The old Fort Frances High School on First Street East may not be sitting vacant much longer now that a group has shown preliminary interest in the building, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon revealed yesterday. “We have a group that is attempting to raise money and do environmental tests and a feasibility […]
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The “New Roadway” isn’t much of a street name. That’s the name currently being used for a new street on maps and engineering schematics for the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility being built here. But town council is challenging Fort Frances residents to rename it. “We’re just asking for […]
After going through the ordeal of being surrounded by spectators, shot with a tranquilizer dart, and transported in the bucket of a front-end loader, you’d think a moose would be wary of anything human. That hasn’t been the case with a moose recently sedated and shipped out of the town. […]
To slide or not to slide? That was the question posed during Monday night’s council meeting–and one that was never really answered. Youngsters (and their parents) will be sliding in a non-designated area if they use their toboggans, crazy carpets, and GT racers on the overpass near Bayview Avenue the […]
About 70 students who took part in the co-op program this semester showed off their experience–and what they learned–during a display day yesterday morning at Fort High. Erik Ross, who worked at Howarth’s Home Centre here, said his co-op experience helped him to decide that electrical engineering is the career […]
Economic development will continue to be the buzz-word throughout 2001, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon predicted Tuesday. “2001, I think, will again offer lots of challenges in regards to infrastructure and roads,” he noted. “Over the last six to eight months, we’ve really concentrated on preparing our town for future […]
In a community surrounded by forest, miles of bush roads, and waterways, a moose can still attract a lot of attention. When a young moose wandered onto the Abitibi-Consolidated mill property near the car wash last week, a number of vehicles, passers-by, and mill employees surrounded the compound to watch […]
The co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Committee is hoping it only will be a matter of days before word arrives that the next shipment of elk is ready to be picked up in Alberta and relocated to the site at Cameron Lake. “I got a few calls over […]
Rainy River First Nation resident Art Hunter is hoping he’ll be seen on national television next week. Hunter spent three days at Old Fort William in Thunder Bay last May, acting in a number of scenes for the CBC mini-series, “Canada, A People’s History,” which currently is being aired. “My […]
Although some people may be hoping we’ve had the last of the big snowfalls this winter, Bob Hamilton would be more than happy to see another large dump of the white stuff. For the past five years, Hamilton has been busy building the Little Beaver Snow Park on the old […]
The Fort Frances Lions Club’s “Polar Plunge” likely will become a New Year’s Day tradition here after hundreds of people turned out yesterday to watch nine people brave the icy waters of Rainy Lake to raise money for local causes. “It was great. We’ve already had lots of people tell […]
Abitibi-Consolidated has shelved plans to log the Reef Point Road-Hopkins Bay Road-Bay Road area for fire and shelter wood–plans which had sparked a public outcry last month. “We can’t log there without adversely affecting the land values,” local mill manager Jim Gartshore said Monday. “The areas will be declared surplus […]
