Duane Hicks Families bid a fun-filled farewell to winter Saturday during “Snoasis 4: Cool to the Core.” Hosted by the Friends of the Museum, at least 200 children and adults flocked to the Fort Frances Public Library on a sunny, mild day to participate in games and eat tasty food. […]
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Duane Hicks With the town slated to do a total rebuild of Colonization Road East from Scott Street to the overpass this summer, a local resident has put forward some suggestions to help the project run smoother for everyone. Merv Ahrens, who “endured and survived” last year’s King’s Highway reconstruction […]
Duane Hicks After years of waiting, the town is hoping to get a definitive answer as to whether or not the province will sell the land situated between the old library and the Fort Frances Clinic to allow for the latter’s future relocation and expansion. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. Wendy […]
Duane Hicks The town’s water treatment plant got a nearly perfect score after a Ministry of the Environment inspection late last year. The town scored 97 percent on its MoE 2015/16 drinking water inspection report after an announced detailed inspection, which was conducted Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Mayor Roy Avis applauded […]
Staff The local Kiwanis Club once again will be holding a Good Friday breakfast this year, with tickets going on sale Monday. The breakfast will take place Friday, March 25 at 8 a.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. Tickets cost $15 each, which will be available at Green’s Brandsource and Lidkea […]
Staff It’s not too late for local women to sign up for the “Women’s Wellness Day” this Tuesday (March 8). Hosted by the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope, it is being held at the Zion Lutheran Church from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in celebration of International Women’s Day. “It’s […]
Duane Hicks A developer is looking to use riverfront property east of the Riverwalk Condominiums to build townhomes—but that doesn’t mean assisted living won’t ever happen here. Town council passed an agreement of purchase and sale with Thunder Bay-based Syncor for the Front Street property last month, and a billboard […]
Heather Latter Most parents are not in a rush for their children to grow up, which is why those of Grades 6 and 7 students at J.W. Walker have concerns over their kids heading to high school this fall. The Rainy River District School Board last month approved the move […]
Staff Couchiching First Nation has elected a new chief. Brian Perrault defeated incumbent Sara Mainville, Louis “Smokey” Bruyere, and Scott McPherson in yesterday’s band election. Meanwhile, incumbent councillors David Bruyere, Lucille “Bugsy” Morrisseau, Patrick Morrisseau, and William “Bill” Perrault will be joined on council by newcomer Dean Bruyere. Brian Perrault […]
Duane Hicks Canada is celebrating its 150th birthday in 2017 and the Fort Frances Museum is recruiting people to help make it a year to remember. An inaugural meeting will be held there next Thursday (March 3) at 5:15 p.m. The museum is forming a committee to plan the exhibit, […]
Duane Hicks The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 has been working hard over the past 10 months to give the bar area a makeover and offer more to its patrons. Now the Legion is inviting past, current, and new patrons—Legion members or not—to come out this Saturday night for a […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board and Seven Generations Education Institute celebrated the grand-opening of a welding program facility, featuring 12 new welding booths, at Fort Frances High School last week. The project—made possible through a partnership between the two organizations—got underway just last summer. “So it was […]
