Staff As more and more water lines are reported frozen here, the town continues to urge the public to keep those taps running. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said that as of Monday afternoon, a total of 63 frozen service lines have been reported to Public Works. “If you’ve […]
News
Duane Hicks Fort Frances is getting more information on the new billing model for OPP services, which should realize big cost-savings for the town starting in 2015. Detachment commander Insp. Steve Shouldice told council Monday night that the new model will have a base rate of $260 per household, plus […]
Heather Latter After a career in the medical field spanning more than six decades, including 48 of those years spent in Fort Frances, Dr. Brian Johnstone has retired at the age of 90. “I enjoy what I do, which is why I’ve done it for as long as I have,” […]
Duane Hicks Those wishing to read a book on library leadership need only look under “C” for Cunningham. Long-time Fort Frances Public Library board chair Joyce Cunningham was honoured with the prestigious James Bain Medallion during the annual Ontario Library Super Conference on Jan. 30 in Toronto. The award recognizes […]
Joey Payeur Chris Walby gave his team an extended standing ovation from the bench. His players celebrated so exuberantly, one could be forgiven for looking around to see if the Bill Salonen Cup signifying SIJHL supremacy had just been awarded. And not one member of the Minnesota Iron Rangers was […]
Heather Latter A small group gathered in the “Olympic Lounge” at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Friday morning to watch Canada’s athletes enter the stadium during the opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia. The television in the “lounge” will be offering up Olympic coverage during regular library hours […]
Heather Latter Dr. Brian Johnston cut the first slice of his retirement and 90th birthday cake Friday evening during a celebration in his honour at La Place Rendez-Vous. Upon arriving in Fort Frances in 1966, Dr. Johnstone has spent almost 48 working as a physician in the community.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Mark Caron, right, tempted his wife, Lori, with a selection of Valentine cookies made by Doubly Delicious last Thursday during “An Evening of Wine & Chocolate” at the Super 8 Motel. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce mix-and-mingle also featured treats by […]
Joey Payeur Janelle Allan of the Emo Express was one happy player after her second-period goal gave her team a 2-1 lead over the Fort Frances Calder Legal Eagles on Sunday in the Atom ‘B’ final of a tournament hosted by the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. Emo went on […]
Heather Latter OPP Traffic S/Sgt. Ken Mantey offered up some winter driving tips to a class of Grade 11/12 students at Fort High during a presentation of the Highway Safety and Education Committee’s Safe Winter Driving Campaign there yesterday. Although the campaign was launched in Thunder Bay last month, with […]
Heather Latter Warehouse One staff, including Wanda Pollard, left, Marie Hughes, Tanya Cunningham, Marissa Walton, Kayleen Richert, and Shara Wickstrom (not pictured), displayed 283 pairs of jeans donated during the “Be a Denim Donor” campaign, which ran Jan. 27-Feb. 9. Those who brought in gently-used jeans received 20 percent off […]
Staff These were not the same old St. Thomas Aquinas Saints. The Kenora squad was outshot 68-12 but put a serious scare into the visiting Muskie girls’ hockey team last night before finally succumbing 5-3. A win is not always just a win, though, even if it did bump Fort […]
