Fishing enthusiasts, casual and otherwise, should sharpen up on their line-casting skills now as there are big prizes and lots of fun waiting for them at the United Native Friendship Centre’s “Wilderness Expo II” on Sat., May 8. The event, which will take place at the East End Hall, has […]
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Fort Frances Little Theatre wants to leave their audience laughing as they wrap up their 1998/1999 season with Neil Simon’s female-version of “The Odd Couple.” With Little Theatre veterans Joyce McCormick and Patti Anderson taking the lead roles of Olive and Florence (Oscar and Felix in the male version), director […]
Come Sept. 1, over ten local children will be experiencing an alternative course of education, when the Conseil de District Catholique des Aurores Boreales opens its “French as a primary language” school here. The official decision to offer strictly French instruction within an existing school came April 10, when the […]
A handful of local residents who are transplant recipients will kick off the development of the Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange (MORE) Program Life garden when they hold a sod-turning ceremony at the site outside La Verendrye Hospital next Friday at 11 a.m. The life garden — a visual tribute […]
The “Block Parent” program here looks like it will be a “go” after all. Several person have stepped forward to fill positions on the board late last week. Beating yesterday’s deadline, Sandra Whalen stepped up to fill long-time chairperson Cathy Sinninghie’s shoes–a decision that thrilled the decade-long head of the […]
Anyone who loved February’s “Quest for the Best” should mark July 21 on their calendars as the Chamber of Commerce has recently announced that a “Summer Quest” will be held this year to coincide with the 1999 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “The reason we’re doing this is because of […]
Only nine days have passed since Becky and Frank Ball of Fort Frances returned home from their trip to Bosnia and already they are thinking about going back. The retired couple spent eight days in Medugorje, a relatively small Roman Catholic/Muslim community in the former Yugoslavia, known in faith circles […]
Regional Métis projects are expected to get a definite boost in the future now that the Sunset Country Métis launched its new economic development corporation at a special membership meeting here Saturday. “Métis Ventures”–a subsidiary of the Métis Nation of Ontario–will be managed by a board of directors to be […]
The landmark residence at 335 Nelson St. here will be the site of a special ceremony Saturday at 1:30 p.m. when its function as a convent for the “Sisters of the Lady of the Missions” officially ends. The home has served as a convent for 80 years, with some 85 […]
If Thunder Bay resident Denis DeGagne has plans for the property he owns along McIrvine Road between the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market and the Union Gas warehouse, he’s not revealing them. The land recently was cleared of brush by a local contractor, sparking rumours that Wal-Mart or a “super” grocery […]
The Fort Frances Times brought home several awards from the annual spring convention of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association last weekend in Toronto. Competing against more than 100 community newspapers (regardless of circulation size), the Times took top honours in the province in the “Use of Art Service” category for […]
“The place is huge!” That’s the general reaction Sears customers have when they first see the results of a recent expansion at the dealer store here, owner/operator Roberta Oliver noted Monday. Located at 448 Scott St., the store showed off its additional 1,000 sq. ft. last Thursday, using some of […]
