While numbers were down at the annual “Spirit of Christmas” silent auction here Sunday night because of the winter storm, organizers still were pleased with the outcome. “Things went well,” said organizer Linda Hamilton. “Attendance was certainly down because of the weather, I’m sure, but we made $13,000. “Amazing, isn’t […]
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After running Wood’s Sewing Machines (formerly known as Wood’s Sewing Centre) for 35 years, as well as volunteering for charitable causes and contributing to community groups and associations, Gloria Wood has decided to retire. “It’s a good time,” she said of her decision. While not originally from Fort Frances, Wood […]
The world’s largest annual indoor fair has a distinctly northern flavour again this year thanks to a partnership between Industry Canada, FedNor, and some enterprising businesses. The Northern Ontario Agricultural Pavilion has been a big hit with both organizers and the public at the 2003 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in […]
At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, the Northwest Catholic District School Board approved a detailed budget outlining the expenditure of $498,410 it will receive in funding through the provincial government’s Rural Education Strategy (RES). The board initially had expected to receive $486,000, but the Ministry of Education’s final calculation […]
The scotch lovers of Fort Frances are uniting to keep their tasting club alive, and are looking for new members to help attain that goal. “In order to have a really good tasting, we need to have more people,” said Joyce Cunningham, secretary of the Loch La Pluie Scotch Tasting […]
While it didn’t draw a packed house every night of its four-performance run last week, the Fort High musical revue “By the Numbers” still was considered a success by those involved. “We had a good attendance the last couple nights,” said producer and teacher John Dutton. “While opening night the […]
The third-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference is taking place Nov. 19-22 at Rainy River Community College in International Falls. The conference on the environmental sustainability of Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota basins is being jointly presented by RRCC and the Rainy River First Nations. It will bring together scientists, resource managers, and […]
Discussions at the Oct. 14 committee of the whole meeting regarding the town’s need to “clean up” the municipal landfill were in no way indicative that contractors Lakeland Personnel Inc. nor Tom Veert Contracting Ltd. were responsible for any problems there. This is the message Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
At its regular meeting here Monday night, town council declined to be a corporate sponsor and give $5,000 in financial assistance to the third ManOMin Watershed Conference coming up Nov. 20-22 in International Falls. Coun. Deane Cunningham, speaking on behalf of the Administration and Finance executive committee, said that given […]
Fort Frances officially gained a new congregation on Sunday when the Church of the Holy Spirit was granted full society status with the Free Methodist Church of Canada. “It’s truly wonderful,” said Pastor Garth Clifford. “It has been an exciting time. We’re now much more of a permanent congregation.” “We […]
With Monday night’s meeting being the last for the outgoing town council, the newly-elected one will be sworn in at an inaugural ceremony on Monday, Dec. 1. The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. The public is welcome to come out and watch new mayor […]
With a combined 62 years of experience in municipal politics, the outgoing mayor and three councillors had a chance to share a few words with town management and their re-elected fellow councillors during their final meeting Monday night. Making up a large portion of that experience on his own was […]
