Press Release Starting March 1, Ontario will ban unsolicited, door-to-door sales of certain household appliances to better protect consumers from aggressive and misleading contracting at home. Businesses only will be able to enter into a contract in the consumer’s home if the consumer has contacted the business ahead of time […]
Local News
Duane Hicks The town is looking to change the way sewer and water installations are invoiced to customers. The majority of council voted down a recommendation from the Operations and Facilities executive committee to remain status quo at Monday night’s council meeting, meaning the issue will go back to that […]
Staff The PeeWee Canadians proved they were the “stars” over the weekend in Thunder Bay. The squad went a perfect 6-0 en route to capturing the championship at the Norwest Tournament of Stars. Sunday saw them locking horns with the host Stars in the final. Aidan Taggart, Noah McPherson, and […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is reminding residents with a history of frozen water service lines to keep running those taps. Over the last about three weeks, the town has gone from having five reported frozen water lines to 29, Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told council […]
Staff The Memorial Sports Centre won’t be open quite as late in the evening on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays this spring. The centre will be open only until 8 p.m., as opposed to 10 p.m. on those evenings, once the two ice surfaces are taken out in late April. This […]
Duane Hicks Students involved with “Project Sunset” at Crossroads School in Devlin held a skating party on Thursday to officially celebrate the community rink they and other partners helped fix up in recent months. “One of Project Sunset’s five pillars is community service,” youth engagement co-ordinator Fiona Gallagher told the […]
Jamie Mountain They never had experienced a Canadian winter before but that did little to quash the enjoyment the “Paddlers Without Borders” teams had at Saturday’s inaugural FMG Ice Dragons Challenge hosted by the local International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club on the ice by La Place Rendez-Vous here. Hailing […]
Duane Hicks The fairy tale, “Beauty and the Beast,” has delighted readers, theatre-goers, and movie fans for many years. And next week, the enchanting story of a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love will come alive on the stage at Robert Moore School here. The popular […]
Press Release The Town of Fort Frances and the Rainy River Future Development Corp. received the following awards at the Economic Developers Council of Ontario Awards of Excellence on Feb. 7 in Toronto: •Branding: Promotional Awards for “Fort Frances Boundless” (recipient Town of Fort Frances); •Physical Infrastructure and Redevelopment Initiatives: […]
Press Release It is unacceptable that in 2018, there are children living on reserve in Canada who cannot safely drink, bathe, or even play in the water that comes out of their taps. Our government has been working with First Nations’ communities across the country to fix this, including investing […]
The responsibility to protect, or R2P, is (on paper) a very logical and thorough approach to protecting vulnerable populations from the most heinous atrocities of the world. It places on each country the responsibility to do everything possible to prevent and peacefully end such atrocity crimes, within and beyond national […]
Duane Hicks J.W. Walker students have been working hard since early January to get ready for their one-night only performance of “A Year with Frog and Toad,” which is slated for Thursday, March 1 at the Townshend Theatre. The play is a Tony Award-nominated musical written by brothers Robert and […]
