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 […]
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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 […]
The Fort Frances Municipal Airport will get a $1,152,366 injection for safety improvements. “Our [Airport Capital Assistance Program] funding was approved for our application for renovation of Runway 12-30,” Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson told town council Monday night. Now a tender will be issued for the project, with […]
Tess Coish and Kelly Calder want to let the local businesses that participated in the sale of Easter Seal eggs this year know how grateful they are for their support. “The campaign did get off to a slow start,” Coish admitted. “But the businesses we talked to were just great. […]
With an exhibit of her work now on display at the Fort Frances Museum, local artist Karen Wilde is hoping people take the time to stop in and see the paintings she’s spent the last three years creating. “All of my paintings are of someplace that I have visited or […]
In a last-minute effort to save the “chem-free” grad party usually organized by Fort High teachers, local residents Diane Noonan and Linda Steele are hoping volunteers will attend a meeting here Thursday night. “It’s an important, positive message to send out to the kids. Graduation is an important day in […]
Fort Frances will be flooded with municipal, provincial, and federal leaders as the town hosts the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s 55th-annual general meeting May 3-5. Besides mayors, reeves, and councillors from municipalities across Northwestern Ontario, MPs and MPPs will be attending to discuss education, health care, infrastructure, and development in […]
Jam21.net owner Dave Ashworth claims to be a step closer to providing high-speed Internet access that’s been so elusive to eager local residents and businesses. Ashworth, who currently is negotiating a lease with the town to place antennae on the municipal water tower, hopes to be able to relay micro-wave […]
Some Couchiching residents are angry the band’s council has ignored pleas to preserve sacred Pow-Wow grounds in order to build a new golf course. “We met with them and suggested they not move the Pow-Wow grounds; that they build around it,” said Elmer Mainville Jr., a Couchiching resident and member […]
Before hitting the wear and tear of the regular season on the Emo oval, Borderland Racing Association drivers will put their vehicles on display. During its annual spring meeting Sunday, association members decided to kick of the season with a display of this year’s competitors May 12 at the old […]
