Temperatures finally may be cooling down but the eight-week Ontario Stewardship Ranger program is just heating up. And the four youths who were hired this year—Adam Egan, Thomas LePine, Christina Vandermeer, and Bryce Godin (all born in 1995)—are keeping very busy. Although they are well into the program, Stewardship co-ordinator […]
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Sarah Pruys Local teen Kari Manty possibly was part of one of the last groups to ever participate in the Katimavik program, which ended last month due to a lack of government funding. The program, which started in 1977, allows youth aged 17-21 to volunteer full-time for six months across […]
Sarah Pruys Fort Frances often is considered a small town where there is nothing interesting or exciting to do. But is this actually true, or is it possible that people simply are resistant to change and unwilling to try new things? The only problem is that often you have to […]
the OPP On Sunday at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers with Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to an airplane crash on Pelican Lake. A Cessna operated by Slate Falls Airways containing a pilot and four passengers crashed shortly after take-off from Pelican Lake on a sight-seeing flight over […]
Staff Sandy Lake First Nation residents returned home Sunday after being evacuated from their community early last week. The fire situation near the small northern community has quieted down, allowing for the residents to go back to their homes. A total 650 Sandy Lake FN residents evacuated their community last […]
Staff More blood donors are needed to help Canadian Blood Services (CBS) meet its goal at its summer clinic here Aug. 13-14. A total of 80 people have signed up to give the “gift of life,” but there’s still 195 appointment slots to be filled. The clinic is being held […]
the OPP Kenora OPP received a call around 9:30 a.m. yesterday that a small plane had gone down in the bush north of Kenora. The Cessna 180 was trying to take off from their camp situated on Trout Lake when it crashed. The pilot, a 78-year-old male, and a 62-year-old […]
Press Release This Saturday (Aug. 4) marks the annual celebration of Canada Food Day. The Clover Valley Farmers’ Market in Fort Frances will be hosting great activities and market specials in honour of this event. Canada Food Day was founded by author and culinary activist Anita Stewart, who has decades […]
Duane Hicks Stained glass is in the spotlight this month at the Fine Line Art Gallery here, with an open house slated for this evening from 4-9 p.m. The open house will showcase a variety of work done by local artist Emily Hyatt of “A Touch of Glass,” as well […]
Sarah Pruys Now in its fourth year, the “Walk for Good Life” is still going strong. Fifteen people, along with any others who may want to join in along the way, are walking from Eagle Lake First Nation and back—around the heart of Treaty #3—on a trip lasting from July […]
Sarah Pruys After five successful years in Kenora, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout, the BizKids Camp made its inaugural appearance in Fort Frances last week to give children an opportunity to learn the skills needed to be successful in today’s economy. Run by the Northwest Business Centre, the camp for children […]
Heather Latter On the heels of returning from a volunteer trip to Ecuador, local teen Dexter Fichuk is eager to continue his efforts to help others. The Grade 12 student will remain head of the Fort Frances Mob(ilizers) group at Fort High this year—a group that spreads the “Me to […]
