Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate the winners, and thank all participants, of this year’s “Quest for Canada’s Best Window Display” contest. The contest asked local businesses to decorate their storefront windows to represent famous Canadians, and ran the week leading up to Canada […]
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Staff Fort Frances is a popular stop for epic canoe trips this summer. Mountains2Montreal stopped here early this week, and now the TransCanEauda Canoe Project will be passing through tonight or tomorrow as part of a 7,000-km trek that began in Ottawa on May 28 and will end at the […]
Staff A brief tornado warning issued by Environment Canada on Monday evening was too late to warrant use of the emergency sirens in Fort Frances. “It was about nine o’clock that it was issued, but at the point it was issued . . . the storm cell was past us,” […]
Heather Latter Confederation College last week celebrated a $100,000 contribution from Tbaytel, which will give students within the School of Health and Community Services, at all campuses across the region, access to state-of-the-art technology. The announcement was made by Don Campbell, Tbaytel president and CEO, and Confederation College president Pat […]
No one is laughing when they do grocery shopping as prices have climbed by a whopping 10 percent in recent months. Companies are passing on the higher costs of inputs, such as corn-based products, which have risen by more than 30 percent in the past year. There have been other […]
Staff Thanks to the sunny and hot conditions here on Canada Day, sports activities held at Pither’s Point went off smoothly. A 4-on-4 beach volleyball tournament was maxed out with 10 teams, with first place going to the Dirty Four Play team of Dan Fotheringham, Chris Noyle, Kim Fossum, and […]
the MNR Most anglers checked by Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers on Lake of the Woods in Kenora District were obeying Ontario’s fishing regulations. Conservation officers conducted the enforcement blitz from June 23-25, checking for compliance with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and the Ontario Fishery Regulations. The […]
Press Release The Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District will be holding its ninth-annual “Ride for Memories” on Saturday, Aug. 27 with start locations from Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout. The host location for the BBQ dinner and award ceremony will take place at the Adventure Inn in […]
Duane Hicks The past few months have been especially busy for Darren Lowes. First, Lowes Furniture & Appliances moved to its new location at the former Pinewood Sports and opened its doors in May. Then, Lowes Pro Lumber & Building opened for business just last month on the same property […]
Zoey Duncan Naicatchewenin has taken a major step to curb a dangerous “epidemic” that is moving through their small community. By instituting a staff drug-testing policy at the band office, the chief and council hope to both set a positive example for prescription drug abusers and keep the addiction from […]
Duane Hicks Organizers looking ahead to next year With this year’s Canada Day activities proving to be a hit, the local Canada Day Celebrations Committee is not resting on its laurels and already is eyeing what to do next year. Committee chair Randy Thoms said the group will be meeting […]
Heather Latter The coveted trophy from the International Tug-of-War, dubbed “Pulling for Peace,” returned to Fort Frances on Saturday after the local community team beat the squad from International Falls. “It was awesome. We got them right off the hop,” enthused Mike Gurski, who had hand-picked the members of our […]
