For the first time in about a decade, there will be an election to decide who sits on the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors for the coming year. “We’ve had a great response to people putting their names forward,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth said yesterday, noting 14 […]
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The Portage Avenue underpass will be closed next Tuesday through Friday (Nov. 27-30) from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. each day so steel sheet pilings can be removed from the construction site there. The use of heavy equipment and the size of the pilings to be removed (40 feet in length) necessitate […]
Sydney Carpenter, front, along with Nebin Whitecrow, left, Asyia Shields, and Haley King, showed off their crazy hair-dos in their Grade 2/3 classroom at Huffman School here yesterday. Students throughout the school wore wacky ponytails and added colour and clips to their hair as part of the school’s spirit day.
The table full of baked goods was a popular spot during an early holiday tea, bake, and craft sale hosted by the McIrvine and Burriss Women’s Institutes yesterday at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau. Those in attendance enjoyed delicious desserts, entered their names into draws, and were able to peruse […]
The Fort Frances Network Services has entered into an agreement to sell its interest in the Norwest Mobility network to TBayTel. The sole shareholder—the Town of Fort Frances, represented by council—passed a resolution last Tuesday (Nov. 13) to pursue the sale of its interest in the business venture after careful […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, in its continuing effort to improve the economic, civic, and social well-being of the district, is pleased to announce Cassandra Parise as its new community development officer. Parise’s main responsibility with the Chamber will be the Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) project. As previously […]
A group of Grade 10 students from Fort Frances High School will be educated on injury prevention tomorrow through the “Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth” (P.A.R.T.Y.) program. The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team, along with its partners, participated in a two-day workshop earlier this year to […]
The Voyageur Lions, in partnership with CBC Radio, will ring in the holiday season with a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” this Sunday (Nov. 25) at Knox United Church. Starting at 7 p.m., the reading will feature Heather McLeod, co-host of “Voyage North” on CBC Radio Thunder […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department was called to both the Riverwalk Condominiums and Rose Manor within minutes of each other yesterday evening. Firefighters were called to the condos around 6:15 p.m. after a fire alarm went off there, the department said. After investigation, it was determined the alarm was set […]
The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams hosted the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action Tuesday night, with the home team winning both games. The girls trailed 2-0 at the end of the second period, but battled back with three goals in the third to pull out the victory. Kailey Curtis […]
Todd Wood of the Fort Frances Power Corp. installed a snowflake light for the Business Improvement Association yesterday on the 200 block of Scott Street. The FFPC volunteered to get the decorations up in time for the 50th-annual “Parade of Lights,” which is set to go here this Saturday.
Encouraging district residents to purchase gifts which will be distributed to local children who may not receive many presents this holiday season, Family and Children’s Services volunteer June Caul, left, and FACS children’s mental health co-ordinator Jacquee Loerzel put the finishing touches on the “Adopt-An-Angel” tree at Wal-Mart on Friday […]
