Heather Latter Brayden Neurinski was busy helping with the harvest during a kids’ garden club session yesterday at the Fort Frances Community Garden. With a multitude of flourishing gardens, organizers are calling it another successful season. The kids’ club, along with the adult gardeners, will host an official season wrap-up […]
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Duane Hicks Tariq Azeem, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, outlined the basic teachings of the Qur’an yesterday evening during an “Islam Open House” at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. About two dozen people attended the talk, during which Azzem, who came here from Lloydminster, Alta., dispelled some of […]
Heather Latter Staff of Nexus Community Credit Union Ltd. here are supporting the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation through fundraisers such as making and selling perogies and hosting a barbecue on Oct. 20.
Duane Hicks Joyce Scott got her early-morning coffee, muffin, and goodie bag from Dale Gill during the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” fundraiser this morning at Tim Hortons here. The club gave out about 170 goodie bags—full of items donated by local businesses—from 6-9 a.m.
Staff Be sure to mark Oct. 15 on your calendar! The Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club’s first-ever 5K “Eye Run” is set to take place that day to raise money for community members to travel to the CNIB’s Lake Joseph Centre next summer. Run organizer Wayne Lundstrom, who is visually-impaired […]
Duane Hicks A campaign to collect 1,000 life jackets to help halt drownings in the region’s First Nation communities has received high recognition from Canada’s governor general. Sgt. Marty Singleton of the OPP Aboriginal Policing Bureau was invested into the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Gov. Gen. […]
Duane Hicks Town council has referred local resident Wayne Lundstrom’s concerns about people riding bicycles on sidewalks to the local Police Services Board because it is the OPP that is authorized to stop cyclists. However, the town will not revisit its traffic control bylaw provisions surrounding cyclists, nor install signage […]
Heather Latter The “Spirit of Christmas” will be back again—this time in the hands of the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary. “It’s such a great fundraiser and it’s always been so elegantly done that we’re really pleased to be sponsoring it this year,” noted auxiliary president Irene Laing. “It has had […]
Duane Hicks Whether it was earning the praise of the public or the “critics,” the winners of this year’s “Great Canadian Chili Cook-Off” found the taste of success equally as sweet. Or would that be spicy? Green’s Brand Source and TD Canada Trust were the superstars at last Wednesday’s cook-off […]
Heather Latter The Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual fall gala—this year entitled “Mobsters and Dames”—surely was the bee’s knees. The event held Saturday night at the Fort Frances Curling Club raised a record-breaking $44,000, which topped last year’s total by more than $5,000 and far exceeded its $30,000 goal. […]
Staff The Fun in the Sun committee is asking for $7,500 for next year’s Canada Day fireworks. In a written submission from Dave Coats received by council as part of its budget input process at last night’s meeting, Coats noted the Town of Fort Frances generously contributed $7,500 to the […]
Staff Town council is expecting to get at least some input on its 2017 budget this evening. Budget presentations will be made the Greg Thorstad, president of the Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club, as well as Fort Frances Lakers’ president Milt Strachan. Meanwhile, a written submission has been made by […]
