While the fishing may not start until Thursday morning, make no mistake that the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship already is underway. And one of the highlights, which does not involve anglers and bass but still has al-“lure” to many, is the annual “Quest for the Best,” which takes place […]
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While fundraising was off to a slow start at the beginning of this month, things are looking up for the UNFC Urban Multicultural Aboriginal Youth Centre’s annual “canoe-a-thon” coming up Aug. 4-7. “It’s started to pick up just this past week, with more and more businesses and individuals sponsoring us,” […]
While the fishing may not start until Thursday morning, make no mistake that the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship already is underway. And one of the highlights, which does not involve anglers and bass but still has al-“lure” to many, is the annual “Quest for the Best,” which takes place […]
With word yesterday that Mayor Glenn Witherspoon will not seek a fifth term in November, Dan Onichuk stepped forward this morning to enter the race to replace him. “I’ve been thinking about it for some time. I had a long, long discussion with my better half, Denise, and decided to […]
The pulp and paper mill closures and layoffs going on in various towns and cities throughout Northwestern Ontario throughout the past month and a half, is no cause for alarm for employees of Abitibi-Consolidated in Fort Frances, the mill’s general manager John Harrison said yesterday. “I don’t foresee any big […]
Architect John Stephenson revealed some impressive drawings for the library at a public meeting last night, but said he and the library board have yet to find a suitable location to build. “We’re still struggling with location,” Stephenson said to the 22 people assembled upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum […]
The sound of Fort Frances Highlander Bruce Lidkea’s bag pipes lured in a crowd to an outdoor tent where numerous local municipal leaders, as well as Kenora-Rainy River District MP Robert Nault, gathered for a grand opening held by the Rainy River Futures Development Corporation last night. The RRFDC actually […]
With the singing event of the summer coming up next Wednesday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap marina, time is running out for fans to get tickets for this year’s “Quest for the Best.” “Quest” organizer Dawn Booth said tickets started moving immediately Monday, and have been selling […]
The hit song “Saturday Night” may have went off the charts decades ago, but the Bay City Rollers now seem to have found success on Tuesdays. The local slo-pitch team enters this week on top of the standings in the Tuesday night division of the Fort Frances Adult Slo-Pitch League […]
While the Northwestern Health Unit continues to send away dead crows and ravens for testing, said evidence of the West Nile virus has yet to show up here this mosquito season. “We’ve sent away a total of 40 specimens in both the Kenora and Rainy River Districts, and they’ve all […]
The Fort Frances Public Library Board will be holding a public meeting tomorrow night for concerned citizens to view the architect’s final report on the future development of the library. John Stephenson, of the Thunder Bay architectural firm Kuch, Stephenson, Gibson, and Malo, will present his final report to the […]
With the onslaught of telephone calls in recent weeks to Fort Frances and area residents asking them to sign up for Bell Sympatico High Speed Internet, the question of when broadband access will arrive here once again has arisen. The phone calls from Bell Canada Call Centre telemarketers came on […]
