Town council agreed Monday to forward eight local clubs and services to the Winnipeg Foundation for approval as co-recipients of this year’s $33,000 from the Moffat Family Fund. Of the 14 submissions made before the June 12 deadline, the Fort Frances Community Foundation sub-committee chose the following: •Rainy Lake Air […]
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Guess who’s coming to dinner? New Ontario Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman is slated to arrive here Wednesday morning for a day-long tour of Fort Frances and Rainy River District. “It’s excellent he’s coming to see the area so that when we have a problem, he will know about Fort Frances,” Mayor […]
The voice of the town’s residents was relatively quiet Monday evening as only a few people showed up to give council input on what they wanted to see in the 2003 budget. “I’m unhappy only four people came forward from a population of 8,500,” Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said after hearing […]
In a plea to resurrect a recycling service for the entire region, Mel Fisher of Dryden is asking former Northwest Ontario Recycle Association members, including Fort Frances, to reconsider going on their own. It’s a matter town council will discuss at Monday night’s regular meeting here. “People want to recycle—their […]
Heavy rainfall Friday threatened to raise water levels on Rainy Lake again but water levels continue to drop over the weekend. As of press time Monday, the lake was measured at 338.43 m (1,110.3211 ft). Ed Eaton, with the International Rainy Lake Board of Control, said the lake level has […]
Closed earlier today because of the stormy weather, the situation is indicative of how business has been at the Sorting Gap Marina for more than a month. “It’s like a rollercoaster,” said manager Trevor Hands. “We had a bad spring, or rather, no spring at all. Then we get the […]
Local Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews should have a quiet weekend since the fire hazard has dropped to “low” thanks to recent rainfall. “Going into today, we were looking at a ‘high’ to ‘extreme.’ But with the amount of rain we had last night, we should be under the […]
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 […]
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. […]
