Bryce Forbes Given the great response for the week-long summer program offered by Confederation College here last year, it has decided to add five more. Last year, a culinary program for youth was offered three times. Now, six camps will be offered, including a beginner (July 12-16) and intermediate (Aug. […]
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Bryce Forbes A pair of friends from southern Ontario made a stop in Fort Frances on Sunday night as part of their cross-country bike trip to help raise funds for an orphanage in Mozambique. Jamie Rooney and Ben Morrison, both from Waterloo, started their trek April 23 in Newfoundland. They […]
Duane Hicks Helping those with vision problems Those with vision problems need not be left in the dark when it comes to reading, and the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre has an area with several pieces of equipment dedicated to assisting them. Called the adaptive technology area, this […]
Peggy Revell Alberton has named life-long resident George Ray Watson as the recipient of the township’s Senior of the Year Award for 2010. Watson was honoured at last Wednesday night’s council meeting for his years of service to the community, which included six terms sitting on council and several years […]
Staff Fort Frances residents will face a temporary tightening of outdoor watering restrictions beginning later this month after town council last night approved a report on the warranty inspection for the water tower. Inspection of work done on the water tower two years ago will commence during the week of […]
the MNR No new fires were reported in the West Fire Region by yesterday evening of June 14. The forest fire hazard remains “low” across the southern and central portions of the region as a result of ongoing rain. Further north, however, the fire hazard rises to “moderate.” And in […]
Staff A North Dakota man is dead after jumping off the bridge in Sioux Narrows on Sunday, the OPP reported. Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls OPP was called in for assistance to locate the missing individual, who was identified as 22-year-old Gerald Jonasson of Edinburgh, N.D. A search was conducted by the […]
Many must share responsibility for our present economic troubles. The financial community is among the major culprits. But, overwhelmingly, the lion’s share of guilt must be attributed to politicians. They allowed—in fact aided—the changes in policy, claiming self-regulation was all that was needed to prevent abuses, such as the development […]
Duane Hicks The entire 2010 budget will be explained at a public meeting tonight, after which time town council will vote on bylaws to pass the estimates and accompanying tax rates to support the municipal levy. During a budget meeting last month, council voted in favour of a long-term debt […]
Peggy Revell With the new Robert Moore School set to open this fall, the public is invited to come out tomorrow evening (June 15) to celebrate the memories of the old school. People can drop by the school from 5:30-6:30 p.m. to walk around, see their old classrooms and such, […]
the OPP OPP officers were kept busy on the weekend investigating numerous reports of vandalism which occurred Friday night and the early-morning hours of Saturday. The culprits went along Colonization Road West in Fort Frances, and Highway 602 in Alberton, damaging mailboxes as well as street and highways signs. In […]
Staff Highway 502 continues to be open to one lane of traffic following a washout early Friday afternoon. Crews remain on site working to repair the highway, which could take the rest of this week. Flagmen are posted around the clock at the site of the washout, which occurred a […]
