From the raised ladder of a yellow fire truck yesterday, a Canadian and American flag flapped in the breeze. Filing past the flags, fire, police, and emergency personnel gathered outside the Civic Centre here Wednesday morning for two minutes of silence to honour their comrades lost in the terrorist attacks […]
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Based on recommendations given to council at its Aug. 26 meeting by engineering consultants R.J. Burnside and Associates, the firm has been hired again to further study the town’s sometimes problematic sewer system. “We’ll get going with this fairly soon,” Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said Tuesday. “It’s pretty […]
Drag out the running shoes, the annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research is set for this Sunday. The fundraiser will begin at the Fort Frances Museum with registration at 1 p.m. and then the run at 2. And as the event nears, organizer Vanessa Hebert is calling on everyone […]
A committee struck up last Friday to look into Ontario’s nuisance bear problem may be key to getting the spring bear hunt reinstated here, said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “The timing is of the essence here. The new premier [Ernie Eves] promised to reinstate the spring bear hunt, an issue of […]
District residents love their dogs. That was especially clear here Saturday when more than 30 pet owners—young and old alike—showed up at Pither’s Point to raise about $7,500 for the local Friends of Animals during the second-annual “Paws Around the Park.” “Last year’s event was truly exceptional in terms of […]
Heavy metal and hard-core rock lovers are in for a treat as three bands are set to perform here tomorrow night. Local band “Tugnut” is set to share the stage with Thunder Bay group “The Exiled” and “Pillar” from Regina, Sask. at the Ukrainian Hall at 7 p.m. Tickets cost […]
Whether the Fort Frances Public Library can be expanded, or whether a new library should be built here, is the topic of a study council gave the go-ahead to at Monday night’s regular meeting. Head librarian Margaret Sedgwick said the study, which will begin very shortly, is much-needed. “It’s a […]
Given a gloomy forecast that looked like the event may have to be cancelled, horseback riders instead found themselves under a scorching sun Saturday morning at the Trail’s End Stables in Devlin. But that didn’t keep 16 riders from coming out in support of the Northern Therapeutic Riding Association’s sixth-annual […]
Members of the Fort Frances Curling Club soon will get a chance to clear their throats about clearing the air this coming season. Registration for the new season will be held this Monday (Sept. 16) from 7-9 p.m. But a potentially controversial gathering will take place early next month to […]
While council eventually agreed Monday night to sub-contract George Armstrong Co. Ltd., through its Operations and Facilities Division, to install the sanitary sewer and water connection for the new River Walk condominium project on Front Street, a debate over town policy nearly meant a significant delay in how soon construction […]
They began walking shortly after sunrise Friday—a yellow homemade sign the only indication of their starting point on the quiet River Road. Hours later, almost 20 people arrived at North American Lumber here after walking, jogging, and running 20 miles in the third-annual Tom Bruyere Walk for Dialysis. The walk, […]
One of Canada’s top country groups will take the stage at the Townshend Theatre here later this month to kick off another “tour de Fort” season. “Prairie Oyster” is set to perform Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. as the first “encore” show, meaning those who don’t have tour de […]
