Janice Gagné, left, and her daughter, Anna, dipped their nachos in salsa before the main course Saturday evening during a Mexican-themed dinner at St. John’s Anglican Church here. Nearly a full house was on hand for the special supper, which featured food like frijoles refritos (refried beans), enchilada verdes, calabacitas […]
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Harold Kellar and his wife, Karen, drove “Mack” and “Misty” along Highway 613 North on Saturday morning during a “wagon train” ride organized by Karen Kellar and Erin Caul. Three draft horse teams and several saddle riders participated in the activity. Until this past weekend, it had been close to […]
Kate Woods gave the “gift of life” last Wednesday during day one of the two-day Canadian Blood Services blood donor clinic held at Fort Frances High School. The successful clinic saw 412 donors over the two days, giving 345 units of blood–43 more units than CBS had aimed for.
Jade Green, a Grade 3 student at Robert Moore School, was all smiles Monday morning while on the “Trail-A-Bike” with her vision resource teacher, Cynthia Donald. The bike, which allows the blind to get all the experience of riding with the guidance of another person, was purchased thanks to a […]
Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Christine Denby asked town council to give the Chamber a $7,500 fee-for-service for the purposes of marketing Fort Frances as a tourist destination during the public budget meeting last night at the Civic Centre. Denby also asked the town to keep watering the flowers […]
Taking care to wear white gloves so as to not harm the artifact, museum interpretive exhibit intern Emily Carr made a last-minute adjustment to this Hudson Bay Company coat on display as part of the new history of Fort Frances exhibit at the local museum. The permanent exhibit, which Carr […]
Town council gave the thumbs up to three of four requests from the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres hockey team after approving a report from the Community Services executive committee at last night’s regular meeting. The Sabres will pay the youth resident rate for ice rentals (as opposed to the non-resident […]
No new fires were reported yesterday in the Northwest Region. The fire hazard remains “low” in most areas except the west end of the Kenora and Fort Frances districts, where it has climbed to “moderate.” One new fire was reported Sunday in the Kenora District, northwest of Kenora. It is […]
Sorority marking 60 years Beta Sigma Phi sorority will begin its new season with a celebration of 60 years in Fort Frances. Alice Solomon and Edna Avis brought their enthusiasm for this organization here in 1947 and for the past 60 years, Beta Sigma Phi has been a very large […]
FORT FRANCES—Fort Frances town council accepted an official letter of resignation from Coun. Tannis Drysdale, with appreciation for service, at Monday night’s regular meeting. Mayor Roy Avis said he received the letter, which was dated Sept. 17, “with regret.” “Tannis and I were on council for four years, and I […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres got their inaugural season in the SIJHL off on the right foot both with fans and in the standings—winning their first-ever game 5-1 over the Thunder Bay Bulldogs here Friday night. The team followed that with a 3-3 tie Saturday night against those same Bulldogs. […]
Town council will be all ears for suggestions and comments from residents as to what they feel are the most important municipal services and projects—and thus should be considered during the 2008 budget process—at a public meeting tonight at 6:20 p.m. at the Civic Centre. As of Friday, Fort Frances […]
