Heather Latter Tickets are going quickly for the upcoming “Have a Heart Benefit” in honour of local resident Nathan DeGagne. DeGagne, 31, was diagnosed with a serious heart virus as a teenager and the time has come for him to have a heart transplant. “He’s in Winnipeg,” explained his aunt, […]
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Staff Lots in the proposed Huffman subdivision have been available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis as of Monday morning. But none had been snatched up as of yesterday afternoon. As reported Friday, the town elected to switch to this method after an attempt to sell them through a […]
Heather Latter Kenora-based Century 21 Reynard Real Estate Ltd. has expanded to Rainy River District, with local broker Chad Jack and local sales rep Wanda Huitikka-Wipf joining its team. “It’s an exciting time to be with the Century 21 system as we increase our market presence in Fort Frances and […]
Duane Hicks With the United States looking to explore the option of collecting a fee to enter the country by land, no one involved in business on either side of the border seems to think it’s a good idea. “We are cautious because we know this is only a proposal […]
Duane Hicks The provincial government has promised to address concerns municipalities have had about the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. following a meeting Monday with members of a coalition consisting of Fort Frances and six other Northwestern Ontario communities. Mayor Roy Avis, along with leaders from James (Elk Lake), Espanola, Dryden, […]
Ken Johnston Almost 50 people attended the second public meeting of the Accommodation Review Committee last Tuesday night at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton. ARC chairman Anthony Leek was very pleased to see such a turnout given the first meeting only saw nine people attend. “It is […]
Lucas Punkari On one hand, SIJHL commissioner Ron Whitehead could call the 2012/13 campaign as a positive one on the ice. Other than a run-away Minnesota Wilderness team that led the standings right from the get-go, the rest of the league was tightly-contested until the final day of the regular […]
Heather Latter Lauryn Marchant, 10, checked out the colourful beaded necklaces for sale at John Grabish’s Caring Hands Society booth at the Business & Community Expo hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce on Friday and Saturday. The group, based in Thunder Bay, markets the recycled paper jewellery made […]
Duane Hicks Sarah Marusyk, right, had fun picking out clothes for Meagan Berry during the “Swap ’Til You Drop” clothing exchange last Wednesday at the Fort Frances Museum. A total of 45 people came by, most of whom were early-birds, and exchanged more than 270 articles of clothing. Samantha Manty […]
Lucas Punkari Debi Gustafson looked over a table box that will be up for bid at the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet this Friday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous, which currently is on display in the front window of McTaggart’s. At last report, only about a half-dozen tickets were still available, […]
Lucas Punkari AJ Revus launched skyward Monday afternoon as he took to the local skate park behind the Memorial Sports Centre. With the snow that had covered the facility finally disappearing over the weekend, skateboarders and bike riders hit the ramps and jumps after a long wait over the winter […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie Derek Kameingh worked on his passing skills yesterday afternoon as the boys’ and girls’ teams finally left the Fort High gym and held their first outdoor practice of the season. Both squads will be travelling to Thunder Bay this weekend for a tournament hosted by the Thunder […]
