FORT FRANCES—Youth from the Northern zone (Kenora, Dryden, Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Atikokan, and Fort Frances) gathered here Monday to participate in the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies Youth Communication Advocacy Network conference. As just the second conference held in the area since YouthCAN’s establishment last year, the one-day […]
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With the municipal byelection coming up Jan. 14, eligible voters in Fort Frances will begin receiving their voting kits in the mail starting next week. DataFix—the company creating, printing, and mailing the voting kits for this byelection—is in the process of preparing them for mail-out starting Dec. 18. Voters should […]
Steven Sus and Chris Sinclair’s debuts as Fort Frances Jr. Sabres were, if nothing else, a night to remember. The pair powered their new team to a weekend sweep of the defending SIJHL champion Schreiber Diesels—propelling the Sabres to fourth place in the standings. But even with the stellar introductions […]
FORT FRANCES—KidSport is in Fort Frances and making its role known after a centre-ice ceremony during Saturday night’s Fort Frances Jr. Sabres game to formally open the local chapter of the government-sponsored program. “It was a great opportunity to launch our chapter with the Sabres’ game because we definitely had […]
FORT FRANCES—Since having defibrillators in public places may save many (if not more) lives than the most efficient emergency medical system, an automatic external defibrillator (AED) is now in place for use at the Fort Frances High School and the Townshend Theatre. Located in a wall cabinet in the atrium […]
FORT FRANCES—The town still needs 10 more households to participate in water testing, and with the aim to start its testing program this month, is now offering a $50 incentive to get more people to sign up. Those who participate in the water testing program, and agree to allow the […]
A Christmas Eve candlelight service is scheduled to be held at various cemeteries in the Devlin and Emo areas. “For us it’s a way of raising funds to do little things for the cemetery that normally wouldn’t be done,” noted Maxine Hayes, a member of the cemetery committee in La […]
FORT FRANCES—Curtis Boivin, the Kitty Cat racing king and 2006 snowmobiling world champion, is just about all grown up. Sure, Boivin is just 15 years old but with a new snowmobiling season having begun last weekend, the local teen’s final year of junior racing already is underway—with the semi-pro circuit […]
Morgan Anderson laid out to defend the ball from the Kenora Broncos during the final of the La Place Rendez-Vous senior boy’s basketball tournament here Saturday. While Anderson showed flashes of strong defence, his offensive prowess and outside shooting, which led to a team-leading 43 points, were his calling cards […]
Pam Hawley, curator of the Fort Frances Museum offered up a cultural awareness presentation to participants of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies Youth Communication Advocacy Network (YouthCAN) conference here Monday. The youths also learned about healthy living and physical activity, as well as making new friends from across […]
Assistant driller Benoit Fournel got a first look at the fruit of his labours–fresh core samples. These will be carefully studied for their mineral content.
Michael Brady, right, playing Maxwell Smart, and Justine Christie (Agent 99) got into a sticky situation at the Fortune Cookie Club as they were guarded by Jessica Liggins (Mary Wong) in a scene from “Get Smart” on Friday night. Muskie Theatre offered up the production last Thursday through Saturday at […]
