Press Release The World Health Organization last week raised the H1N1 pandemic alert to Phase 6. However, as the severity of the H1N1 influenza remains mild in Ontario, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. will maintain the current precautionary measures already in place, as recommended by the Ministry of Health and […]
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Press Release Due to the nearby road construction project, the emergency ramp at La Verendrye Hospital only will be accessible from Sinclair Street off of Armit Avenue, starting tomorrow (June 16). Please follow the signage. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. For further information, contact Ed […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances got a shot-in-the-arm from the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund with money to help pay for the water and sanitary sewer portion of the reconstruction work going on at Nelson Street, Portage Avenue, and Victoria Avenue (commonly referred to as the biomass roads project). The federal and provincial […]
Duane Hicks The new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre likely will be going ahead after all thanks to a funding announcement from the provincial and federal governments for more than $1.967 million came through Friday afternoon. More than $2.85 million in “Building Canada” funding for district projects were […]
Peggy Revell Josh Ramsay, lead singer for Marianas Trench, took to an energy-filled Townshend Theatre on Friday night to kick off the band’s current tour.
Duane Hicks Classic car enthusiast Steve Riggs got a look under the hood of this 1928 Ford Model “A,” owned by Jim Sheppard, on Saturday morning during the sixth-annual “Scott Street Show & Shine.” Presented by the Business Improvement Association and International Early Iron Car Club, people came downtown to […]
By Duane Hicks Staff writer The new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre will likely be going ahead, after a much-anticipated funding announcement from the provincial and federal government for over $1.967 million came through this afternoon. Kenora MP Greg Rickford and Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP and Minister of […]
the OPP Following an investigation into missing revenue from a Fort Frances business, a district woman has been charged with one count of theft over $5,000. In November, members of the Fort Frances OPP detachment began an investigation into the disappearance of a large amount of money from the daily […]
Staff With no fire activity going on in Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources today deployed 74 personnel to British Columbia to assist with the fire situation there. A total of 40 FireRangers (in two 20-person crew configurations), plus a fire behaviour analyst, were dispatched from the West Fire Region, […]
Staff Pole qualifying for the Racing for Wildlife 200 ARCA RE/MAX Series race was postponed yesterday due to rain, meaning today’s starting grid is set based on car owners’ points. As such, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin will line up in 13th position at the Michigan International Speedway for the […]
Duane Hicks Duane and Grace Cridland looked over some photos albums and scrapbooks of Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce-related activities from over the years during an open house there early yesterday afternoon celebrating its official date of incorporation 100 years ago (June 11, 1909). Cake and refreshments also were served.
Elisabeth Heslop Dorian Lavallaa and Wayne Howarth, of Wood-Mizer Canada, demonstrated a Wood-Mizer LT40HDG28 hydraulic sawmill this morning at one of the outdoor displays at the Saw Tech Log and Rural Northwest Expo at the Memorial Sports Centre. It runs today until 8 p.m. and again tomorrow from 9 a.m.-5 […]
