A report on the business retention and expansion survey made public at a meeting last week at the Red Dog Inn has spurred individuals and groups to take action. “It’s a wake-up call for council,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, noting taxation, bureaucracy, and “red tape” are issues mentioned in the […]
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In an effort to make Nov. 24 jam-packed with Christmas cheer, the Business Improvement Area is planning its first-ever “Winter Wonderland Day.” “We want to create a nice atmosphere for families to get their Christmas shopping done,” BIA business co-ordinator Laurie Beadle said Tuesday, adding shoppers should expect to see […]
Those wanting to have a say in the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce can stand for election to its board of directors for 2002 later this month. “We have already been in contact with several interested individuals wishing to sit on the board, however, there are still a few vacancies,” […]
Two students from France may have had to leave their friends at St. Francis School behind as they left town—one on Friday and another on Sunday—but they’ll be taking some good memories along with them. Caroline Sautereau and Geraldine Gorsjean, both 14, came here as part of a student exchange […]
The Tri-Force Drug Unit has nabbed a Fort Frances man in connection with a $2-million drug bust last month, reducing the number of outstanding arrest warrants to three. OPP Det. Sgt. John Horne said Tuesday that Patrick Colfer was arrested and charged last week with conspiracy to import controlled substances […]
A five-day gambling survey by phone being conducted by a University of Manitoba professor ended Tuesday, seeing a good response from women across Northwestern Ontario. “We haven’t sorted the calls by postal code yet but we certainly had some from Fort Frances,” said Prof. Ruth Berry of the Family Studies […]
NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton charged the Conservative government’s economic statement released yesterday is a feeble gesture at a time when Ontario’s economy needs bold and new ideas. “Everybody but the Conservatives realizes the world has changed,” Hampton said. “But they persist with their dead-end policy of tax […]
Plenty has changed since Malcolm MacLeod arrived in Canada in 1924. Everything except the fact that every single day, he walks and walks—and walks. MacLeod was among a shipment of about 200 young European men on board a ship that brought them to Canadian shores. They were among hundreds sought […]
They say the focus of any minor hockey association in Canada is to teach the game and stress hard work over wins and losses. But for the long-running and successful Emo/Devlin/Barwick Minor Hockey Association, players and parents are faced with the extra challenge of travelling fair distances just to get […]
Hallowe’en has come and gone like a ghost out of the corner of your eye, but the impression remains that local efforts once again were successful to ensure youngsters had a good time. “I talked to a few people [Thursday] and they seemed impressed with the ‘Scott Street Scare,’ and […]
Finance minister Jim Flaherty yesterday announced the Ontario government is on track to balance this year’s budget—despite recent economic pressures—but that tough choices will need to be made in the future. “This government will not surrender the hard-won gains that have restored Ontario to prosperity,” said Flaherty. “I want to […]
Fresh off last week’s announcement that Fort Frances will be one of the sites for CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” telecast Jan. 5, the local minor hockey association will be discussing preparation plans. FFMHA president Lynn Kellar said the board meeting Nov. 12 will include talks to organize a “jamboree” […]
