Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will not be selling off the property known as “Nelson Street Park” for residential development after Ontario Municipal Board chair J.E. Sniezek ruled in favour of residents who opposed the re-zoning and ordered the pertinent bylaw repealed. In a decision issued June 28, […]
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Press Release The Ministry of the Attorney General has taken the precautionary measure of closing the Fort Frances Courthouse due to water damage. Full court services will be restored there as soon as it is safe to do so. Ontario Court of Justice hearings scheduled at the Fort Frances Courthouse […]
Staff Two new lightning-caused fires were reported in the district yesterday. Fort Frances Fire #21, a 0.1-hectare blaze, was burning “not under control” far north of Fort Frances near Missus Lake. Fort Frances Fire #22, meanwhile, is 0.5-ha blaze located near Jackfish Lake, north of Devlin. It also was listed […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will not be selling off property known as “Nelson Street Park” as it had planned, as Ontario Municipal Board chair J.E. Sniezek has decided in favour of residents opposing the rezoning of the property in question, and ordered the pertinent bylaw repealed. In […]
Staff With one of their own being unable to participate this year, those involved in the annual bathtub races on Sand Bay made sure that the event would go on in his honour. This year’s 41st running of the Canada Day event was put on by drivers Len Bedard and […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Canada Day window display contest. There were so many wonderful entries the judges had a hard time picking just three! Judging took place Friday, June 29, and the winning businesses were treated to […]
Heather Latter Standing on cement floors all day while working at the local Starbucks, Patty Jorgenson’s feet and back were aching by the end of each work day. It was that pain that got her thinking about getting into reflexology—the practice of applying pressure to the feet and hands—as a […]
Staff Fort Frances will keep the tug of war trophy for another year—not because they defeated their opponents from International Falls, but because the Monday event was canceled due to a thunderstorm that passed over at precisely the hour the “Pulling for Peace” event was scheduled, raining out the annual […]
Staff A thunderstorm that passed over Fort Frances and International Falls, MN, at precisely the hour the “Pulling for Peace” event was scheduled, rained out the annual friendly tug of war between the two countries yesterday. “If it had been a couple hours earlier or a couple hours later, we […]
Sarah Pruys It’s not too late to enter the Canada Day parade, which will be held on Front Street at 5 p.m. on July 1st. The theme of the parade this year is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, so participants are encouraged to think royally. Just one of the many activities […]
Heather Latter Teams have been selected for Monday’s “Pulling for Peace,” the annual friendly tug of war between Fort Frances and International Falls. And with a 3-1 record, Canada is ready to defend its title. “We’re got a hand-picked team of strong people from Rainy River to Fort Frances,” noted […]
Staff With Lieutenants Dennis and Mary Maybury arriving today as the new officers for the local Salvation Army, Capts. Angel and Marlene Sandoval want to thank the community they’ve called home for the past nine years before they move on to their new posting in Ariano Irpino, Italy. “The years […]
