The public is one step closer to getting an idea what a combined J.W. Walker/Alberton/Alexander MacKenzie school could look like after the Rainy River District School Board decided on an architectural firm at its regular meeting last night. “We’ve picked a firm called Prairie out of Winnipeg,” said Education Director […]
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The local Tagg’s Bantam rep team captured the Park Rapids Bantam ‘AA’ tournament for the second year in a row, nipping International Falls 1-0 in the final. Eric Mosbeck, assisted by Cody Mosbeck, netted the eventual game-winner late in the second period, then Tagg’s played solid defence to hang on […]
Students at Saint Michael’s School here have a new teacher–and a new subject on the curriculum. As part of the International Internship Program, 23-year-old Yoko Niwa is spending six months in Fort Frances teaching students about her Japanese culture. “I’m having a very, very good experience because I can learn […]
Residents were digging out Sunday after about 15 cm (6.1 inches) of snow blanketed the area over the weekend. Fort Frances OPP said there were few incidents to report. “It was busy but just a lot of minor accidents,” OPP Cst. Al MacDonald noted Monday morning. The Fort Frances Fire […]
The contract between the Rainy River Future Development Corp. and Town of Fort Frances is now signed, sealed, and delivered. Council passed a bylaw at Monday night’s regular meeting authorizing approval of an agreement with the RRFDC to deliver economic development services for the town. The town also has renewed […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce still has not set a date for the popular “Quest for the Best” singing contest. “We’ve had a couple meetings now. Unfortunately, it still looks as if the Townshend Theatre is booked in April, May, and well into June,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth noted […]
“Building bridges.” That’s the message the local OPP is sending out to Fort Frances High School students–and their parents–as it steps up staffing at its liaison office there. “We’re trying to break down the walls between the officers and the students,” said Cst. Al MacDonald, who’s in charge of the […]
Town administration has been able to squeeze $300,000 out of its operating costs for a new computer system at the Civic Centre. But during the committee of the whole meeting Monday, councillors decided to delay the expenditure because of the potential impact of Bill 140, which is expected to be […]
tour de Fort will be showcasing the innovative vocal talents of an a cappella quartet from Saskatoon, Sask. called “STREETNiX” tomorrow night at the Townshend Theatre. The concert, which gets underway at 7:30 p.m., is sold out to tour de Fort passport holders but a limited number of “stand-by” tickets […]
Bob Gillon is hoping to make a number of local seniors’ lives a little bit brighter this spring with the garden-sharing program he’s created called “Sharecroppers.” The program aims to give seniors who do not have access to a garden the chance to help those who do with their gardening […]
Participants and volunteers are being sought to take part in the “Relay for Life” at Pither’s Point in June. With the support of the local chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society, a group of about a dozen Fort Frances residents have struck a committee and hired a co-ordinator to organize […]
There’s been one trip, three families, and no complaints so far for 18-year-old Melanie Bourgeois of Belgium. “I want to go everywhere,” said Bourgeois, who is living in Fort Frances for a year as part of the International Rotary exchange. Leaving Belgium on a flight with almost 50 other exchange […]
