After adopting the local “Community Chest” as their charity for 2002 back in November, Canada Safeway employees here are starting their fundraising for the cause with a raffle. With a grand prize being $100 in groceries every week for a year from Canada Safeway, assistant manager Cory Delbridge said Tuesday […]
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Following recommendations to close Alexander MacKenzie and Sixth Street Schools here, and pleas not to shut down Alberton Central, the committee of the whole of the Rainy River District School Board will meet tonight to further discuss the issue. The board officially received reports from various sub-committees at its Dec. […]
Chuck Arpin had a bad feeling when he parked on the ice at Big Detroit Lake near Detroit Lakes, Mn. on Friday night. And sure enough, when he returned Saturday morning, 12 trailers and four pickup trucks, including his own, were sinking into the water. A pond-sized section of ice […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department is warning parents to be aware of the potential danger of sliding on the hill near the sewage treatment plant. Firefighters were called there around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, responding to a report of a young boy having fallen into the river after sliding out […]
District Grade 10 students will write the Education Quality and Accountability Office’s literacy test Feb. 14-15. “We found out about it just before the holidays,” Fort High vice-principal Mary Hickling said Monday morning. “The ministry gave us a couple of dates to choose from, and these are the ones Fort […]
What’s in a colour? Well, if your bridge toll card is white, unlike the more recent green and red ones, it has expired. And that has at least one local resident upset about losing the trips he still had remaining on it. When the new one-way toll and swipe card […]
Local organizers are asking everyone to dig out their hockey jerseys and make colourful signs for Saturday’s “Hockey Day in Canada” broadcast that will feature Fort Frances. “Be a part of hockey history in Fort Frances,” Dave Egan, a board member with the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, urged Thursday […]
In a highly-anticipated breakthrough for local Internet users, Jam21.Net said it will be ready to deliver high-speed wireless service within the month. “We had the infrastructure ready in July,” owner Dave Ashworth noted Friday morning. “But we’ve had to go through a number of procedures in the several months since […]
Given a three-week strike by CBC technicians was only resolved earlier this week, local organizers haven’t had much time to plan for this Saturday’s “Hockey Day in Canada” broadcast that will feature Fort Frances. But no one seems to mind. “We’re pretty excited,” said Dave Egan, a board member with […]
Fort Frances firefighters spent New Year’s Eve battling a stubborn warehouse blaze at 815 Williams Ave. Police and fire crews responded to the scene around 6:40 p.m. Monday to find the back of the building already engulfed in flames. “The back half of the building was completely gutted,” said Fort […]
Can’t think of a New Year’s resolution? How about dedicating some of your time this year to be part one of the biggest events of the summer—the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “We had five directors leave this year so we’ve been looking at getting those positions filled,” new FFCBC […]
Santa Claus certainly was good to Betty Wright of Fort Frances, bringing her $2,500 on Christmas Eve in the weekly Rainy River District Mutual Aid cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for the week of Dec. 23-29 were M. Deschamps (Fort Frances), Mark Labossiere (Atikokan), Bob and Wendy Rousseau (Fort Frances), […]
