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In light of the 12 fire-related deaths so far this year in Ontario, the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service would like to remind everyone that having working smoke alarms in your home not only makes sense, it is the law. Every home in Ontario is required to have a properly-working […]
If you still haven’t got your tickets for the eighth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner coming up Sunday, Feb. 17 at La Place Rendez-Vous, you’re out of luck—all 270 tickets for the fundraiser were reported sold by yesterday afternoon. Spokesperson Larry Cousineau said it was not necessarily unexpected to see the […]
An intimate crowd of 125 people turned out last night to the Fort Frances Museum’s presentation of the play “Rope’s End” at the Townshend Theatre as part of the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Regional Tour 2008. The play, which was meant to be a fundraiser for the museum, instead saw a […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team missed a chance to clinch first place in NorWOSSA hockey action last night, dropping a 6-4 decision to the host Dryden Eagles. The Eagles—still smarting from a 2-1 home loss to Kenora on Tuesday night—scored four times in the first period to take control of […]
The SIJHL has accepted “with regrets” the resignation of the Marathon Renegades franchise. The removal of the team from the rest of the SIJHL schedule stemmed from player concerns over their health and safety if they continued to play with a depleted roster brought about by some earlier defections and […]
Canada Safeway assistant manager Ryan Hood yesterday presented Andrea McNabb with the diamond tennis bracelet she won in the Canada Safeway’s “Texas Hold ’Em “ contest. McNabb is the second local resident to win a $4,500 bracelet in the contest. Overall, a total of 460 bracelets were available to be […]
Crocus bulbs are on sale now at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (located in the old CN station) and Sister Kennedy Centre as part of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s annual crocus campaign. They also will be sold at Wal-Mart tomorrow and Sunday. Bulbs cost $5 per pot […]
Christian Brow-Rose, left, and Sarah Larson, Grade 1 students at St. Michael’s School here, counted and pasted 10 apples “up on top” just like in the Dr. Seuss story. And since the students were celebrating the 100th day of school, they put the apples together to make 100. The Grade […]
