Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—With a new year just around the corner, town council will start looking at the proposed user fee schedule for 2010 at a public meeting this Monday (Dec. 7) at 4:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre Fort Frances Clerk Glenn Treftlin said administration and management currently are […]
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Duane Hicks Preparations at the local Salvation Army are well underway to help make the holidays a better time for many district residents. What’s needed now is the community to give their money and time to make that aid possible. Capt. Angel Sandoval said Monday that about 175 families turned […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—How much councillors are paid to attend meetings, and which qualify as out-of-town ones and which don’t, are among the subjects that will be reviewed at a meeting here Thursday morning (Dec. 3). The council remuneration and travel committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the committee […]
Peggy Revell With last year’s successful involvement in the Ontario government’s “Speak Up: You are the Student Voice” program, St. Francis School is aiming for even more provincial funding for student-led initiatives this year. Students are submitting two proposals to the province, explained St. Francis teacher Colette Fafard, but plan […]
Duane Hicks While there has been a family council at Rainycrest for several years now, the newest iteration of the group has been hard at work taking a more proactive approach working with Rainycrest administration to ensure the health and welfare of long-term care residents. Council chairperson Barb Duguay, who […]
Heather Latter FORT FRANCES—After years of working towards building an abattoir to service area producers, the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc. has announced construction of the building is nearing completion and the plant is expected to be operational early in 2010. “It’s exciting to finally see it coming together,” […]
Heather Latter FORT FRANCES—Although the “Community Food Box” program offered monthly by the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market didn’t make it to the semi-final round of the Aviva Community Fund’s contest to earn a share of $500,000 in funding, Kim Cornell is pleased with the support it received. “I think we […]
Staff After more than a two-week layoff, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks take to the skies this weekend for a pair of games. The local senior men’s hockey squad, who lost their debut game 7-6 to the Kenora Thistles on Nov. 10 at the Ice For Kids Arena, once again will […]
Staff The collective sigh of relief taken by the Fort Frances Lakers must have been exhausting. The Lakers (6-15-3) were back on the wrong side of the scoreboard in a 4-2 loss to the K&A Wolverines (8-16-4) in SIJHL action last Thursday in Thunder Bay. The loss came two days […]
Staff It was a ‘B’-side that certainly was no hit single for the Fort Frances Canadians. The Canadians were dumped 6-3 by the Wayzata Junior Gold ‘A’ squad in the ‘B’ final of the third-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial Midget ‘AA’ hockey tournament at the Ice For Kids Arena on Sunday. […]
Staff It’s likely Atikokan won’t make the list of favourite places to go for Tirzah Keffer and Ethan Jordbro anytime soon. The two Fort Frances Curling Club skips had a rough ride there over the weekend at the Nexcap Northern Ontario Curling Association Inter-Regions 1 and 2 junior playdowns. Keffer […]
Duane Hicks Making an early visit to Fort Frances on Saturday to kick off the Christmas season, Santa and Mrs. Claus waved to the crowd during the 52nd-annual “Parade of Lights.” This year’s parade, organized and sponsored by Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd. for the first time, saw about 30 […]
