The Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy is hoping to make a regular routine a thing of the past. The group has submitted a request that will be read at tonight’s Town Council meeting that will ask council that the Gymnastics Academy be the sole renter of the auditorium at the Memorial […]
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Tonight will see snow and a low of -3 C (27 F). Tomorrow will have periods of snow throughout the day with cloudy periods overnight and a high of zero (32) with a low of -14 (seven). Friday will be sunny and clear with a high of two (36) and […]
Tonight will have a few clouds and a low of -17 C (1 F). Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with cloudy periods overnight bringing a high of four (39) and a low of minus-three (27). Saturday will see a mix of sun and cloud with a chance of flurries overnight […]
Ken Kellar
It’s been a few years since the name change, and now a local business has gotten a facelift to match. The local M&M Food Market, known as M&M Meat Shops until a chain-wide rebranding in 2016, was recently closed down for a much needed renovation. “It was time, we were […]
Staff
Two local establishments have raised a glass to charity, through the Craft Cares movement.Copper River Inn and Boston Pizza signed on to donate a portion of sales to a charity of their choice, from Sleeping Giant Brewing Company beers. Over the first six weeks of 2020, they raised more than […]
Representatives from town council and the OPP recently travelled to Kenora to provide input on the new Community Safety and Policing Act that will replace the present Police Service Act Mayor June Caul joined Coun. John McTaggart and Rainy River District OPP detachment commander, Insp. Nathan Schmidt for a roundtable […]
Ken Kellar After two years in operation, and moving twice in that time, the Family Centre has hit another roadblock. Earlier in the year, the Family Centre currently being operated out of the old CN station expanded its presence in the building owned by the Volunteer Bureau, by renting out […]
Ken Kellar
The Town of Fort Frances is anticipating a belt-tightening year, and its operating budget draft has been updated to reflect it. At a special budget meeting held at the Fort Frances Civic Centre on Monday, town council and administrators met to consider a list of programs and expenditures that could […]
Sam Odrowski
Fort Frances Council received a letter in late January from a group of citizens requesting upgrades to the town’s transit system. The letter raises two issues: the lack of bus services within the town; and the need for a district wide bus service that extends to Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. […]
Sam Odrowski
Town council is hoping to work with the Riversedge Development’s numbered company, that owns the idle Fort Frances mill, as they work out plans for the Shevlin Wood Yard. Council hired HTFC Consulting out of Winnipeg in January to determine the best path going forward at the wood yard and […]
Tonight will see a chance of flurries and a low of -15 C (5 F). Tomorrow will bring a chance of flurries and periods of snow overnight with a high of minus-one (30) and a low of minus-three (27). Thursday will have periods of snow throughout the day before clearing […]
Tonight will bring flurries and a low of -2 C (28 F). Tomorrow will see a chance of flurries during the day and cloudy periods overnight with a high of minus-five (23) and a low of minus-six (21). Wednesday will be a mix of sun and cloud with a chance […]
