Peterbilt Fort Frances celebrated 25 years of business last week on Thursday, August 14, 2025, with plenty of activities for the whole family and a look at some of the trucks that make up their fleet.
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By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
The whole best two out of three series was tight and it came down to a walk off in the seventh inning of game three for Sight & Sound. A lead-off home run from shortstop Cole Tymkin put the Wolves out in front early at the ball field in Couchiching […]
By James Matthews
Local Journaliam Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Local Journaliam Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Some Fort Frances capital projects this summer have been a little slower than senior staff anticipated. As part of the work on Third Street, the existing mill effluent lines were removed and reinstated to allow for work to safely progress beyond them. Staff reported to council that work is progressing […]
By Laura Balanko-Dickson
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) and Confederation College are announcing their joint attendance at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s (AMO) annual conference to promote a “united regional approach to advocacy and sustainable public post-secondary funding.” The College and Municipal Association made the announcement late last week ahead of […]
By James Matthews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
In the homestead, in private industry, and even in municipal operations, the question holds about fixing something that isn’t broken. Marcel Michaels, the town’s CAO, was appointed in April to the role of acting fire chief. Council asked then that staff present a follow-up report by the end of this […]
By James Matthews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances will take another swing at an off-leash dog park. Council agreed when it met Aug. 11, 2025, to establish an ad-hoc committee to plan and develop a municipal off-leash dog park. It’s hoped development of the park will begin next summer. But there’s much work to be done […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Last week, Baseball Manitoba held clinics in Fort Frances and Emo in hopes of forming a foundation for future programs in the region. Roger Langlais is a former Rainy River District resident and is now the president of Baseball Manitoba. Langlais says he can remember growing up playing baseball in […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
On Saturday morning of the 125th annual Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair, board president Sheri Hay formally announced that Alexis Latter had won the Fair’s first ever Fair Ambassador competition. Latter is a student heading into Grade 12 at Fort Frances High School. She says she found out she […]
By Madeline Hartnell
Dawson Beef Club
Dawson Beef Club
Funday was held on July 30, 2025, and began at 6:00 p.m. at the Miller’s Farm. First, everybody unloaded their animals and got them settled in the barn and then proceeded to eat dinner and visit. At 7:04 p.m. Henry called the meeting to order and we began with the […]
By James Matthews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
The town will return a stop sign to piece of the Fort Frances riverfront near the former mill. The sign would be located to regulate southbound Victoria Avenue traffic heading east on Front Street. According to a request to town council, it has become apparent that, with new tenants at […]
Tonight will see increasing cloudiness near midnight and a chance of showers with the risk of a thunderstorm and a low of 16 C (61 F). Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with a chance of showers and the risk of a thunderstorm during the day remaining cloudy with a chance […]
By Laura Balanko-Dickson
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
As part of the Ontario Government’s Winter Roads Program and its Connecting the North draft transportation plan from 2020, it has earmarked $13 million in funding to build and maintain winter roads in Northern Ontario. While this was criticized by the Ontario NDP, the Ford government has yet to respond […]
