Duane Hicks Town salutes volunteers, employees The Town of Fort Frances will be looking for a new fire chief in 2011 as Gerry Armstrong is retiring from the Fort Frances Fire Department at the end of the year. Armstrong, who was among four retirees recognized at the town’s annual appreciation […]
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Duane Hicks The Rainy River Future Development Corp. wants to gauge the business community’s response in 2011 to the notion of an integrated rewards card program that would help keep more spending local. RRFDC client services manager Geoff Gillon told town council Monday night they’re following up on the “Go […]
Staff In response to concerns from the local Police Services Board about motorists cutting in line to get across the U.S. border and similar issues, town council will lobby both the provincial and federal government for help. In a report from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown, he said the […]
Duane Hicks It’s clear district residents are getting into the idea of community “tag” with “acts of kindness.” As of yesterday, more than 100 “acts of kindness” have been donated, with more coming in, to be sold off at the “Acts of Kindness Benefit” coming up Friday, Dec. 3 at […]
Peggy Revell How each person can take steps to stop violence, bullying, and other destructive behaviour was the theme of the three-day “We are all Leaders” conference held in Fort Frances last week. “Our hope is that through this conference, we have helped people help themselves and to help others […]
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Motorists nabbed for speeding soon will have a choice between getting a ticket or heading back to class as part of a pilot project to make school zones safer. Kicking off this Friday (Nov. 26), local police officers under the direction of OPP Cst. Anne McCoy will police the school […]
Peggy Revell Fort High students were zooming around the gymnasium crashing into pylons and cut-outs of pedestrians last Wednesday as they got a taste of the new “Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience” to teach them the consequences of impaired and distracted driving. Better known as “SIDNE,” the vehicle is the newest […]
Dan Falloon Alex McDonald acknowledged it was a shock coming back to snow-covered Northwestern Ontario. The 18-year-old Devlin golfer just returned from Phoenix, Ariz. earlier this week after competing at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Boston Pizza National Championship over the weekend. He said the weather at The Wigwam […]
Peggy Revell Steven Halvorsen navigated around the obstacle course set up in the Fort High gym last Wednesday in the Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience (SIDNE) vehicle along with passenger Jason Strom. As the newest teaching tool for the Substance Abuse Prevention Team, the vehicle can be rigged to have a […]
Duane Hicks Reece Brown, left, and Ericka Tymkin grooved to the Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar”- performed by the boys’ chorus-last Thursday evening at the Townshend Theatre during the opening performance of the FFHS Musical Department’s fall musical revue, “Food for Thought.” Brown sang the novelty song “Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese […]
Peggy Revell Author Charles Wilkins read from his most recent book, “Walk to New York,” on Friday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. A part of the “Author Series,” Wilkins’ visit to the library also included holding a writers’ workshop the following day.
Dan Falloon Lakers’ forward Jace Baldwin corralled a loose puck in the neutral zone in a 4-0 win over Sioux Lookout here last Tuesday night (Nov. 16). The squad then finished their swing of four games in six nights with a 6-1 loss to Dryden the following night. After a […]
