Duane Hicks Union Gas is poised to resume the final year of its two-year project to replace its natural gas distribution services here. Work is expected to get underway the week of May 10. After crews replaced 24 km of vintage steel natural gas lines with yellow medium density plastic […]
Local News
Staff Council will hear a presentation tonight from Union Gas district manager Glenn Burton regarding project updates in the Town of Fort Frances. Last year, Union Gas started a major project to replace its natural gas distribution services here. The two-year project involves replacing its steel natural gas lines with […]
Staff The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service has been very busy over the last few days responding to at least a dozen grass fires in town limits since Thursday night. The fires all have been in the north and east ends of town, Capt. Joe Bobczynski noted this morning. […]
Staff FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service was called to the landfill Wednesday to fight a fire there. Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong said Friday morning that the fire had started in the part of the landfill where brush cuttings, garden waste, and building materials are disposed of—not the […]
Staff The Ministry of Natural Resources has declared a Restricted Fire Zone (RFZ) in much of Northwestern Ontario to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. Effective as of midnight last night, the fire ban will remain in effect until conditions improve. The fire hazard is “extreme” because of unusually dry […]
Staff Police located local teen Caitlin Henderson safe and sound yesterday afternoon. Henderson was reported missing at the beginning of the week. She last had been seen around 9 p.m. on Monday, when she left her residence on her bicycle and did not return. No other details were released.
Staff District residents came through once again for the Canadian Blood Services spring donor clinic at Fort High yesterday and Wednesday. Spokesperson Harvey Heather said this morning they saw a two-day total of 358 donors, who gave 307 units of blood that will help up to 929 patients in hospitals […]
Staff Fort Frances Power Corp. customers will see a noticeable jump in their bills starting next month, with the most recent change being a 2.5 percent increase to electricity distribution rates announced by the Ontario Energy Board on Tuesday. According to a table provided by the OEB of estimated impacts […]
Staff Fort Frances OPP is continuing to seek public assistance in locating Fort Frances resident Caitlin Henderson. The 16-year-old was last seen at 9 p.m. on Monday (April 19) when she left her residence on her bicycle and did not return. Police determined her bicycle route included the waterfront. Henderson […]
Dan Falloon Local photographer Shannon Curtis has taken a picture that leaves those who walk by taken aback. Curtis, of Curtis Denture Clinic here, snapped a shot of a buck staring straight ahead at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park near Thunder Bay last summer, and is donating it to Ducks Unlimited […]
Staff After a year off, the Women’s Health Symposium is returning to the Townshend Theatre here on Saturday, May 8 from 9 a.m-3 p.m. This year’s theme is “Diversity—acknowledge, embrace, celebrate.” “It’s about celebrating women of all ages,” said Peggy Loyie, one of the symposium organizers. “Sizes, shapes, and colours,” […]
Duane Hicks Respite care gives caregivers a break from their responsibilities while their adult family member temporarily is cared for in a long-term care home. At Rainycrest, respite care has been made more pleasant than ever now that the Rainycrest Family Council has redecorated the east-wing respite room—one of the […]
