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 […]
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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 […]
Press Release Sign up now for the “Healthy You” weight management program being offered by clinical dietitian Rooksana Randeree this fall at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances and the Emo and Rainy River Health Centres via telehealth. The “Healthy You” program is a group weight management approach that focuses […]
Press Release Doctors, lawyers, city councillors, teachers, scientists, reverends, elders, and concerned citizens showed tremendous support for the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) last Thursday at the “Save our Fish! Save our ELA” rally in Kenora. The ELA—a federal science program dedicated to understanding the impacts of human activity on freshwater […]
Emily Gedde From the time they entered the big tent Saturday to the blaring sound of Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys are Back in Town,” Duane and John Peterson were referred to as “a couple of wily old veterans” by International Falls Bass Championship president Gary Potter. And IFBC veterans they […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 Six acts slated for new season After a great season last year, “Tour de Fort” is hoping to keep the momentum going. But to do that, they need to sell more passports. “We were in trouble the year before but it turned around last year,” noted “Tour de […]
Duane Hicks Local businesses will be urged to band together this fall and participate in a “Go Local” campaign to help keep consumer dollars here. “We’re looking to begin the project in September, and hopefully have a project launch in the first couple weeks of October,” said Geoff Gillon, regional […]
