With summer just around the corner, Fort Frances Museum curator Pam Hawley is gearing up for another busy tourist season with the opening of the three Pither’s Point historical sites this Friday. “On average, we have about 2,000 visitors each year,” she noted. “It is a very nice location, and […]
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Andrew Fournier has walked almost halfway across the country on a “pilgrimage for life.” This past weekend, he made a stop in Fort Frances to share his message with young people at a youth retreat at St. Mary’s Church. Beginning his walk in North Sydney, Cape Breton on March 1 […]
Jim Klick loaded my eight-year-old daughter, Tashina, and me into his bass boat and headed to a wind-blown shore on Prospect Bay of Rainy Lake for three hours of fishing. It was an afternoon to remember in July of 1997. Tashina, with Jim’s help, caught several smallmouth bass in the […]
The population of walleye in Heron Lake, introduced there by three groups in 1995, is growing according to a survey done there last week. In a follow-up to the introduction of the fish to the coolwater lake in late May of that year, a team of Ministry of Natural Resources […]
With just 10 days to go, the Fun in the Sun committee needs some last-minute help from the community to make for a true Canada Day celebration here. “We’re looking for entries for the parade–we really don’t have too many,” parade organizer Dawn Booth admitted yesterday. She stressed any floats […]
Despite earlier concerns of a serious shortfall, Confederation College has received enough funding to pass an balanced budget for the 2001-02 school year with minimal cuts. After receiving annual government funding late this spring, the college was able to make ends meet while only cutting two programs–a gerontology program and […]
A 20-minute documentary has prompted the trip of a lifetime for two Canadian women. Bridget Farr, 27, of Ottawa and Marcilyn Cianfarani, 24, of Toronto met through a newspaper advertisement before embarking on a bike trip from Vancouver to Newfoundland. Now, having just passed through Rainy River District, the duo […]
The Town of Fort Frances, with the help of Emo and area First Nations, is still fighting to keep the jail here open. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon and Emo Reeve Russ Fortier are collaborating to put together a proposal for a new jail in Fort Frances after meeting with the minister […]
Jam21.Net owner Dave Ashworth said he’s in negotiations as he pursues high-speed Internet access for Fort Frances. “We’re definitely implementing it in August,” said Ashworth. “We’ve been having meetings over the last two or three weeks.” After negotiating a lease agreement with the Town of Fort Frances to install antennae […]
Thanks to parents and student organizers, there’s a safe alternative to celebrating high school graduation when the “chem-free” grad party goes Wednesday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. Slated to run from 10 p.m.-4 a.m., about 120 students are expected to fill the “52 Canadians Arena,” co-organizer Diane Noonan said […]
Rainy Lake has dropped by three cm since Friday to sit at 338.19 m (1,109.55 ft.) this morning. But the lake level still remains 50 cm (19.7 inches) above the International Joint Commission’s maximum rule curve for this date. With little precipitation over the weekend, Namakan also continues to drop, […]
After extending the deadline for entries until last Friday, “Quest for the Best” is now raring to go with a line-up of 19 acts vying for prizes under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on July 25. “Everything’s going really well,” organizer Dawn Booth of the Fort Frances […]
