Duane Hicks Having a long-standing commitment to safety in Rainy River District, Grace Silander’s dedication to the cause keeps expanding, with her recently starting a new position with Safe Communities Canada. Silander, who currently is administrative co-ordinator for Safe Communities Rainy River District and a World Health Organization peer reviewer, […]
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Bryce Forbes University of Manitoba student Aaron Petrin has been selected as a finalist to attend the National Youth Ambassadors Caucus, hosted by Global Vision, which starts this Friday in Ottawa. In his final semester of a Bachelors of Commerce honours degree, the 23-year-old Fort Frances High School grad will […]
Duane Hicks The local Community Arts and Heritage Education Project—“What Hooks You Here?”—is getting into full swing, with the next chance for people to try their hand at rug-hooking coming up at a workshop next Thursday (May 20). Local rug-hooker Debbie Ballard, who dreamed up the rug-hooking project along with […]
Bryce Forbes When you’re a 19-year-old music promoter, some people might look down at you. It’s a problem that occasionally faces Fort Frances resident Adam Armit, owner of Wildfire Music. But the way he sees it, as long as you do a good job, other people in the music industry […]
the OPP Just after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Atikokan OPP, fire department, and ambulance services responded to a house fire at 302 MacKenzie Ave. E. in Atikokan. Investigation revealed one female occupant died in the house fire. A second occupant was injured in the fire and transported to a […]
Staff The night sky will be lit up on Canada Day after town council last night approved a financial request to give up to an extra $5,000 to the “Fun in the Sun” committee for fireworks. This money is in addition to the $5,000 the town already had budgeted for […]
One of the benefits of experience is that lessons are learned. It is unfortunate that our politicians and financial authorities have ignored the lessons the “Great Recession” should have taught. Hope springs eternal in the financial markets—ones that have been pushed higher by the massive injections of government funds, the […]
Duane Hicks A financial request from the “Fun in the Sun” committee for extra funds for the July 1 fireworks this year is back on the agenda for town council’s consideration tonight. This matter previously had been decided at the April 26 meeting of council, at which time council agreed […]
the OPP Fort Frances OPP is investigating two incidents of arson that occurred Friday on the 1000 block of Williams Avenue. Sometime after 10:30 p.m., culprit(s) entered two separate vehicles and started a fire inside each one. The OPP has collected evidence from each scene, and is continuing the investigation […]
Staff A presentation from the developers of the old Fort Frances High School property (1578289 Ontario Ltd.), regarding their agreement with the town and future plans for the demolition of the J.A. Mathieu section of the building, is on the agenda for tonight’s council meeting. Also tonight will be a […]
the OPP The provincial Special Investigations Unit has been called upon to investigate a shooting that occurred early yesterday morning at Whitefish Bay. Sioux Lookout OPP responded to a request for assistance from the Lac Seul Police Service after a report of a suspect firing shots at the reserve. The […]
Staff The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service will be at Canadian Tire next Saturday (May 15) to promote its annual “Spring into Summer—Spring into Safety” campaign. Fire safety specialist Wayne Riches said firefighters will be on hand from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to offer information on fire safety, as well […]
