The 74th running of the Fire Fighters 10-mile Road Race in Thunder Bay on Victoria Day had some local flavour added to it in Lori Green, her son, Mitch, Dave Pierce, and Natasha Shack. Lori Green, 45, finished third in her age bracket (45-49) in a time of 1:20:26 while […]
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Children who are breast-fed have a lower likelihood of becoming obese, suggests a recent study in the journal “Pediatrics.” The study examined the benefit from breast-feeding on childhood adiposity and found in populations with higher obesity rates, there also were lower breast-feeding rates. “There’s a ton of different studies on […]
After a series of close calls involving trucks heading into the mill yard, the town is urging motorists to heed the stop sign at the corner of Front Street and Victoria Avenue. At Monday night’s council meeting, Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said AbitibiBowater mill manager John Harrison had contacted […]
FORT FRANCES—While the “Building for the Future” campaign has slowed down in recent months due to uncertainty as to when, and where, a new library may be built here, campaign chair Mark Kowalchuk said organizers haven’t been resting on their laurels. “We haven’t stopped fundraising,” he stressed Thursday. “We’ve gone […]
FORT FRANCES—Alex Parent has overcome bigger obstacles in his life, so the fact he failed to qualify for Canada’s swim team for the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing later this year isn’t going to hold him under water for long. The 19-year-old McMaster University student was first diagnosed with a rare […]
FORT FRANCES—May 26-June 2 has been deemed “Safe Kids Week” across Canada—a campaign held to raise public awareness of children’s safety issues. The theme this year is focusing on pedestrian safety and, as in past years, activities are being held locally to help children learn about staying safe. Anne Marie […]
Ontario smokers soon will have to pick the type of cigarettes they’d like to purchase by looking through a binder at their local convenience store as the provincial government has banned cigarette displays. The province believes by taking this step, many lives will be saved—despite increasing concern among store owners […]
Fort Frances High School’s on again, off again track program took its largest contingent ever to the NorWOSSA championships in Thunder Bay last week, bringing 14 runners and one jumper, but it was the lone jumper who stole the show. Josh Strain, 16, represented the school in three events—placing in […]
FORT FRANCES—With the restriction on non-essential outdoor water use now in effect for the next 10 weeks, local residents still may get a chance to water their gardens and flowers on a limited basis—depending on whether an analysis of water use indicates it’s feasible. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown […]
FORT FRANCES—The inventors of wild rice popped cereal have made it to the next round of competition in CBC’s “Dragon’s Den.” Andrew Atwell and Ron Allen, from Nicickousemenecaning First Nation, will be facing the judges of the show during a taping June 13 in Toronto. “When they called me to […]
FORT FRANCES—Emo: Home of Luke Judson. The sign leading into the village on Highway 11/71 west of Fort Frances doesn’t read like that now, but if Luke Judson continues on the path he’s on, it may soon say just that. Judson spent the last couple of weeks taking in all […]
Bernie Collier, left, Jennifer Carroll, and Angela Carroll were among the particpants in the sixth-annual “Walk for Memories” here Sunday. The fundrasier brought in $1,878 for the Alzheimer Society of the Kenora-Rainy River District.
