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Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—With the dry conditions not expected to improve in the near future, district residents are being asked to hold off on any open-air burning for a while yet. “The MNR is asking us to maintain the burning ban,” Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong, who also is […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—The new general manager at the AbitibiBowater mill here is Derrick Lindgren, who most recently managed the one in Iroquois Falls. Lindgren will start his new job here Monday. Lindgren’s position at the Iroquois Falls mill, meanwhile, will be taken over by Jean-François Guillot. Over the next […]
Staff Six members of the Muskie badminton squad have qualified for the NorWOSSA playoffs. Four seniors and two juniors advanced from yesterday’s qualifier in Dryden, and will compete next Wednesday in the NorWOSSA showdown in Kenora. At the senior level, Fort High’s boys’ doubles team of Spencer Pearce and Robert […]
Staff Local skeet shooters had to contend with high winds on Tuesday but didn’t let that rattle their scores. Tony Manuge recorded the highest score of the day, posting a perfect round of 25 while also shooting rounds of 24, 22, and a pair of 21s. Len Noonan scored 24 […]
Staff Jonesing for java today? Starbucks Coffee, located at Safeway, is participating in Earth Month festivities by offering a free coffee (up to 20 fl. oz.) to any customer who brings in a reusable mug to be filled. The chain also is encouraging customers to make a permanent switch to […]
Peggy Revell Grade 8 students Damon Perreault and Maryam Seid signed their names to an anti-bullying pledge that the whole of St. Francis School signed on to yesterday morning. The students, along with many others in the district and across Canada, also donned pink as a symbolic act to stand […]
Staff Work on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre keeps moving ahead on schedule and on budget. Substantial completion is expected by the end of April, and landscaping done by the end of May—just in time for the grand-opening ceremony on June 21. Community Services manager George […]
Press Release The public is invited to Hallett Hall at Rainycrest Long-Term Care tomorrow (April 15) at 3 p.m. to meet the new chaplain, Rev. Wayne McIntosh. Rev. McIntosh is replacing long-time chaplain John Chornoby, who retired last fall. “John was very diligent in his duties as spiritual co-ordinator at […]
