Duane Hicks The power went out yesterday morning and when it came back on six hours later, the Fort Frances Power Corp. had 26 new customers. The FFPC has expanded its territory to include McIrvine Road North and Frog Creek Road up to the town boundary, switching over Hydro One […]
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Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency and RCMP today announced the seizure of a sizeable amount of prohibited drugs at the Fort Frances port of entry. On Sept. 19, Li Hua Lin, 51, a resident of Alberta, approached the CBSA’s primary inspection lane. She told the border services officer […]
Press Release The Backus Community Center in International Falls is excited to host the “Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience” this Saturday (Oct. 1). This will mark the second performance in the 2016-17 Backus Performing Arts Series and is sure to be an unbelievable night. The “Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience” […]
Press Release Nexus Community Credit Union Ltd. was approached by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to raise money for it. Our branch was happy to participate in this fundraiser as a number of women in our community recently have been diagnosed with this disease. As well, cancer in some form […]
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 […]
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 […]
