During a visit Saturday, skate park designer Jim Barnum said the local effort to get one built here next year is one of the most organized community initiatives he’s been involved with. “They are absolutely heading in the right direction. I hardly had to give them any advice,” said Barnum, […]
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The wreaths are ready and uniforms pressed as the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 prepares for the annual Remembrance Day services here Monday. Services will begin at Fort Frances High School at 8:15 a.m. with the Legion colour party. Then at 10:45 a.m., they will then start marching to the […]
Despite the mild weather and near absence of snow on the ground, the holiday spirit will be in the air here tomorrow as the “Christmas Store” kicks off the Yuletide season with an open house. “A lot of people seem to enjoy our open house. There’s lots to see, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
