Bruce Caldwell, a local airplane enthusiast and member of the town’s Economic Development Advisory committee, learned a lot about expanding business here after returning from a convention in Orlando, Fla. earlier this month. “I think I would have handled it differently if I were to go again,” Caldwell noted Friday. […]
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After being discussed over the summer and sent back to the Planning and Development executive committee numerous times, town council agreed Monday night to amend the traffic control bylaw and take a hard line with parking violations. But the bylaw almost was sent back to committee again as council argued […]
Police have laid fewer charges so far this year than at this point in 2001, Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis told council in his regular quarterly report at Monday night’s regular meeting. But he noted the difference in numbers is “negligible.” “You’re never going to get the same numbers […]
Canadian country music legends “Prairie Oyster” will take to the stage at the Townshend Theatre here tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.—and only those who act fast will be able to get tickets for the show. “Prairie Oyster” is performing as part of the tour de Fort’s additional concert series, which is […]
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 […]
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 […]
