Continued efforts aimed at improving telecommunications technology is the key to attracting new businesses to Fort Frances and district, economic development advisor Geoff Gillon told town council in his quarterly report Monday night. Gillon, with the Rainy River Future Development Corp. here, said the RRFDC has worked hard on getting […]
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Rebecca Spencer was born in England, spent her OAC year in Switzerland, went to Australia and Tasmania for a six-month stint, and received an economics degree specializing in natural resources from the University of Waterloo in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. In between, she grew up in Fort Frances. And the roots she […]
The meeting CN originally had scheduled for this week was postponed until next Wednesday but Central Avenue residents remain optimistic. “To my knowledge, the group here on the block had no problems with [the postponement],” said George Drazenovich, who lives at 809 Central Ave. “Everybody is waiting to see what […]
With the old Fort Frances High School on First Street East now closed, and much of its equipment and furnishings already moved out to the “multi-use” facility at Westfort, it may not be long before new ventures pop up at the centrally-located property. “It’s been declared surplus and it’s been […]
Christine Denby learned a valuable lesson Monday evening–one that Fort Frances Deputy Fire Chief Charlie Turgeon hoped everybody would take to heart. Denby, along with her two children, was among more than 20 people who took part in a demonstration of the Challenger Fire Unit, a self-contained house fire simulator. […]
Six children from Belarus likely are anxious to get started on six weeks of fun after getting off a very long flight from their homeland and reuniting with their district host families yesterday in Winnipeg. And just like last year, the group will get a warm welcome from the Rainy […]
“I’m so excited–this is amazing.” Those were the words of Angela Barron shortly after being crowned Miss Fun in the Sun ’99 in front of a Canada Day crowd at La Place Rendez-Vous. “I had no idea I could win,” she added. “We had so much to do we didn’t […]
The International Rainy Lake Board of Control will face some opposition when it makes its rule curve recommendations for Namakan and Rainy Lakes at a meeting here tonight with the International Joint Commission. The meeting gets underway at La Place Rendez-Vous at 7 p.m. Foremost among the IRLBC’s opposition will […]
B.C. resident Stephanie McClellan, who is travelling to the nation’s capital on a three-wheeled, hand-propelled bike as part of her mission to promote accessibility for the disabled, will stop in Fort Frances next week. McClellan, 26, disabled six years ago by rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, began the trek–dubbed “On Wings […]
Lions Park was teeming last Thursday afternoon as people from across the district–and beyond–turned out en masse to celebrate Emo’s centennial. Reeve Brian Reid and the rest of Emo council were piped down to the waterfront by Fort Frances Highlander Dr. Bruce Lidkea, where council officially greeted their “pioneer family”–Tim […]
The North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) held an “emergency meeting” Monday in Emo to discuss the border water issue with the States. The U.S. opposes Ontario’s decision to pass a law which restricts non-resident anglers from retaining any walleye or sauger caught on the Ontario side of Rainy River […]
Some area students will have to forsake the luxury of sleeping in starting Monday in favour of sharpening their minds as summer school gets underway here, in Emo, and Atikokan. Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District School Board, noted how glad he was to see everything […]
