Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has lined up teams that are getting ready to take people’s taste buds around the world for this year’s “Great Canadian Chili Cook-Off and Cake Roulette” tomorrow (Oct. 20) at the Legion. The event will run from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and everyone […]
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Staff With Christmas just over two months away, town council will receive a financial request tonight from the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau to support the 23rd-annual Community Christmas Dinner. In a letter to council, head organizer Karen Mitchell said Knox United Church has been booked for Saturday, Dec. 25. But […]
Staff The Associates of St. Marguerite d’Youville once again is holding its annual winter coat drive. They want clean, used winter coats in good condition for men, women, and children to be able to give to the needy. Mittens, hats, and boot also are welcome. Organizer Anna McNay suggested businesses […]
Staff Making connections between First Nations’ communities and organizations is the aim of a “Partnerships and Information Forum” slated this Thursday at La Place Rendez-Vous here. The forum, which runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., is a partnership between Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong and the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. It […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce and Shaw Canada is pleased to announce they will be teaming up to gather items for our local food bank. Shaw has just launched a new movement called “Together is Amazing,” in which the company is attempting to utilize its network of […]
Staff The Ontario Breast Screening Program’s “150 over 50” challenge is returning for another round this Monday (Oct. 18). “This is a challenge where we’re encouraging all women over the age of 50 who have never had a breast examination to come out on Monday,” explained Teresa Hazel, chair of […]
the MNR Two prescribed burns are scheduled for ignition in the West Fire Region over the next two days. Fort Frances District is planning to ignite the Pekagoning Lake prescribed burn, located about 60 km northwest of Atikokan. The project area is roughly 140 hectares in size and consists of […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances will be buying property on Williams Avenue—the site of the former F.H. Huffman School. The town is paying about $155,000 for the property. Mayor Roy Avis said this morning that council decided to buy the property for its key location in the community, noting […]
Staff Fort Frances resident Anthony Kadikoff was among the 20 Ontario seniors honoured yesterday at the 2010 Ontario Senior Achievement Awards at Queen’s Park. “Anthony Kadikoff has dedicated his life to improving the lives of cancer patients in Northwestern Ontario,” the province said in a press release. Kadikoff is currently […]
Duane Hicks With election day officially being Oct. 25, more than a quarter of eligible voters already have mailed in their ballots to determine the Fort Frances trustees for both the public or separate school boards. Those who have not yet received a voting kit in the mail are reminded […]
Press Release Local optometrists Dr. Bruce Lidkea and Dr. Robert Lidkea, of Lidkea Optometry Services, are taking the World Sight Day Challenge to help give sight to people in developing countries. On World Sight Day (Thursday, Oct. 14), the pair will donate their eye exam fees to help provide eye […]
Karen Cedarwall, Jackie Vanderaa, Irma Milko, Evelyn Sharpin, Bill Toner, Myrna Slusarcyk, Jim McDowal, and Amanda Johnson of Kenora were among the $40 winners of the local Alzheimer Society’s cash calendar draw for October. Joining them were Tim Murphy and Shannon Lucas (Weewatin), Clay Nellis (Clearwater Bay), Michelle Somerfield (Thunder […]
