The committee spearheading a history book in conjunction with Fort Frances’ centennial in 2003 recently met to discuss the next step in collecting material and documents about local families. The committee, comprised of four members, has been busy collecting information all around the community and so far is happy with […]
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Cathy Kowal just keeps running. After competing in a marathon for arthritis at Walt Disney World in Florida in January, the First Nations police officer most recently participated in the ninth-annual “Run for the Meatball” event in Thunder Bay. And she brought along four Rainy River First Nations girls–Brittany Roy, […]
Beginning Monday (March 12), the Fort Frances Museum will be hosting “March Break Madness”–a week-long open house and craft session. The event, which is part of the museum’s year-long theme of “Bringing heritage home,” will give people the chance to learn how to make a variety of history-preserving keepsakes. Museum […]
With the new year, the local Salvation Army decided to make a stronger focus on its youth outreach program, including hiring a part-time co-ordinator. “What we’re trying to do is provide a healthy environment where young people can hang out and have other people to talk to. To give them […]
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 […]
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 […]
