Just as any good team has both a number of seasoned veterans and rookies, the newly-elected Fort Frances council is sporting three of each after the votes were tallied Monday night. Incumbents Roy Avis, Struchan Gilson, and Neil Kabel will be joined on council by newcomers Rick Wiedenhoeft, Tannis Drysdale, […]
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Despite being a newcomer to municipal politics, Dan Onichuk handily defeated Sharon Tibbs, a councillor for 12 years, in Monday’s municipal election. According to unofficial results released after midnight, Onichuk had garnered 2,308 votes (63.16 percent of the 3,654 votes cast) compared to 1,346 (36.84 percent) for Tibbs. “I feel […]
If you show up at Crossroads School in Devlin at 6 p.m. on Monday or Wednesday, you’ll see a lot of learning going on. But it’s not your typical curriculum. This is more like the school of hard knocks. Instead of blackboards and textbooks, you’re likely to see 20 or […]
After having to cancel the event last year due to a throat ailment, Diane Maxey is looking to revive the Christmas cantata that has been a local tradition for more than 10 years. And the first meeting for this year’s event is slated tomorrow (Nov. 13) at 7 p.m. in […]
As Canadians across the country paused for two minutes yesterday to remember those who fought and died in two world wars and other conflicts, it is fitting to put a human face on at least one of those from here who took up arms and lived to talk about it. […]
“Citizens for Backus/AB” are inviting friends from both sides of the border to come out for a country music variety show featuring the band Pier Country. The play list will include songs by country legends Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, Marty Robbins, Chet Atkins, and Dolly Parton, as well as newer […]
The spirit of Christmas already is spreading here as local residents have begun donating handcrafted items for the ninth-annual “Spirit of Christmas” silent auction. “We’re very excited about it. It’s such a nice time of year to come out and see what the people in Fort Frances have made,” said […]
Eleven candidates, six seats. They knew from the start they couldn’t all become councillors. But the candidates who ran in Monday’s election but came up short did learn a few things, and took some time yesterday to share their thoughts on the experience. “The people decide, and they decided they […]
Few people can claim to have lived in Canada, Scotland, and Germany, to have earned a Master’s degree, and a degree in Divinity—all by the age of 25. But then, Todd Statham is not your average 25-year-old. To add to his list of accomplishments, Statham currently is the interim minister […]
A debate between the three candidates vying for the two Fort Frances seats on the Rainy River District School board only drew a crowd of about 15 people to the Townshend Theatre here Monday night. But the candidates still made an effort to talk about the important issues facing the […]
As previously reported, recent changes at Rainycrest Home for the Aged finally prompted the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care earlier this fall to lift the suspension on admissions there that was imposed back in April. Among those changes are a couple of new faces at Rainycrest who are helping […]
The president of a major U.S. consulting firm believes tourist operators in this region need to come together to make their industry thrive. Bill Geist, of Zeitgeist Consulting, addressed the annual fall conference of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) here last Wednesday to get across the message that […]
