The Chem-free Grad committee held its most recent meeting last week and learned that they wouldn’t have to find a new location for the event after all. “We are able to hold it on the old ice surface,” said Patti Boileau of the committee. There was an issue with the […]
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The new “tour de Fort” season will begin in September, but passports are available now. Spokesman Gary Rogozinski said it’s unusual to have so many passports available. Last Saturday, the group held a passport sale at the Fort Frances Public Library but the turnout was disappointing. “We had a terrible […]
Got a gripe with the Town of Fort Frances? A pothole on your street that seems to keep getting bigger and bigger? Would you know how to complain to the town if you did? With the town’s new computer system up and running since the new year, Information Technology manager […]
Local scribes recited rhythmic verse last night at the latest of the town’s centennial celebrations. The centennial coffee house was held at the Fort Frances Museum, in conjunction with the Valley Adult Learning Association, where nearly 30 people gathered to visit, have coffee, indulge in cheesecake, and listen to the […]
Starting Monday, Bearskin Airlines will only have one flight out of the Fort Frances Airport. “It’s just a temporary thing as far as I know,” airport superintendent Bill Caul said this morning. But he added, “Over the last year, traffic has been dropping off.”^Up until now, the Bearskin schedule saw […]
It looks like the West Fire Region will remain under a restricted fire zone for the long weekend, Deb McLean, fire information officer for the Ministry of Natural Resources, said this morning. “The Restricted Fire Zone seems to be working in raising people’s awareness of the fire hazard,” she noted. […]
Wet weather may have kept some people at home, but it failed to dampen activities as law enforcement agencies and emergency response teams held an open house Saturday at the Emo-La Vallee arena. Nearly 50 groups and organizations from across Rainy River District and northern Minnesota attracted more than 400 […]
There are some people in the world who are fortunate enough to land the dream job. OPP Cst. Geoff Hartley is one of those. From the time he was a small boy growing up in rural Ontario, dogs have been his constant companions. So when he joined the OPP 18 […]
More than 300 people turned up at the Devlin Hall on Sunday afternoon for a delicious family feast—and to give the Crossroads community rink project a financial boost. Sunny skies and the smell of deep-frying walleye fillets undoubtedly were contributing factors as people from all across the district took advantage […]
The crowd arrived hungry both to fill their stomachs and empty their wallets, and Barney Maher couldn’t have been happier. About 200 people were at La Place Rendez-Vous last Friday night for an evening of fun and fundraising during the 21st-annual banquet hosted by the Fort Frances branch of Ducks […]
With the construction of a Wal- Mart here on the horizon, town council last night accepted an offer from the local Business Improvement Area to sit down and discuss partnering for the benefit of the downtown core. “Our board is considering offering assistance to become a significant partner in the […]
The Administration and Finance executive committee will come back to council this evening with recommendations as to the direction the town will take with the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” final report. While council approved the report in principle at its April 14 meeting, it did not want to commit to forming […]
