With everything from the wild west to a Hawaiian luau, the Fort Frances Public Library has a number of events planned this summer to encourage kids to drop by and read. “It’s nice having drop-in programs so that if it is raining or you need a little activity, you can […]
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Along with everyone else across Ontario, local residents will be seeing a jump in numbers on their next hydro bills as hot, humid weather across the province has resulted in a higher demand for power—and thus a higher cost. “Everybody knew this would happen. We’re in an open market,” said […]
After waiting for a year, hundreds of teddy bears put on their best faces last Friday as they proudly took their owners to the Fort Frances Public Library’s annual Teddy Bear Picnic. Over 500 children were on hand, with lawn chairs and picnic blankets stretched across the field between the […]
Upper Rainy River was awash in yellow last Thursday evening as hundreds of “ducks” raced towards the finish line during Crime Stopper’s 13th-annual Great Rubber Duckie Race. “We got around 700 ducks sold,” said Murray Alexander, director of Northwestern Ontario Crime Stoppers. He was elated with the turnout despite a […]
Percy Champagne, former vice-chair of the board of directors for Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., will be chair for the next year. Craig Sanders stepped down from the position, as per the bylaw limiting a term as chair to three years. “It’s been a good three years,” Sanders said yesterday. […]
Organizers are encouraging people to get their tickets for the always-popular “Quest for the Best” at the Chamber of Commerce office before it sells out. “We’ve already sold some,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said only an hour after the tickets went on sale yesterday morning. The tickets for the singing […]
Fort Frances High School and the Fort Frances OPP outlined their relationship by signing a police protocol at the Rainy River District School Board’s special meeting here last Wednesday night. Board chair Gord McBride and Fort Frances OPP Sgt. Steve Loshaw, on behalf of detachment commander Sgt. Hugh Dennis, signed […]
Mark Daalerop and Candace Stryker have something to say—and they’re cycling across Canada to make people to listen. They are part of the “Cycling for Sustainability” ride that started May 4 in Victoria, B.C. and will be wrapping up in St. John’s, Nfld. on Sept. 10. Last Wednesday, the pair […]
More than 70 people from across the region attended the Ministry of Natural Resources retirees’ dinner at the Legion here last week. “There was a lot of reminiscing,” said MNR employee Bob MacDonald. “A lot of people got together who hadn’t talked in a number of years. “We handed out […]
They dove off the submerged government dock and faced relentless waves on Sand Bay, but 17 swimmers were all smiles as they completed the first-annual La Place Rendez-Vous Canada Day mile swim Monday afternoon. They swam from the government dock to Rusty Myers Flying Service and back. “In spite of […]
Myriah Lesko knows how to handle a mortar and pestle. The 24-year-old daughter of Andrew and Janis Lesko of Fort Frances recently was awarded the Canadian Pharmacists Association’s prestigious Centennial Award for outstanding performance by a third-year student from each of the nine faculties of pharmacy across the country. Lesko, […]
While the forest tent caterpillar, commonly referred to as the “army worm,” is marching a bit behind schedule this summer, they’ll face a greater threat with an increase in numbers of their natural enemies—the “friendly fly.” Native to Northern Ontario and resembling a large housefly, this parasitic insect has evolved […]
