Canadian Blood Services is looking for bookings for its first blood clinic in Fort Frances for 2001. The clinic will run at Fort Frances High School on Wednesday, May 2 from 4-8:30 p.m. and again Thursday, May 3 from noon to 3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Organizers hope area residents […]
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High winds and 27 C (80 F) temperatures made it a hazardous weekend for fire activity, with about 10 grass fires reported across the district. Within town limits, the Fort Frances Fire Department was called to put out a grass fire on Webster Avenue in the north end Friday afternoon, […]
Carol-Lynne Oldale has resigned as education director for the Northwest Catholic District School Board here, effective July 14, the board announced this morning. Oldale has accepted the position of director of education with the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, the local board noted. She had been appointed as director […]
Lawns are being raked, streets swept, sidewalks patched, and potholes filled as the town recovers from the wrath of another winter. Public Works and Parks and Recreation crews are running busy schedules these days as the annual spring cleaning gets underway in full swing. “We’ve been going and [filling potholes] […]
The Rainy Lake Hotel will be rocking to the infectious sound of the Ottawa based-band “Circuit” Friday and Saturday nights. Although the present members have been performing as a group for only two years, their distinctive brand of rock already has caught the attention of some major record labels. “We […]
A search for a 38-year-old Northwest Angle man reported missing near Nestor Falls on Wednesday night was called off Thursday morning after he showed up on his own, Sioux Narrows OPP said. Conroy Paul and a male companion were hitchhiking north along Highway 71 from Nestor Falls when they decided […]
A 21-year-old man is facing several charges in connection with a robbery at the East End Confectionery on Scott Street Wednesday night. The store was entered by a lone male at 9:50 p.m., who brandished a knife at the clerk, police said. The man then fled the store but he […]
The Trout Lake Road dispute and border gun registration will be hot topics at the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association’s annual spring meeting Friday in Nestor Falls. “There will probably be some discussion on the Trout Lake Road issue, and the gun control, I know, is going to be a real […]
There will be a new addition to Portage Avenue next Tuesday when Yvonne Desaulniers opens her pet grooming store, Luv-A-K9-Grooming, next to Ocean’s Pet Store. “I am from Dryden originally, and I had my pet grooming business up there for seven years,” Desaulniers said. “My husband got work down here […]
Janis Lesko, honorary chairperson of the Rainy River District Women’s Business Network, is excited about their annual charity ball coming up May 5 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. “This year we decided to try something a little bit different,” said Lesko, who owns Cripes It’s a Castle on Scott […]
It will be family history at your fingertips tonight when the Fort Frances Museum holds its first of three genealogical open houses at the Family History Centre, which is located at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Keating Avenue. “We decided to hold this event to […]
“You are invited to celebrate the annual anniversary and reading of the will of the late Lord William Rutherford. If you dare to attend, an evening of murder, mayhem, and fiendish fun awaits.” So reads the advertisement for the Fort Frances Little Theatre’s production of “Murder of the Rutherford House”–a […]
