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Duane Hicks “Smart meters” in Fort Frances are expected to go online later this year, but “time of use” rates won’t come into effect until sometime next year, according to the Fort Frances Power Corp. “The provincial government has legislated that all residential and small commercial electricity consumers in Ontario […]

Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Curling Club is asking for a little more time to pay the first instalment of an outstanding tax bill to the town. The club owes the town more than $30,000, and the first of five $6,100 annual payments is due July 31. The other payments […]

Peggy Revell With F.H. Huffman School set to close its doors at the end of this school year, the community is invited to attend an open house on Friday, May 28 to commemorate more than 50 years of education and memories. “The spirit in which we’re planning the closing [celebration] […]

Duane Hicks The 31st-annual Kiwanis auction proved to be successful again last week, raising about $5,700 for the local service club. Held for a second year on Internet auction site ebay.ca, as opposed to the local cable TV station, Kiwanian Shanda DeGagné-Begin, who chairs the auction planning committee, said the […]

Duane Hicks Plans are well underway for the grand opening of the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre in June. The grand opening week—or “GO Week”—celebration will begin Monday, June 21 and run right until closing time on Friday, June 25. There will be a full range of activities […]

Bryce Forbes If you are a struggling student returning to Fort Frances from a long year at college or university, and can’t find a job—you’re not alone. Matt Smeeth and Cody McMahon are two of countless local residents who left to go to school and have yet to secure a […]

Bryce Forbes Like many of the quilts currently on display at the Fort Frances Museum, Kerry Harper wanted to create another family heirloom Since last spring, the local resident has been reproducing the double wedding ring pattern quilt of her great-grandmother, Florence Fuller. Harper said the quilt originally was stitched […]

Duane Hicks Having a long-standing commitment to safety in Rainy River District, Grace Silander’s dedication to the cause keeps expanding, with her recently starting a new position with Safe Communities Canada. Silander, who currently is administrative co-ordinator for Safe Communities Rainy River District and a World Health Organization peer reviewer, […]

Bryce Forbes University of Manitoba student Aaron Petrin has been selected as a finalist to attend the National Youth Ambassadors Caucus, hosted by Global Vision, which starts this Friday in Ottawa. In his final semester of a Bachelors of Commerce honours degree, the 23-year-old Fort Frances High School grad will […]

Duane Hicks The local Community Arts and Heritage Education Project—“What Hooks You Here?”—is getting into full swing, with the next chance for people to try their hand at rug-hooking coming up at a workshop next Thursday (May 20). Local rug-hooker Debbie Ballard, who dreamed up the rug-hooking project along with […]

Bryce Forbes When you’re a 19-year-old music promoter, some people might look down at you. It’s a problem that occasionally faces Fort Frances resident Adam Armit, owner of Wildfire Music. But the way he sees it, as long as you do a good job, other people in the music industry […]