The stars were out in International Falls last Thursday night when 20 country music enthusiasts performed before a packed Roadhouse in hopes of being named the winner of the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown. “Port Of Call,” a band from Duluth, Mn., came away with the top honours. Winning the judges […]
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Wicket clerks at the Canada Post office here no longer need to rely on postage manuals and calculators to keep track of business now that computers have been installed at the service counter. The Fort Frances office was one of just 500 out of 8,000 Canada Post outlets across the […]
Amanda Roy and Angela Shoemaker have been in the business of raising rabbits for more than five months now–and things are really starting to hop. Starting with one “unwanted” rabbit the girls adopted back in April, the pair now have 23 bunnies. The breeds now include lops, short-haired rexes, jack […]
“We’re ecstatic.” That’s how John Dutton, chairman of the local community auditorium committee, reacted to yesterday’s announcement that the province will give $1.25 million to the project. Dutton said he had heard on the Victoria Day long weekend that funding was coming down from the province but was hesitant to […]
A law that would require Canadians to carry a visa to enter the United States is one step closer to being quashed. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a funding bill amendment last week that would strike out those portions of an immigration bill passed in 1996. That legislation amendment […]
Pat Giles will chair the board of directors of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. for a fourth consecutive year after members agreed to suspend a bylaw that restricts the same person from holding that position for more than three. At its annual general meeting last Thursday at the Emo Legion, […]
Just one month shy of being here two years, Lt. Michael and Wendy Cumben left the area last weekend for a new assignment with the Salvation Army. The young couple and their daughter, Emily, headed for Spring Hill, N.S. on Sunday, about a 90-minute drive from Halifax. “We expected [to […]
A dream Caroline Gagné has had since she was a little girl is about to come true as she prepares to head off to the Miss Canada International Pageant in Toronto in August. Gagné will be representing Fort Frances at the pageant. She said she came across information on the […]
Adia Huss-Solomon, 17, and Dino Morelli, 15, got off to a good start in the Miss and Mr. Fun in the Sun pageant by taking top honours in the talent portion Sunday night. Huss-Solomon wowed the judges with her guitar and vocal rendition of “You’re Still the One” by Shania […]
“One coat, once, guaranteed” is the motto of Roger Greenhalgh since he became the distributor of a new sealant called “Lifetime.” Currently the only Canadian distributor west of Sudbury to offer “Lifetime,” the Fort Frances man decided he had to be the one to introduce the sealant to the rest […]
Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach was named president of the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario at its annual general meeting June 17. Naturkach was elected vice-president of the association last year, with the support of Fort Frances mayor and council. From that position, he was appointed […]
After spending nearly a week with their different host families from across Rainy River District, the 11 children from Belarus were reunited Saturday at a picnic at Pither’s Point Park. Organized by the Rainy River Multicultural Association, the picnic was the first organized event in which all the children and […]
