With the April 30 deadline to file your income taxes coming up, a team of volunteers at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is assisting low-income families, the disabled, and the elderly file their returns. “There’s been an overabundance of people coming in,” a Volunteer Bureau staff member said yesterday, adding […]
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For a guy who hasn’t bowled seriously since high school, Mike Thayer is enjoying quite the renaissance. The Fort Frances resident will be heading to Thunder Bay in mid-May to take part in a tournament against bowlers from across Canada. Thayer advanced to Thunder Bay after his team took top […]
With spring just around the corner, many parents are looking ahead to the end of April and the beginning of the Fort Frances Youth Soccer season. Registration began Monday evening and will continue tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. By all accounts, youth soccer should be just […]
March Break was extra special for the Fort Frances Get Outdoors Club. It was presented with the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Junior Conservation Award on Friday morning at the 80th-annual general meeting and fish and wildlife conference in Mississauga. Natural Resources minister Donna Cansfield presented the award to Nicholas Donaldson […]
A spray park is a playground with water. It has names like Whale Tale, Water Willow, Spill-o-Saurus, Ground Gusher, and Magic Touch Fire Hydrant. It’s also the newest development in family outdoor fun. You know how much kids enjoy running through the backyard sprinkler. Imagine the fun they will have […]
FORT FRANCES—Kenna Sinninghe is an eight-and-a half month old baby girl from Rainy River who is facing an uphill battle. She was born with a cleft lip and palate, a diaphragmatic hernia, and a serious heart condition. She only weighs about 14 pounds and presently is relying on a feeding […]
It may have started as a small country library, where local students had to take turns signing out their library books, but in the 93 years since its early beginnings, the Emo Public Library has grown, improved, and changed its appearance many times. A few months ago, the EPL joined […]
Michael Nelson and Sophie Potvin-Begin have been skating together as a pair for four seasons. But considering he’s 14 and she’s just 10, bringing home an all-Ontario first-place finish is no small feat. The local duo returned home from the 2008 Trillium STARSkate Championships in Waterloo last week having captured […]
FORT FRANCES—The Atikokan Crisis Centre successfully hosted its first winter camp during the March Break last week for children who have been exposed to abuse in the home and their mothers. The four-day event, held at Brown’s Clearwater West Lodge, offered plenty of fun and games, as well as therapeutic […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Highlanders’ first-ever CD, “Border Crossings,” went on sale last week—and so far is being met enthusiastically. “CD sales have gone crazy,” pipe major Dr. Bruce Lidkea said Monday. “We’ve sold over 100 in the past week. “We might not make parade season, which is weird,” he […]
FORT FRANCES—While spring officially begins tomorrow, the local Chamber of Commerce already has flowers on its mind as it gears up for its annual beautification program, “Project Petunia.” “We’re already working on it,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth said last week, adding a change to the project this year is the […]
FORT FRANCES—With the Forest Fire Prevention Act set to take effect April 1, the local Ministry of Natural Resources is expecting conditions average for springtime—a far cry from this time last year, when far below average snowfall over the winter of 2006-07, coupled with a dry summer and fall in […]
