Duane Hicks Local delegates sent the message to Energy minister Chris Bentley that the possible consolidation of hydro distribution companies is something the town and Fort Frances Power Corp. does not want. Mayor Roy Avis, along with Couns. Andrew Hallikas and Paul Ryan, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, spoke […]
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Staff Plans for the Town of Fort Frances and the local Kiwanis Club to partner on an off-leash dog park here are moving forward now that a steering committee has been established. The ad hoc advisory committee held its first meeting yesterday to review terms of reference, which now will […]
Heather Latter Internationally-recognized blues singer Sunday Wilde of Atikokan is set to record her fourth album this fall. But you won’t find her at a studio. Instead, she’s booked Branch’s Seine River Lodge for a week and will record in a cabin there. “It’s the first [album] ever in the […]
Heather Latter Months of fundraising and grant writing by the Fort Frances High School First Responders has been successful, with the group nearly ready to purchase “METIman,” a $60,000 technologically-advanced simulator mannequin, to use for a variety of training purposes. Program co-ordinator and local paramedic John Beaton indicated the funds […]
Duane Hicks As efforts continue to acquire the shuttered Ontario Tourist Information Centre here, the use of students to deliver information sheets to tourists crossing the border this summer saw positive results. The students began in the first part of June and worked through the first half of August, noted […]
Duane Hicks Ron MacKinnon and Mark Caron are the new owners of the “Loving Touch Car Wash.” The business partners purchased the car wash, located on the corner of Second Street East and Mowat Avenue, from Murray and Shelly Wepruk and Steve and Livia Lundon. Caron, who helped maintain the […]
Duane Hicks The presence of bears in the district is up slightly so far this year as diminished berry crops have the bruins on the prowl for food. “There have been 71 reports to the bear reporting line for all of Fort Frances District, which includes Atikokan and Rainy River,” […]
Press Release Ontario is helping workers stay safe on the job by launching four targeted safety blitzes at workplaces across the province this fall. Between September and December, blitzes will focus on: •supervision at construction sites (September-October); •machine guarding hazards and repetitive strain injuries in manufacturing and industrial workplaces (October-November); […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce would like to welcome its new manager, Annely Armstrong, effective Sept. 4. Armstrong comes to the Chamber with experience in marketing, management, and training, an Ontario Management Development Certificate, as well as a Business Administration diploma from Confederation College. We are excited […]
Press Release The Northwestern Health Unit has released its second-annual public health report card. “The report card tells the community and our funders about the work of the health unit in the past year,” noted board chairman John Albanese. The report includes information on 14 key areas of public health […]
Press Release Residents of Fort Frances will have the unique opportunity to meet with each other—and develop new friendships—when Fort Floral hosts the 18th-annual FTD Good Neighbour Day event next Wednesday (Sept. 5). Beginning at 8 a.m., Fort Floral will give away 3,000 flowers in bunches of a dozen absolutely […]
Duane Hicks The overpass on Colonization Road East will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 9 a.m. next Tuesday (Sept. 4) so needed repairs can be done to the south-side expansion joint. To repair it, workers must drill holes in the angle iron, put in grease nipple jerks, and […]
