Melissa Friesen sang “Christmas Lullaby” during the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts’ highlights concert Saturday evening at the Townshend Theatre. Friesen was awarded the Rose Bowl for vocals this year while Annelise Hawrylak was honoured with the Rose Bowl for drama. —Duane Hicks photo
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The Muskie soccer squads swapped places in Kenora last week, with the girls clinching the top spot in their division and the boys falling to third. Both results were somewhat surprising given the boys went into the two-day tournament on Thursday and Friday leading their division while the girls were […]
Local businesses are encouraged to attend a workshop focusing on marketing slated for this Thursday (May 17) at 5:30 p.m. at the Adventure Inn here. This workshop is endorsed by the Downtown Core Committee, BIA, Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, and Rainy River Future Development Corp. “The recent […]
Council will be voting tonight to amend the town’s traffic control bylaw in anticipation of two major road projects residents will see get underway in coming weeks. With the reconstruction of the Portage Avenue underpass to take place between May 22 and Oct. 31, the town will be reducing traffic […]
Residents on the 700 and 800 block of Scott Street should have their water service restored by the end of the day as town crews have been working watermain break there since this morning. Environmental and Facilities superintendent Doug Herr said the town had to shut the water off at […]
Choking smoke above a large forest fire in Northwestern Ontario grounded waterbombers after winds died down and the smoke settled, making visibility difficult, officials said today. The fire—known as Thunder Bay 37—was expected to reach 10,000 hectares in size. A group of 130 firefighters from British Columbia arrived in Thunder […]
It is one of the more storied names in Muskie hockey history. For a decade beginning in the early 1970s, fans packed the stands at the old Memorial Arena on Friday nights and cheered as three brothers—Billy “Pic” Roach, Don Roach, and Randy Roach—starred on their respective Muskie teams. During […]
Jean-Marc Blanc, left, and Greg Mattson enjoyed breakfast brought to them by Joyce McCormick during Fort Frances Theatre’s opening performance of “The Foreigner” at La Place Rendez-Vous last night. The dinner theatre runs again tonight and tomorrow, with tickets available at the Vous for $35. Cocktails are at 5:30 p.m., […]
Volunteers Mae Swartman and Ev Goldamer showed off some of the beautiful flower baskets available at the Community Living Fort Frances & District’s Mother’s Day plant sale. The sale continues continues today until 6 p.m. and again tomorrow May 12 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Community Activity Centre (former […]
With the final “tour de Fort” concert of the 2006/07 season coming up this Friday (April 13), passports for the 2007/08 season will go on sale that evening as part of “Passport Holder Appreciation Night.” Concert-goers are encouraged to show up at the FFHS cafeteria starting at 6:30 p.m. to […]
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) invites artists and arts organizations to attend an information session on the new Northern Arts Program, and all OAC granting programs, next Wednesday (May 16) at the Fort Frances Museum. It will run from 7-8:30 p.m. Northern Arts consultant Marilyn McIntosh and OAC information officer […]
CFOB-FM (B•93), as well as its sister stations in Dryden and Kenora (CKDR-FM and CJRL-FM), have been acquired by Acadia Broadcasting Ltd., a company owned by East Coast magnate John E. Irving. The acquisition of the stations—owned for decades by Fawcett Broadcasting Ltd.—was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications […]
