The Associated Press WASHINGTON Federal health officials have cleared a wearable heart-zapping device for children who are at risk of deadly irregular heartbeats. The LifeVest is intended for children who need round-the-clock heart monitoring but cannot receive an implantable device, due to health problems or parental objections. Defibrillators correct dangerous […]
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Duane Hicks With the community Christmas dinner only a week away, everything is falling into place. The 28th-annual event will take place Christmas Day from noon-2 p.m. at Knox United Church. But while organizers have a team of volunteers on board for the event, more helpers always are welcome. Sandra […]
Duane Hicks 2015 has been a busy year for the Town of Fort Frances. In a year-end address at Monday night’s council meeting (the last one of 2015), Mayor Roy Avis noted there’s been many capital improvements throughout the town. These include a new animal shelter, a new salt/sand shed, […]
Heather Latter Despite the above-average temperatures and lack of ice, the Voyageur Lions Club still is moving ahead with plans for its annual “Polar Plunge.” “We’re just worried right now about the lack of ice,” conceded club member Bill Michl, who also is governor of Lions International District 5M-10. In […]
Duane Hicks The presents and hospitality that are part of the holiday season also mean the accumulation of more boxes, wrapping paper, and other recyclable materials. Fortunately, the two new stationary compactor units—with properly-sized hoppers and six 40-cubic-yard roll-off containers—now are operational at the Sixth Street West depot and should […]
Duane Hicks The bad news: Fort Frances Power Corp. customers’ electricity bills will be going up in the new year, along with the rest of Ontario residents. The good news: FFPC customers still enjoy the cheapest power in the province. Due to several changes in hydro billing in Ontario, residential […]
Duane Hicks The town could be fixing up the overpass over the CN tracks as one of its next road projects. Council agreed last night to apply to the MTO’s “Connecting Links” highway program for funding to do the design and engineering work to rehabilitate the east-end structure. If the […]
Staff The town will ink a new building lease agreement, including a rent increase, with the province for the local OPP detachment to continue to utilize space at the Civic Centre. The new five-year deal includes a 2.3 percent increase in rent and the removal of the provision for bonded […]
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board is conducting an online survey in order to provide feedback to support its French Immersion programming. French Immersion was resurrected locally this year for Grade 1 and Early Years (Year 2) students at St. Michael’s School after a group of parents urged the […]
Staff The sixth-annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” campaign is set to go this Saturday in a partnership between district food banks and emergency services in the area. “Once again, the OPP and the food banks in Fort Frances—the Salvation Army, the United Native Friendship Centre, and the Sunset Country Métis—along with the Emo […]
Heather Latter The Fort Frances Wellness Committee didn’t get the outcome it was hoping for in the recent “Tbaytel for Good” competition after being unable to garner enough votes to move onto the semi-final round. The group was seeking funds for upgrades to the fitness facilities at the Memorial Sports […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board held elections for chair and vice-chair at its meeting Saturday. Trustee Cathy Bowen was acclaimed, for a second term, as chair of the Board. She lives in Sioux Lookout and has served as a trustee since 2003. “I am honoured to have […]
