Press Release Residents of Fort Frances will have the unique opportunity to meet with each other—and develop new friendships—when Fort Floral hosts the 18th-annual FTD Good Neighbour Day event next Wednesday (Sept. 5). Beginning at 8 a.m., Fort Floral will give away 3,000 flowers in bunches of a dozen absolutely […]
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Duane Hicks The overpass on Colonization Road East will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 9 a.m. next Tuesday (Sept. 4) so needed repairs can be done to the south-side expansion joint. To repair it, workers must drill holes in the angle iron, put in grease nipple jerks, and […]
Press Release Two Wisconsin men have been fined $1,500 for unlawfully harvesting baitfish and leaving boats on Crown land. Dan and Charles Schafer, both of Chippewa Falls, pleaded guilty and were fined $500 each for unlawfully harvesting baitfish for commercial purposes. Charles Schafer was fined an additional $500 for leaving […]
Press Release Sign up now for the “Healthy You” weight management program being offered by clinical dietitian Rooksana Randeree this fall at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances and the Emo and Rainy River Health Centres via telehealth. The “Healthy You” program is a group weight management approach that focuses […]
Press Release Doctors, lawyers, city councillors, teachers, scientists, reverends, elders, and concerned citizens showed tremendous support for the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) last Thursday at the “Save our Fish! Save our ELA” rally in Kenora. The ELA—a federal science program dedicated to understanding the impacts of human activity on freshwater […]
Lucas Punkari With the ice already put in at the ’52 Canadians Arena, and the same process set to get underway inside the adjacent Ice for Kids Arena, the Fort Frances Girls’ Women’s Hockey Association is ready to get another season started. First up on the agenda is registration, which […]
Lucas Punkari After working for the past few months to get the program off the ground through fundraising and getting players interested, Ken Matthews can start to focus on the actual game of football. Matthews, who is in charge of the Fort Frances Junior Football team, has been getting back […]
Ken Johnston A new champion was crowned at the eighth-annual Morson Bass International over the weekend. Pat Handorgan and Pat Gibbins finished with a two-day total weight of 33.56 pounds to claim the $1,500 first prize and title of MBI champs. The duo were third after Day 1 with 16.63 […]
Emily Gedde From the time they entered the big tent Saturday to the blaring sound of Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys are Back in Town,” Duane and John Peterson were referred to as “a couple of wily old veterans” by International Falls Bass Championship president Gary Potter. And IFBC veterans they […]
Duane Hicks Local delegates sent the message to Energy minister Chris Bentley that the possible consolidation of hydro distribution companies is something the town and Fort Frances Power Corp. does not want. Mayor Roy Avis, along with Couns. Andrew Hallikas and Paul Ryan, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, spoke […]
Heather Latter Internationally-recognized blues singer Sunday Wilde of Atikokan is set to record her fourth album this fall. But you won’t find her at a studio. Instead, she’s booked Branch’s Seine River Lodge for a week and will record in a cabin there. “It’s the first [album] ever in the […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers’ memorable run to the SIJHL final last season officially will become scrapbook material tomorrow morning when the team opens its annual training camp to solidify its roster for the 2012/13 campaign. “It’s now the time of year where it really starts to set in […]
