One year older and with that extra experience in his back pocket, Sudbury go-kart driver Kyle Guba, 12, is back on the asphalt track to improve his record over last season. Guba had a great rookie year in 2000, finishing in second place in the points standings. He also earned […]
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Encore! Encore! Encore! was the response “tour de Fort” organizers got recently from those individuals who missed out on purchasing passports for its 2001-02 concert series. With passports selling out much faster than anticipated, organizers of the popular six-concert lineup decided to create an “encore” series of concerts so more […]
The strike by members of CUPE Local #65 at the Association for Community Living here hit its 62nd day on Wednesday–with no sign of any talks or settlement in the near future. “It’s status quo, nothing’s changed,” noted Local #65 president Gwen Miller. She said the employees remain strong on […]
“By the first week of August, she’ll be looking like something.” That’s the promise Ed Cousineau, manager of bio-medical engineering at La Verendrye hospital, made Tuesday during a site visit to the new dialysis unit under construction there. “We’re well underway,” he said, noting the work is still on schedule. […]
Now that the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce town beautification project can be seen from Central Avenue to the Fort Frances Cemetery, the committee is looking for the public’s support to keep its momentum going. The community will a chance to do that when a barbecue is held at […]
Despite the persistently feeble Canadian dollar, the number of U.S visitors flocking to this area for shopping and vacation bargains has dropped compared with this time last year, according to some local business owners. “I’m finding there’s a lot fewer tourists this summer,” Tom Pearson, owner of Camp Narrows Lodge […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will review its special education programming with a special report at its special meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the board office (next to St. Francis School). “We’re requested by the Ministry of Education to list all the special education guidelines and services we […]
Construction will be hectic in Fort Frances later this summer after the Ministry of Transportation approved $747,000 in funding, including $213,000 for more improvements to King’s Highway here. Included in the information package received during last night’s regular council meeting was a letter to town clerk Glen Treftlin from Transportation […]
The Northwestern Health Unit posted Morley Beach as “unsafe for swimming” on Friday due to high bacterial counts found during routine sampling. “We sampled today [Monday] and the earliest we’ll know anything will be Wednesday,” said Bill Limerick, environmental health team leader with the health unit. “We’ll have a good […]
Cory Calder and David Woodgate of Fort Frances weighed in a 10-fish total of 21.03 pounds to capture the $5,000 first prize Sunday in the inaugral “Castin’ for Cash” live release bass derby on Lake Despair. Denis Barnard, defending champ of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship finished in second […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is the biggest event of the summer here but it takes many helping hands to pull it off. And with it being less than three weeks away, the search is still on for more volunteers. “We’re doing very well with our volunteers. But we […]
With the Northwestern Health Unit currently conducting a review of its operations, town council will receive a grim compliance report from it at Monday night’s regular meeting here. “It provides details for the fact we are providing only about 70 percent of so-called ‘mandatory programs’ for the Kenora and Rainy […]
