Duane Hicks After a very successful run this past July in Australia, Bill Michl now is raising funds for his fourth “Joints in Motion” marathon that will take place in the Cayman Islands next December. Michl has committed to raising $5,500 for the Arthritis Society to meet his obligation for […]
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Duane Hicks While she may be recovering from shoulder surgery, and will have her arm in a sling for the next eight weeks, local choir director Diane Maxey will get going with several musical projects starting this weekend—and is welcoming new people to get involved. This Saturday (Oct. 24), Maxey […]
Duane Hicks Testimonials sought from immigrants With a launch date set for March, work is continuing on the Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal Project (NOIP), a provincially-funded Internet-based project that hopefully will help attract more residents to Rainy River District. The NOIP will be a web portal having general information pertaining […]
Duane Hicks After requesting last month that town council help make the intersection at King’s Highway and Keating Avenue safer as part of its 2010 budget, OPP Cst. Anne McCoy of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is garnering more and more support for the initiative. Cst. McCoy said she […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Great Canadian Chili Cook-off and Cake Roulette is all ready to go tomorrow at the local Legion, with a dozen teams lined up to compete for top honours. The event will run from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome, Chamber manager […]
Duane Hicks With the deadline for applications coming up at the end of next week (Oct. 30), the clock is ticking to nominate someone for the honor of being the town’s 22nd “Citizen of the Year.” Town staffer Lori Pattison said this morning that no applications had been turned in […]
Staff Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded to a single-room blaze at a residence on the 1000 block of York Avenue on Friday night. The fire department was called to the home at 9:30 p.m. and found a fire had started in a bedroom after a candle had been […]
Staff A sophisticated indoor marijuana grow operation was uncovered Wednesday when police executed a search warrant at 1034 Victoria Ave. here. The Fort Frances Community Drug Action Team, with the assistance of the Northwest Region/Fort Frances Crime Unit, Kenora OPP Drug Enforcement Section, and Northwest Region Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau […]
Staff With the biomass road construction on Victoria Avenue, Nelson Street, and Portage Avenue having wrapped up for the year, and a new municipal parking lot located behind St. Mary’s Church, the public should take heed that the town has made several changes to parking in that neighhbourhood. Town council […]
Duane Hicks Local Government Week, an initiative aimed at enabling Ontario’s youth and other citizens to learn about local government, as well as become more informed and engaged members of the community, runs Oct. 18-24. Council officially proclaimed next week “Local Government Week” in the Town of Fort Frances, with […]
Staff Call them a colourful way to raise awareness. Dozens of flowers have been distributed to long-term care facilities and seniors’ manors across the district to mark the province’s official Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Oct. 19. The flowers—mainly mums and a few other varieties—have been provided by the local […]
Staff Seen by many as a kick-off to the holiday season in Fort Frances, the 52nd-annual Christmas “Parade of Lights” has been scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 28. As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd. will be heading up the event this year, taking the reins […]
