The popularity of last year’s inaugural “Daytime Land” for children at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has inspired organizers to go bigger and better this year. With almost double the space to work with, organizers are bringing in a number of new attractions as well as many favourites from […]
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With tickets on sale as of Monday, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is expecting to see excitement building over “Quest for the Best,” which is scheduled to take place July 23 (in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship) under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. […]
About a dozen people, including myself, are sitting out at the end of Pither’s Point behind the Hallett, waiting for night to fall. It’s dark, but not dark enough for our purposes. From where we stand, we can see the cars lined up on Front Street, and people crowded on […]
Fort Frances Little Theatre is having auditions tomorrow and Thursday for a comedy by Minneapolis playwright Steven Dietz called “More Fun than Bowling.” “This is a fun play,” said director Naomi Woods. “It’s very quirky and different.” Woods, who lives in Ranier, has worked with Fort Frances Little Theatre on […]
The local Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students’ first “Jobs … or Jail” event was a success yesterday, having recruited 26 odd jobs for students looking for work. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon agreed to sit in a large wooden “jail” in the courtyard in front of the Fort Frances Museum […]
The local Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students (HRCC-S) will be putting Mayor Glenn Witherspoon behind bars on Wednesday to promote student employment. “Jobs . . . or Jail” is a competition between the town and the HRCC-S to encourage community members and employers to hire students for their […]
Keeping a watchful eye over CN Rail property in the district for more than 18 months now, Cst. Pete LeDrew has been working hard to promote safety around train tracks and clamp down on trespassers. And while trespassers have been warned and charged during that time, incidents have not been […]
The reconstruction of Front Street will take longer than expected— 12 days to be exact—due to unavoidable circumstances, Bruce Spottiswood, acting manager of Operations and Facilities, said this morning. “The original date for completion was July 15,” he noted. “But because of July 1 [with the official opening of Phase […]
A 40-year-old Dryden woman remains in critical condition in a Thunder Bay hospital after the spare tire from a trailer being towed by another vehicle slammed through the windshield of the van in which she was a passenger yesterday on Highway 502. Joyce Butts was airlifted from the scene to […]
There’s going to be new face in the local outfitters business in the next few weeks—three new ones, to be exact. Lorne Caul, owner of Northland Trail Outfitters, has taken the idea of eco-friendly expeditions a step further by bringing in a trio of llamas to complement the 10 horses […]
Charlie Turgeon has been setting up the Canada Day fireworks ever since the town started having them about 25 years ago. His partner, Bill Caul, isn’t sure but he figures he’s been at it for about nine or 10 years now. These two men—along with several members of Caul’s family— […]
While the past five days have been jam-packed with activities, “Homecoming Week,” being held in conjunction with Fort Frances’ centennial, will culminate tomorrow with Canada’s birthday bash. “Everything is ready to go,” said Dawn Booth, a Fun in the Sun committee member and co-ordinator of the Fort Frances Chamber of […]
