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 […]
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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 […]
People with disabilities in the Kenora and Rainy River districts soon will have a new tool to help them find programs and services geared toward their needs. DIAL 2003 is a new directory produced through a partnership of Northwest Independent Living Services (NILS) and the Northwest Trade and Adjustment Board […]
After more than 20 years of teaching music in and out of class, spending countless hours heading up the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team, and even being willing to be responsible for dozens of high school students while travelling in foreign lands, John Dutton is in the spotlight as the […]
Town council on Monday night approved a report from the manager of Operations and Facilities ensuring the downtown area will receive a consistent level of winter control maintenance, which is in accordance with the minimum standards for municipal highways. Doug Brown’s report was put together in response to a complaint […]
Fort Frances OPP and the local McDonald’s restaurant launched a joint program Friday aimed at helping to comfort children who have been in traumatic situations. It’s called the Kid’s Comfort Program, and it supplies OPP officers with teddy bears they can offer to traumatized children they encounter in the line […]
