The Fort Frances Museum will be rolling in cash next week as it hosts a new exhibit on Canadian currency. The travelling exhibit is from the Canadian Currency Museum, owned by the Bank of Canada, and will be arriving from Kenora sometime this week. “It is all about the colour […]
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The drive to build a skate park here by next summer is moving full-speed ahead as multiple committees were struck up at the project’s second meeting Tuesday night. “The response has been overwhelming. We had kids come out that want to be involved in the organizing of things, and about […]
Students in grades six-eight at Robert Moore will continue to help out their community this school year as the second executive of the Kiwanis Builders’ Club was sworn in there last Wednesday night. Dr. Bob Lidkea of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club led the meeting and introduced the new executive, […]
The fate of the Sunset Country Snowmobile Club rests in the hands of Old Man Winter. So says club president Rick Socholotuk, who will join a legion of snowmachine enthusiasts in praying for enough snow this winter that will help preserve the area’s 300-plus km network of snowmobile trails. “Another […]
The trial of Don Smith, a Woodyatt man accused of creating and distributing obscene material in October, 2000, began at the Fort Frances Courthouse on Monday. Smith is facing five charges, including two counts of making videotapes featuring undue exploitation of sex and violence, one count of possessing similar material […]
An announcement by the disbanded Fort Frances Rotary Club last week that it was splitting its projects account between three local groups was a clear boon to the beneficiaries of the money. The most significant amount was towards the local Kiwanis Club’s proposed skate park project, which received almost $5,000. […]
With more than 100 people attending the grand-opening ceremony last Wednesday afternoon, the new Alzheimer’s unit at Rainycrest Home for the Aged here has drawn approval from several local residents. “When the residents have been moved to here, they will have the best ever place to stay,” enthused Sadie Kowalchuk. […]
The portion of the proposed community plan that deals with economic development financial incentives will see some re-tooling before the plan is finalized. That word comes following a presentation by Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce reps at Monday night’s council meeting. “We’re going to be taking the Chamber of Commerce’s […]
A simple drive home changed her life forever—and Melissa Hague wants local youths to make the right choices so that her experience doesn’t happen to them. “Nineteen years ago today, my life changed,” Hague told a crowd of local teens in the Fort Frances High School gym Monday morning. “I […]
A cursed nutcracker, the sugar plum fairy, and an evil mouse king will help transform the Townshend Theatre into a magical yuletide world with the performance of Ballet Jorgen’s “Nutcracker” next month. Ballet Jorgen, a dance troupe that tours the country and leads the way in producing new ballets in […]
Teacher shortages were just one of the concerns local Canadian Parents for French reps discussed with their counterparts at a national conference last week. The president of the local chapter said Tuesday that they remain supportive of both school boards in their efforts to keep the French Immersion program alive […]
Some of the work on the La Verendrye Parkway along the riverfront may have to wait until spring thanks to the unseasonable weather that has plagued the area all month. “The original deadline was around the end of October, but we have not had the weather we thought we would,” […]
