Duane Hicks Trick-or-treaters will be taking to the streets this Sunday for Hallowe’en and one stop many are sure to make will be to Tess and Robert Coish’s haunted backyard at 1030 Scott St. But in order to make it as successful as it’s been in the past two years, […]
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Staff Construction to complete the new Robert Moore School is still underway and will continue in the upcoming months. Originally slated to be completed by the start of the 2010 school year (and students and staff did start their year off in the new facility), the completion date first was […]
Duane Hicks With the natural gas line replacement project wrapping up here after two years, Link-Line and Union Gas have left a token of appreciation to the community behind—a new sun shelter at the McIrvine Rotary Park. The foundation for the shelter was poured about three weeks ago, and the […]
Duane Hicks Coinciding with the old adage, “One good deed deserves another,” organizers of an upcoming benefit event for the Fort Frances “Community Chest” are looking for individuals and businesses to donate “acts of kindness” to be sold off for the fundraiser. “Any gift of time and service will be […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Great Canadian Chili Cook-off and Cake Roulette” was a success last Wednesday, not only treating a hungry public to a variety of chili made by local groups but reaping a harvest of non-perishable items for local food banks. The Fort Frances Public […]
Staff Garnering more votes than the other two candidates combined, newcomer Dave Kircher nabbed one of the two public school board trustee seats for Fort Frances. The unofficial preliminary results from yesterday’s municipal election saw Kircher elected to the Rainy River District School Board with 1,570 votes. Longtime trustee Dan […]
Staff The results from yesterday’s municipal election show new leadership for several district municipalities. In Emo, Vincent Sheppard was elected mayor, garnering 309 votes to defeat incumbent Ed Carlson (222). Meanwhile, newcomers Robert Simmons (305), Vernon Thompson (304), and Anthony Leek (299) were elected as councillors, along with incumbent Gary […]
Staff Garnering more votes than the other two candidates combined, newcomer Dave Kircher nabbed one of the two public school board trustee seats for Fort Frances. The unofficial preliminary results from yesterday’s municipal election saw Kircher elected to the Rainy River District School Board with 1,570 votes. Longtime trustee Dan […]
Staff The “Citizen of the Year” selection committee will have its work cut out for it as it must review a slew of applications before making a recommendation to town council at its meeting Nov. 8. A total of 17 nominations, some of which are for the same person, came […]
Staff While some parts of the region saw snow last week, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services program was kept busy. Two prescribed burns were ignited, with fire specialists reporting excellent results from the controlled burns. Fort Frances District ignited the Pekagoning Lake prescribed burn, […]
Duane Hicks Those who haven’t voted yet in the two local school board elections are reminded they must fill out and return their voting packages to the Civic Centre by 8 p.m. on Monday (Oct. 25). “They should not be mailing them back at this stage, but should be bringing […]
Staff The International Lake of the Woods and Rainy River Watershed Task Force has slated four more public consultations as a review of the binational management of regional water basins gets underway. One of these meetings is scheduled for this Tuesday (Oct. 26) starting at 7 p.m. at the Rainy […]
