara and Scott Hamilton, currently is having a liquidation sale in preparation for closing its doors. “I’m figuring we’ll probably close by the 16th […]
Niels Nijssen, a 17-year-old student from Holland, has been adapting to his new settings at Fort Frances High School since the beginning of September. Nijssen lives with his mother, father, and brother in Middleburg, Holland. “There are about 45,000 people in Middleburg,” he noted. “It’s not big, but it’s not […]
