While Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews battled two blazes in the Fort Frances area over the weekend, they also have been busy elsewhere in Northern Ontario, the MNR reported this morning. “Locally, we’ve been able to meet the workload with the number of fires,” said MNR fire management supervisor […]
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Phase II of the La Verendrye Parkway is almost complete—ready for a summer full of waterfront fun in this the town’s centennial year. “It’s right on target,” said Bruce Spottiswood, acting manager of Operations and Facilities. “The deadline for completion is Sunday.” At present, he noted the walking paths are […]
Tannis Drysdale left Queen’s Park with a smile on her face last week as she finally got some agreement from the ministers of Natural Resources and Northern Development and Mines to review forestry practices. “Any time you get forestry and environmentalists at the same table, it’s a very good thing,” […]
It looks like organizer Dawn Booth should have no problem getting a full complement of competitors for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Quest for the Best.” “We’ve got five confirmed,” she said late yesterday. “We’ve got lots of people who have picked up entry forms, and quite a […]
Police dogs were brought in to Fort Frances High School during second period yesterday morning in a random and “routine” search for drugs. And the dogs didn’t disappoint. “We had the dogs go through a couple of classrooms and sniff a few lockers,” said FFHS vice-principal Mary Hickling. “There were […]
Empty spaces typically filled with staple items on the shelves of the local food bank have prompted the Fort Frances Salvation Army to put a call out to the public for some donations. “We’re low on most everything now,” Capt. Eric Alcock said this morning. “Pretty well every item we […]
After five years of devoted service to the community with the Fort Frances Salvation Army, Capt. Eric Alcock and his wife, Sylvia, will be packing up and moving out. Not because they want to leave, but because they must leave. Word came last month from the Salvation Army headquarters in […]
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, […]
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 […]
