With yesterday being the last for Bill Naturkach in his position as Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Fort Frances, Mark McCaig, CEO and president of the Fort Frances Power Corporation will take his place for the time being. “He’ll be acting as CAO with all the responsibilities that […]
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Fort High students are pumped for the start of Homecoming week festivities tonight, although there was strong possibility just a week-and-a-half ago that no activities would be allowed at all. “There wasn’t supposed to be anything this year,” said Tyson Dennis, a member of the Student Athletic Association at Fort […]
Like the night before Christmas, the provincial election is only one sleep away—and the anticipation is beginning to mount for all the candidates. For incumbent Howard Hampton, the campaign trail has become a happy road after a good performance in the provincial leaders’ debate last Tuesday (Sept. 23). He believes […]
Developers are moving quickly to work on the old Fort Frances High School property on First Street East after town council on Friday approved an amended bylaw sealing a deal between the town and Charlie Morken, Steve Both, and Russell Pollard. “They’re working inside as we speak,” Mayor Glenn Witherspoon […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture will be celebrating Ontario Agriculture Week (Oct. 6-12) with a farm bus tour this Sunday (Oct. 5). A bus has been booked, which leaves Fairway-Shop Easy in Emo at 12:45 p.m. and the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market in Fort Frances at 1 p.m. It […]
There were a lot of new faces at this year’s Great Chili Cook-off, but the winners were old hands at cooking chili. Dr. Mike Gerstner and Sherry Armstrong of the Fort Frances Dental Centre took the prize on Friday for their chili called “Novocaine Special III—the numb-iest ever.” Gerstner has […]
Voters in Fort Frances and Dryden came out in droves last week to make their ‘X’ in advance polls for tomorrow’s provincial election. “We had to get extra ballots off to Fort Frances and Dryden,” noted Murray Affleck, the district returning officer for the Kenora-Rainy River riding. “That’s an indication […]
“It was absolutely amazing. I can hardly put it into words.” That’s how former local resident Hannah Carter described the 60-km “Weekend to End Breast Cancer” walk she participated in late last month in honour of her mother, Judy. “The amount of support the volunteers, and the people of Toronto, […]
Things certainly have brightened up along the Barwick waterfront these days. Last Wednesday evening, a two-year project culminated in a new landmark when Chapple Heritage Committee member Wayne Nugent threw the switch that changed the way the river looks at night from now on. A brilliant, pulsing strobe light now […]
District truckers and their customers may as well dust off their old “Supertramp” tapes because they’re all going to be taking the long way home for the next few months. The announcement last week by the Ministry of Transportation that the bridge on Highway 71 at Sioux Narrows will be […]
After one week of pricking my finger and taking blood samples, giving “insulin shots” twice a day to a teddy bear I’d been carrying everywhere but the bathtub, and following a meal plan that, while fair, was far different than my regular intake, I felt I’d gotten a good taste […]
After first shooting down a bylaw to seal a deal between the Town of Fort Frances and Charlie Morken, Steve Both, and Russell Pollard to develop the old Fort High property on First Street East last Wednesday, council changed its mind when it voted on an amended agreement Friday afternoon. […]
