A Canadian woman and her son have been living in a small motel room here in Fort Frances, subsisting on donations of food and money, since May 28 when they tried to cross back to the United States with her American husband. Jackie Berry, 52, her son, Jason VanderHorst, 23, […]
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The owner of Plaza Lanes is confident a move to more modern ways can mean a return to the past. “We want to bring the bowling centre back to where it was,” Arnie Rollins, who also owns the bowling alley in Dryden, said about his commitment of roughly $150,000 to […]
Last week, 50 youths aged 12-15 came together in Thunder Bay to attend the second-annual First Nations and Inuit National Science Camp—and to enjoy the sights that attract any tourist. But these were not your regular tourists. They came from as far away as the Yukon and northern Baffin Island, […]
The Town of Fort Frances is looking to hire a new treasurer as Diane Pearson will be leaving the position as of July 11 and moving away. “I’m going to work for the Town of Black River-Matheson,” said Pearson, who took the job here in November, 2000 after moving from […]
While Phase IV renovations have yet to begin at La Verendrye hospital here, Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., is keeping his fingers crossed the shovel will be in the ground by the end of the summer. “There’s been nothing from the Ministry of Health yet,” he […]
The Fun in the Sun queen pageant is a go, organizer Sherri Puddicombe says. Over the weekend, three more girls came forward and announced their candidacy in the annual pageant, bringing the total number of contestants to four. The first contestant to sign up, Amanda Bone, is now joined by […]
In an effort to reduce operating expenditures for years to come, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is requesting an interest-free loan in the amount of $50,000-55,000 that would be paid back in five years. Gary Rogozinski, chair of the FFCBC board of directors, appeared before council Monday night to […]
A fundraiser for the “Li’l Eagles,” Urban Multicultural Aboriginal Youth Centre, and the OPP’s D.A.R.E. program, the United Native Friendship Centre’s four-day “canoe-a-thon” slated Aug. 4-7 already is shaping up to be bigger than ever. “After last year’s success, this year it’s been pretty easy to get people participating,” said […]
With word last week that Saras Enterprises Ltd. of Winnipeg had been awarded the $1.34-million contract to build a new dam on Footprint Lake northwest of here, all seems to be on schedule for now. “They plan to move in next week,” said Allen Chow, the MNR engineer for the […]
Offering up an entire day of sights and sounds, the “Centennial Celebration of the Arts” attracted a steady flow of people to the Townshend Theatre on Saturday. “It showed we have a pretty vibrant arts community,” said Pam Hawley, chairperson of the centennial committee. “We had a good response from […]
In an example of sharing and co-operation that Sesame Street characters would be proud of, two local groups vying to bring broadband to Rainy River District joined forces last Friday and submitted a joint proposal to a federal program for infrastructure dollars. The Rainy River Future Development Corp. and Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing […]
The bishop of the Free Methodist Church of Canada made a stop in Fort Frances last week, during a tour of Northwestern Ontario, to meet the congregation and discuss the possibility of the local church gaining full society status. The Church of the Holy Spirit has been an affiliated member—the […]
