Duane Hicks A long-time service club which continues to go strong here, the local Knights of Columbus celebrated their 75th anniversary Saturday night with a banquet at La Place Rendez-Vous, and a service Sunday at St. Mary’s Church. One of the highlights of Saturday evening was the recognition of four […]
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Heather Latter Customers at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday didn’t have to carry home their goods in plastic bags. Instead, each received a reusable bag along with their purchase through a promotion by the Town of Fort Frances called “Saving Our Plant One Bag at a Time.” Environmental […]
Staff Fall and winter children’s programs have started at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre this week, and there’s still some spots open for those programs which require registration. “People can still register for any of the programs,” said children’s librarian, Andrea Avis. “Once the weather cools down, people […]
Peggy Revell A fifth candidate has thrown her hat into the ring for the Oct. 6 provincial election. Charmaine Romaniuk officially filed papers this past Sunday to run as a candidate for the Northern Ontario Heritage Party in the Kenora-Rainy River riding. “I’ve always been kind of really passionate about […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances delegates once again brought up local concerns with various provincial ministers at the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario late last month in London. Mayor Roy Avis, Coun. Paul Ryan, and CAO Mark McCaig were at the conference, which included pre-scheduled meetings with […]
Press Release The Rainy River District OPP Detachment is seeking the assistance of the public in locating Dallis Bluebird, age 37 of Fort Frances. He is described as a First Nation male, approximately 6 feet tall, medium length dark hair, weighing 200 lbs. with a thin build. He was last […]
Staff Numbers are down when it comes to people participating in the Town of Fort Frances’ annual Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste Day. This year saw only 185 vehicles drop by the town’s Public Works building on Fifth Street to drop off hazardous materials, reported Dough Brown, manager of Operations […]
Press Release There were eight new fires found in the region by the time of reporting yesterday, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources. Windy conditions prevailed throughout the day along with a shift in temperature conducting thunderstorm activities in many parts of the region. Much cooler temperatures are expected to […]
There is an old saying, “Fools run in where angels fear to tread.” This is particularly appropriate nowadays about the stock market. One must begin by considering the investment sector. The main source of gross private domestic investment is the retained earnings of business. That is, the expenditure comes from […]
Press Release Rainy River District OPP responded to two separate reports of fire in the Town of Rainy River over the weekend. On Friday at 6:30 p.m., police and fire department officials responded to the report of a house fire on Main Street in Rainy River. The fire was contained […]
Staff A candidate for the Northern Ontario Heritage Party has thrown her hat into the provincial election ring. Charmaine Romaniuk of Kenora filed her papers to run for the Kenora-Rainy River riding yesterday at the Fort Frances Elections Ontario office. Romaniuk is a 26 year-old Métis student currently studying anthropology […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances’ new strategic plan will be presented at tonight’s council meeting. Called “Realities . . . Challenges . . . Opportunities,” this is the final draft of the plan which council and administration first started working on back in June, when they met at Sunny […]
