After more than a month of construction on the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here, work continues to be on schedule, Abitibi-Consolidated mill manager Jim Gartshore said Tuesday. “A lot of the foundation and roadwork is getting done,” he noted. “At this stage, we’re looking at the completion of […]
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Four staff members of the United Native Friendship Centre’s youth drop-in centre will canoe from Fort Frances to Rainy River to raise money for the D.A.R.E. program and a sound system for the centre. Brad Herbert, the Healing and Wellness Youth Support co-ordinator for the U.N.F.C., and youth workers R.J. […]
Pither’s Point beach here is still off-limits to swimmers after routine samples taken by the Northwestern Health Unit found dangerous levels of bacteria. The beach was closed for the first time last Thursday and remains closed after follow-up samples–taken Saturday–found the bacteria count was still high. “Samples that we’ve taken […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society is seeing who’s got the best “green thumb” when it stages its annual flower and vegetable show tomorrow. Running from 2-8 p.m. at the Robert Moore auditorium, organizers are hoping exhibitors once again will get creative since this year’s theme is “Storybook Gardens.” “The theme […]
Crews are still working around the clock to contain and remove about 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel dumped in to Rainy Lake after Wednesday night’s Rocky Inlet train accident. Yesterday morning a boom line was set out a few metres from shore to contain the spill on the surface of […]
The Northwestern Health Unit has declared Pither’s Point unsafe for swimming for the first time this season after high bacterial counts were discovered during routine beach sampling. “At Pither’s Point it’s just the usual due to the heavy rains,” Fort Frances public health inspector Dave Coats explained this morning. “It […]
A train that went crashing off the tracks about 25 km east of Fort Frances Wednesday night may have spilled up to 2,500 gallons of diesel into Rainy Lake. “Last night, it happened around 9 p.m., we had a spill of diesel fuel and some of went into the lake,” […]
Held in conjunction for its second time with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, “Quest for the Best” proved to be an hit yet again, seeing a slew of local talent entertain a sold-out crowd of 1,200-plus. “We’re very, very pleased with the success,” enthused organizer Dawn Booth. “I think, […]
OPP have now released the name of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in the early morning hours yesterday. Nathan Edward Macdonald was found severely wounded at about 3 a.m. yesterday morning in the back yard of 1024 Webster Ave., part of an apartment complex on the corner […]
He’s only been here three days, but Toronto artist John Hood is already getting a taste of Fort Frances hospitality. “Janis from ‘Cripes, it’s a Castle’ was very nice. She kindly let me come in and drip on her floor,” Hood joked yesterday as he packed up after hours spent […]
While many in the crowd stuck to beer as they mingled at last week’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships, others chose to sip on something a little bit different–one of five varieties of mocktails. Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving served up their alcohol-free concoctions for the second time at this […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities will receive a 2.3 percent increase in funding from the province for the 2001/2002 fiscal year–that’s $342,200 more than last year. The gain is part of a province-wide budget hike–totalling $450 million–announced by Health and Long-Term Care Minister Tony Clement July 16. The funds will be […]
