Aimée McEvoy made a change purse during March Break activities Monday at the Fort Frances Museum. Crafts are being held there from 1-4 p.m. each day this week, tying into the “Passions Threadworks 2007: A Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts” exhibit, which opened at the Fort Frances Museum last week. […]
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Jordan Carlson and Sydney Beck, two members of the Emo Figure Skating Club’s CanSkate Group 1, performed a Las Vegas number as the magician and his assistants to the tune of “Do You Believe in Magic” during the club’s annual ice show Saturday night.
Shana Hansson, left, Dryden and District branch manager for the Canadian Red Cross, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, and local first-aid instructor John Beaton prepared to raise the flag at the Fort Frances Civic Centre yesterday to mark March as “Red Cross Month.” The Red Cross is looking for volunteers, […]
A mother lynx, who had just hunted a snowshoe hare, brought the food back to her three kits. The photo was taken in the Atikokan area by Ben Slack, a Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officer who was out on snowmobile patrol last month.
In response to a request last month by the local Business Improvement Association, the town will not be providing weekly curbside collection of recyclables for downtown businesses. According to a report submitted to council last night, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown indicated the town has denied two similar requests […]
The Women’s Business Network in International Falls, sponsored by the Small Business Development Center, met for the second time on Feb. 14 at the Coffee Landing Metro. Fifteen local business women heard a presentation from Julie Schumacher, RRCC Customized Training Specialist, on the importance of goal-setting and strategic planning. Schumacher […]
Friends, family, and co-workers visited with Jane Johnstone, second from left, during a celebration at the Travel Information Centre here yesteday in honour of her retirement. Many people stopped by to offer their best wishes, with Johnstone also receiving recognition from local MP Ken Boshcoff and Fort Frances Mayor Roy […]
Bry Clinker made a change purse during March Break activities yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. Crafts are being held there from 1-4 p.m. each day this week, tying into the “Passions Threadworks 2007: A Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts” exhibit, which opened at the museum last week and will […]
As a follow-up to the draft report presented at an open house here back in October, town council will receive a presentation from Heather Cram, of consultants Hilderman Thomas Frank and Cram, regarding an active transportation plan for Fort Frances at its regular meeting tonight While Cram was here for […]
With a pair of home games against the Schreiber Diesels over the weekend, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres had the chance to clinch fourth place and home-ice advantage heading into the SIJHL playoffs. Unfortunately, one three-minute stretch is all it took to dash those plans. The Sabres and Diesels were […]
All of the 410 tickets for the upcoming “Faber Drive” concert have been sold. “They went on sale Thursday and were gone on Friday by lunch, so they sold out in a day-and-a-half,” said Adam Armit, who is responsible for bringing the group to town. “The same show is in […]
A town crew repaired a broken sewer service line on the 100 block of Third Street West yesterday morning. The scheduled work temporarily closed one lane of traffic on that stretch of the road until the early afternoon.
