Lindsay Campbell Since Cheers re-opened its doors here back in June, new owner Josh Leatherdale is in the process of making a few changes. Leatherdale, who always has had a hobby for home-brewing wine, said the decision to buy the Sixth Street West business just made sense. It all started […]
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Duane Hicks At long last, the Town of Fort Frances has a sand and salt storage building at its Public Works yard. The $500,000 structure, built by Van Pelt Construction Inc., is nearly complete and will be ready to use far in advance of this winter. Operations and Facilities manager […]
Duane Hicks Move over “Highway Thru Hell.” Todd, Roj, “Grizz,” Jimmy, Matt, and Mikey of the Shotgun Exploration crew will be back for Season 2 of “Fool’s Gold” starting with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. “Fool’s Gold” hit ratings paydirt in its […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is looking for chefs to compete in its annual chili cook-off next month, which this year will follow theme, “New Orleans Chili Gras.” “It should be good,” said Chamber executive director Jennifer Soderholm. “[The theme] opens it up to all kinds of […]
Staff Ontario Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell will be in Fort Frances this Wednesday (Aug. 26) as part of her tour of Northern Ontario. The first stop on her itinerary will be a visit to the local tourist information centre at 9 a.m. Accompanied by Deputy Mayor June Caul and town officials, […]
Staff The Shotgun Exploration crew will be back next month. The gold-exploring exploits of Todd Ryznar, Jason “Roj” Whitehead, Mark “Grizz” Fairnington, Jimmy “Big E” Easton, Matt Wensley, and Mike Strom will resume with Season 2 of “Fool’s Gold” starting Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. […]
Duane Hicks Live to ride. Ride to live. Motorcycle enthusiasts will take to area highways in the name of a good cause this Saturday for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ 13th-annual “Ride for Memories” and poker derby. Bikers are invited to join in the ride and dinner to […]
Lindsay Campbell Carlito and Thelma Gicale, owners/managers of the CanAsian Restaurant in Emo, have closed those doors to focus on a larger project here in Fort Frances. Formerly known as Lee Garden, the Gicales opened the “CanAsian Family Restaurant” at 418 Scott St. on Monday. “We wanted to serve a […]
Lindsay Campbell The International Joint Commission, along with the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board, held its annual public meeting here last Tuesday to discuss water level initiatives. Held at La Place Rendez-Vous, the meeting was an opportunity to report on last year’s high water levels here but also […]
Duane Hicks Riverfront property next to the Riverwalk Condominiums is the preferred site for a for-profit assisted living complex being proposed here. Cherish Community Living Ltd., the company hired to design and run the complex, is hoping it can obtain the town-owned property located just to the east of the […]
Staff Gingrich Woodcraft Inc. shut its doors and let go staff yesterday after the majority of its workers had voted in favour of joining Unifor last week. Unifor national representative Stephen Boon told the Times the Devlin-based manufacturer abruptly called about 25 employees to a meeting yesterday afternoon and fired […]
Staff Fort Frances has representatives among the more than 1,600 delegates from hundreds of municipalities and other organizations across Ontario attending the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s annual conference in Niagara Falls. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. Ken Perry and Paul Ryan, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig are at the […]
