Those involved in getting a skate park built here will get to hear some words of wisdom on the topic when Jim Barnum, a former competitive skateboarder and now a skate park designer in British Columbia, visits here Saturday. Steve Maki, who’s spearheading the project on behalf of the local […]
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Pottery lovers should check out the Fort Frances Public Library, which currently is displaying the works of a local potter using an ancient firing technique. Terril Pentney’s raku pottery will be on display there for the next month. “It is wonderful. There are great ideas for Christmas presents. There are […]
If there was any doubt the public may not be interested in the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” project, it disappeared Wednesday night as an inquisitive crowd turned out for an open house at La Place Rendez-Vous. “We’ve estimated there was about 100 people who came through,” said committee chair Susan Bodnarchuk. […]
With FedNor funding still left over from the two mural projects, a local committee is looking into brightening up the town with a series of signs depicting historical scenes next spring. “We discussed doing a mural,” said Fort Frances Museum curator Pam Hawley, who also sits on the town’s centennial […]
Business owners in Northwestern Ontario are itching to get into the fast lane on the information highway—but aren’t sure if their current vehicle has the necessary speed to succeed. That’s the gist of a new study conducted by the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce of 5,000 companies in the […]
Seven months after starting up in Fort Frances, organizers of the local “practice firm” are ready to call it a resounding success. Called Envision North, the “firm” started here April 1 in an effort to help people find jobs. “We have 88 percent of people finding employment in good jobs,” […]
Despite no one showing up to an Mentoring for Aboriginal People (MAP) program session Monday evening at the Seven Generations Educational Institute, OPP recruiter Sgt. Darryl Wilson will be back in the area next spring to try and recruit more First Nations men and women. “I think there was some […]
Struchan Gilson was just two years old when his father was killed in World War II. He knew little about Capt. Eric Louis Rawlinson Gilson, a 28-year-old British officer with the Worcester Regiment who was killed in action Oct. 16, 1944. But last month, Gilson travelled to the small Italian […]
From North Bay to the New York Times bestseller list, Barry Spilchuk’s travels have been as much about self-discovery as they have been about inspiring others. The man hailed as “the Dale Carnegie of Canada” brought his message of embracing life and those who are part of it to an […]
Two of the three main parties involved in negotiations on the Rainy River First Nations land claim are voicing cautious optimism a settlement could be forthcoming within the next year. Talks between the Rainy River First Nations, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the federal Department of Indian and […]
The executive director of the Northern Ontario Tourist Outfitters (NOTO) is encouraged by the federal government’s response to concerns from local business owners about what they see as unduly harsh treatment of U.S. visitors by Canada Customs agents at the Fort Frances port of entry. Doug Reynolds said a meeting […]
While the local Business Improvement Area won’t be holding a “Winter Wonderland” festival like it did last year, shoppers on Scott Street will definitely know it’s Christmas over the next few weeks. “It’s hard to do a straight winter carnival when it’s so cold. And you don’t know what the […]
