Whether it’s figuring out ways to dispose of oil or getting funding for a “super dump,” requests of support from both the townships of Chapple and Emo are on the agenda for tonight’s council meeting here. Chapple is asking the town to appoint a representative on a new committee being […]
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FORT FRANCES—Just as the Business Improvement Area was about to announce it was going ahead with its second-annual “Harvest Festival” next Saturday, the event was cancelled again due to the repair work Scott Street. It initially had been scheduled for Sept. 14. “It’s a safety issue,” said BIA co-ordinator Laurie […]
FORT FRANCES—Water quality at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton will top discussions when the Northwest Catholic District School Board meets there Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The board will hear an update on water quality at Our Lady of the Way, which had been under a boil-water advisory […]
After fighting raging forest fires in Oregon since Aug. 7, including the “Sour Biscuit” blaze which at one point covered 157,000 hectares, the last of local MNR FireRanger crews returned home over the weekend. Harrold Boven, fire operations supervisor here, was among the last of the local firefighters to return […]
Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron #908 may be cleared for take-off soon as it hovers around the number of participants needed to start the program. More than 40 people showed up Wednesday night for registration at the Memorial Sports Centre. The group needs just 30 youths to join to start […]
Queen’s Park will see a new face from Fort Frances this fall when Annelise Hawrylak starts the Legislative Assembly page program in November. The Grade 8 student at St. Francis School was selected to serve as a page in Queen’s Park from Nov. 18 to Dec. 13 with fellow pupils […]
Eager young students gathered outside around a circular flower bed Friday morning, singing “It’s a small world after all,” as Huffman School dedicated a statue to former teacher Elaine Maynard, who found out she had cancer while working there and later passed away. “So many people were touched by who […]
With dust rising from the exposed underbelly of Scott Street, only a handful of cars and people are meandering back and forth past the construction. But local businesses don’t seem concerned the work is turning Scott Street into a ghost street, putting a damper on their sales at the same […]
Turning on a computer, or even reading a menu, can cause of great deal of fear to those who have difficulty reading. The Valley Adult Learning Association here offers people a chance to improve their literacy skills—and it is looking for volunteers to help keep the program going. “Literacy for […]
With Fort Frances and International Falls now officially “Border Sister Cities” following a signing ceremony here and then across the river last Thursday afternoon, Mayors Glenn Witherspoon and Harry Swendsen both pledged to work together more on cross-border initiatives. And a few of the 30 or so people on hand […]
With individuals raising up to $2,002 each in pledges in the fight against cancer, the annual Terry Fox Run under brilliant sunshine Sunday afternoon showed the spirit of that famous Canadian lives on here. This year’s Terry Fox Run was dedicated to the late Celeste Beck, former owner of Celeste’s […]
What began with a chance encounter with some of her paintings has resulted in a Fort Frances native illustrating her first book. Artist Heather D. Holmlund, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives in Toronto, has completed the artwork for the children’s book, “As Long as the Rivers […]
