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 […]
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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. […]
A new accessibility committee being formed by the town needs members to help identify and remove barriers faced by handicapped citizens. “We’re trying to get people on a committee. We have a couple people interested, but we need more,” municipal planner Faye Flatt said this morning. Flatt, part of the […]
With the nomination deadline for the Nov. 10 municipal election having been 5 p.m. on Friday, Fort Frances voters will have quite a few names to choose from when they mail in their ballots. The last candidates to throw their names in for council were former councillor Gus Lindberg and […]
After more than four months of admissions being suspended, Rainycrest Home for the Aged here once again can begin admitting new residents, administrator Jill Colquhoun said Monday morning. “The requirements for lifting the suspension on admissions have now been met,” Colquhoun said. “With a waiting list of over 50 residents […]
A planned excursion to Paris, Tenn. next month to explore business opportunities and other matters of mutual interest has been put on hold, the town’s economic development officer said Thursday. “It probably won’t be going until spring,” noted Geoff Gillon. “But I definitely would like to do it some time.” […]
