Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is seeing “heightened interest” in the new Huffman Court subdivision on Williams Avenue after recently mailing out a brochure to area residents. “We put the brochure out as part of a marketing effort,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said Friday. “We’re very pleased […]
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Duane Hicks A group of east-end residents has petitioned town council to make fixing their sewer problems a higher priority. Spokesperson Kendall Richardson presented a petition signed by 45 people, accounting for nearly all of the residents living in her neighbourhood in the southeast part of town. The petition asks […]
Heather Latter A community barbecue held Saturday at Point Park to celebrate safety is being deemed a success. “It surpassed our expectations—it was phenomenal,” enthused Tiffany Clifford-Smith, chair of the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team, which organized the event. The goal was to educate people on the safety […]
Joey Payeur It’s like three wins in two. Just two days after opening their SIJHL pre-season schedule with a pair of victories, the Fort Frances Lakers bolstered their lineup by reacquiring forward Brent Aiken from the Mattawa Blackhawks (NOJHL) for forward Mark Spong. Aiken was an integral part of the […]
Heather Latter The calendar may say September but five-year-old Jack Reinhardt and his sister, Neala, eight, had fun splashing in Sand Bay at the Point on Sunday afternoon. The youngsters weren’t the only ones taking advantage of the warm, sunny weather this past weekend, which since has taken a turn. […]
Duane Hicks Tessah Labbe was at Fort Floral at 8 a.m. this morning to receive her free bouquet of roses from Nicole Schatull as part of FTD’s annual “Good Neighbour Day.” The Scott Street business had about 280 bouquets of a dozen roses to give away, with people urged to […]
Duane Hicks Noris Piccinato, left, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29, was handed a wreath by acting Sgt.-at-Arms Bob Boland as they approached the cenotaph here Sunday afternoon. Members of the local Legion, Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and the Fort Frances Royal Canadian Sea Cadets #144 gathered for a […]
Joey Payeur Aaron Wesley-Chisel decided hospitality could wait as he gave Elias Chaulk of the English River Miners a rough welcome to the Lakers’ defensive zone during the third period of Fort Frances’ 3-2 shootout victory in pre-season action Saturday night.
Heather Latter Kristen and Rayna Kelly enjoyed a pancake breakfast to mark International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day this morning at the Métis Hall here. In addition to breakfast, several booths offered information about FASD. Then at 9:09 a.m., bells were rung to raise awareness about the dangers of […]
Staff Signs urging voters to re-elect Dan Onichuk for mayor appeared around town overnight. But Onichuk, who served as mayor from 2003-06, had not filed nomination papers as of press time today to run against incumbent Roy Avis and Coun. Andrew Hallikas in the Oct. 27 municipal election. Onichuk could […]
the MNRF One new fire was reported Sept. 7 in Fort Frances District and confirmed yesterday. A single tree lightning strike caused the fire, which was listed as “under control” at last report. Dryden District also was investigating a fire report yesterday evening. The forest fire hazard is “low” across […]
Duane Hicks The town is keeping its fingers crossed more funding will come through for the Rainy Lake Market Square redevelopment in downtown Fort Frances. As reported last month, the town learned it got $997,500 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. But it will need a federal funding component […]
