Heather Latter Rod McKay, the Progressive Conservative candidate for Kenora-Rainy River in the Oct. 6 provincial election, held the ribbon along with Mini-Queen Piper Lidkea during the grand opening of his local campaign office at 258 Scott St. Several residents dropped by to enjoy a hotdog or hamburger and meet […]
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Heather Latter Local NDP candidate Sarah Campbell cut the ribbon at the grand opening of her campaign office here Saturday afternoon. Several residents stopped by 521 Mowat Ave. to meet Campbell, as well as current MPP Howard Hampton, who is retiring after 24 years as the riding’s representative at Queen’s […]
Lucas Punkari Local video gamer Jason Gervais was focused on the task at hand Saturday evening as he tried to break the Guinness world record for the highest Xbox 360 game score acquired within a 24-hour span. Gervais was able to break the current record of 10,290 set last year […]
Lucas Punkari With their 2011/12 SIJHL schedule set to get underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. against the Thunder Bay North Stars at the Ice For Kids Arena here, the Fort Frances Lakers have made a couple of roster moves prior to the start of the season. The Lakers first traded […]
Staff Council denied a request from a local resident Monday to retain three trees planted on the boulevard in front of their home at 236 Second St. East. The town is asking that the three trees located on the boulevard in front of the residence be either relocated another part […]
Staff There were five new fires in Fort Frances District by the early evening yesterday. These included three in Quetico Park, one located northwest of Fort Frances on Kishkutina Lake, and a fifth located northeast of Fort Frances, on an island between Little Sawbill Lake and Farrington. Work continues on […]
Staff The town is asking that these three trees located on the boulevard in front of 236 Second St. East be moved.
Staff Fort Frances Town council has approved the timetable for planning out the 2012 budget, which includes a public input meeting slated for the Sept. 26, to be held in conjunction with the regular council meeting that evening. “That’s a pretty important night,” said Town CAO, Mark McCaig, during Monday […]
Staff Work is underway at the Fort Frances Airport to install the five-kilometre long fence around the property so deer don’t get onto the runway. “You’ll see a lot of activity out there at the airport,” said Doug Brown, Manager of Operations and Facilities for the Town of Fort Frances, […]
Lucas Punkari By most accounts, anyone who decides to play video games for 24 hours straight might be considered to be a bit crazy. And while Fort Frances native Jason Gervais knows that will be the reaction that he’ll get from most people from what he’ll be doing this Saturday, […]
Peggy Revell Sandi Bridgeman pushed along her mother, Meryle Ogden, and granddaughter, Blare Cross, yesterday afternoon as volunteers, staff and residents at Rainycrest Long-term Care set off on their own smaller version of the Terry Fox Run around the residence and to raise money for the fight against cancer. Locally, […]
Heather Latter Children’s librarian Andrea Avis led Clare Empey, Cody Sargeant, Abby Walder, and Liam Stafford in a rendition of “Five Little Monkeys” on Tuesday during storytime at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. There are many other children’s programs starting up there this week and it’s not too […]
