The new arena will be included in the town’s $4.4-million debenture even though it hasn’t been decided yet exactly where the project will go from here. With interest rates on the rise, Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan told the Committee of the Whole on Monday that it was best […]
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It’s taken three years–and $9 million–but things are flowing well at the upgraded secondary water pollution control plant in the west end of Fort Frances. The new plant, which switched from a mechanical to hydraulic operation, is allowed a maximum 25 mg/litre each of biological oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended […]
What began two years ago as a “little something on the side” is today trolling in new and challenging waters–and reeling in the business for Richard and Solly Garbowski. The Devlin couple is behind “Richard’s Rod & Reel Service,” a home-based venture which, by inventory alone, speaks volumes about their […]
He’s what some might call the fastest guitar player in North America. Oscar Lopez will be appearing at La Place Rendez-Vous tomorrow at 8 p.m. as a “tour de Fort” special concert attraction, sponsored by Rainy Lake Realty. Lopez played in Fort Frances once before, with folk singer James Keelaghan, […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. will be lobbying area municipal leaders to give the nod to a $7 per capita fee for economic development during the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting here Saturday. If so, the federal government will match municipal dollars up to $100,000. Rainy River, […]
People who shop at Canadian Tire here are being urged to “tell it like it is” to new owner Ray Engelbertink. And that means putting most of his own ideas on hold until he takes into account what his staff and clientele have to say. “Staff and customers are the […]
Town council is taking a second look at whether it should implement a $20 launch fee during the annual bass fishing tournament here–and who would foot the bill if it was put in place. In a plea to council Monday night, organizers of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship asked […]
It’s the one night of the year when everyone gets to be Scottish. Robert Burns’ Night, set aside to honour Scotland’s most famous poet, goes Friday at La Place Rendez-Vous, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at seven. Tickets, which cost $35 each, are available at McTaggart’s, the Rendez-Vous, […]
The town may be able to access provincial funding for a second indoor ice surface here. The catch is it has to be a new double-rink facility. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said the Northern Heritage Fund Corp. announced last week it would include double-rink ice surfaces for those communities looking to […]
Starting today, students at St. Francis School and Onegaming School will be partners in a nationwide motivational reading program–endorsed by the world’s fastest man–to help raise money for multiple sclerosis. “What better way to help kids develop literacy, imagination and increase comprehension than to encourage the love of reading?” said […]
The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is gearing up for its next goal–to have the district listed as a “safe community” with the World Health Organization by the year 2000. Coalition rep Doug Langtry said he’s aiming to have the application off by the end of the month, noting the […]
It was a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Or in Joan Fenner’s case, being somewhere else at the right time. The Montreal woman and her two-year-old son, Ian, came to Fort Frances on Jan. 2 to celebrate Ukrainian Christmas with her parents, Nick and […]
