Staff The Town of Fort Frances has begun its search for a new fire chief/community emergency management co-ordinator. Frank Sheppard has been fire chief here since 2011, first serving as acting chief on an interim basis after former chief Gerry Armstrong retired in late 2010. The chief is responsible for […]
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By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s transplant network is taking a long-awaited step to ease a serious disparity: Where you live affects whether you get a timely liver transplant or die waiting. Desperate patients sometimes travel across the country to get on a shorter waiting list […]
Duane Hicks Local delegates will bring a briefcase full of northern issues with them to Windsor next week. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. Paul Ryan and June Caul, Coun. Wendy Brunetta (representing the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association), and Fort Frances CAO Doug Brown will be attending the annual general meeting of […]
Staff Just who is responsible for trees in the downtown area? The Town of Fort Frances and BIA aims to sort this out by developing a tree maintenance agreement. The issue came to light after a recent request by the BIA that the town remove a tree from in front […]
Staff The Point Park beach is open again for swimming. The beach was declared safe to swim at yesterday after the most recent set of water sample results came back “all clear,” the Northwestern Health Unit reported. The beach first was declared off-limits July 29 as a result of routine […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances is undertaking the process to become a designated “Age Friendly Community.” Thanks to a provincial grant of $7,700, the town will hire a consultant to work with the local Age Friendly Community Committee. Together they will define local principles as they relate to seniors in Fort […]
By Ross Marowits The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Bombardier’s railway division has won a $1.7-billion order to build 660 railway cars that will secure 1,000 jobs at its Derby facility in England. Britain’s Department for Transport said the contract, awarded by government-selected railway operator Abellio, is part of a broader […]
Heather Latter Shawna Holmlund, an Ottawa-based artist, has been conducting a weekly arts and crafts program at Rainycrest and she is looking for youngsters to help out. In fact, she had put the call out in late July for children ages five-10 to join in this past Saturday’s session. “I […]
Cameron Penney Grade 12 student Sara Jackson recently found a way to take her passion for baking and turn it into her own business. With the help of the “Summer Company” program, the Grade 12 student at Fort Frances High School has been busy all summer with her company, “Sara’s […]
Heather Latter Carl’s Eatery closed its doors at its downtown location of 325 Scott Street in June and will soon open at 862 Kings Highway, in the former Pizza Hut building. “We have done enough clean up and a colour change so that it won’t feel like Pizza Hut,” vowed […]
Duane Hicks The New Gold Rainy River Project is “very impressive,” according to Premier Kathleen Wynne. The premier, along with Minister of Northern Development and Mines Michael Gravelle, toured the site yesterday as part of her weeklong tour of Northern Ontario. “The New Gold project, it really seems to be […]
Staff The search for “Canada’s Greatest Explorer” began with 12 and now there are three—and local resident Joshua Henry is among the three finalists. The latest episode, which can be found online at WoodsExplorer.ca, challenged the four remaining adventurers to complete an orienteering race in the Rocky Mountains. “This race […]
