Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter A meeting to determine interest for a local Parkinson’s support group didn’t garner much attention Monday at the Sister Kennedy Centre. Marielle Henderson, the community development coordinator with Parkinson Canada, drove from Thunder Bay to help Tom Big George, whose mother suffers from Parkinson’s, organize monthly meetings […]
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Duane Hicks While 3D printing is an amazing recent technology, it also can be daunting to a newbie. The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is looking to change that. Fort Frances High School co-op student Chris Silver is assisting information technology co-ordinator Jeremy Hughes to develop a 3D printer […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter As a boy growing up on Rainy Lake, Chris Stinson always had been fascinated by the water and what lay beneath it. He was an avid outdoor adventurer and animal-lover, and enjoyed catching small frogs and bird-watching. At that age, he never would have guessed he’d become […]
Press Release Since 2014 the government of France has been awarding their highest medal, the Legion of Honour to Canadian veterans that participated in the liberation of France in 1944. Many veterans have now received this great honour but many veterans may not even know it’s available. The Legion of […]
Press Release The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (TBSO) is proud to announce its 2017-18 subscription season, “New Beginnings.” Subscriptions are now on sale at the Community Auditorium box office, offering considerable savings over single-ticket prices. We begin our exciting new season with a new music director (to be announced soon), […]
Joey Payeur To Sarah Noonan, La Place Rendez-Vous has always felt like her second home. “I remember when the big town dock was still (there) and playing on it and if I cut my foot and needed a band-aid, I could just go to the hotel,” smiled Noonan nostalgically. “My […]
Staff The Fort Frances Tourist Information Centre is set to open this Friday (May 19)–just in time for the Victoria Day long weekend. To celebrate, the centre will host an open house on Friday starting at 10:30 a.m. Visitors are invited to check out what the Tourist Centre has to […]
Staff With work on the future Rainy Lake Square poised to begin, a stakeholder meeting is slated tomorrow evening (May 16). The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the committee room downstairs at the Civic Centre. All property owners on the 200 block of Scott Street have been invited. […]
Duane Hicks Individuals in orange safety garb intently surveying sidewalks have become a more common sight as the town’s resumes its annual program to mark surface discontinuities with paint. Since 2011, the town’s engineering department has conducted the marking program–making uneven joints in local sidewalks easier for pedestrians to spot. […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River Recreation Centre, Métis Nation of Ontario, and the Rainy River “Best Start” Hub partnered to run a kids’ cooking program after school for three weeks. The community loved the idea and the class quickly filled up to maximum capacity. The first class featured home-made […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will be recognizing Canada’s 150th anniversary–and celebrating volunteerism at the same time–with special “Canada 150” pins. Economic development consultant Tannis Drysdale told council Monday night that the town’s Economic Development Advisory Committee has been exploring ways to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial throughout the summer. […]
Staff Town council has endorsed the establishment of a new committee to review the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Services. The idea for the new Fire & Rescue Services Steering Committee came up during the 2017 budget process, when council directed that one be established. The mandate of this committee […]
