FORT FRANCES—With the town using electronic voting tabulators for the first time this election, results are expected to be known very shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday (Nov. 13). Mayor and council candidates were given a chance to see how this new system works, and have their questions answered, last […]
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FORT FRANCES—The horses have been called Kentucky’s best-kept secret. And this rare breed, known as Rocky Mountain Horses, are being raised by Gayle Arpin, along with her husband, Chuck, on their farm just west of Fort Frances. “They were featured in ‘Horse Illustrated’ [magazine] in October, 2001,” Arpin recalled. “I […]
Joan Taylor, left, Ed Haglund, and Betty Newman, of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Br. #29 Poppy Fund committee, along with Larry Cousineau, chair of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and Wendy Derendorf of the Poppy Fund committee, surrounded nurse manager Glenna Morand as she demonstrated the new CPM (Continuous […]
Darryl Allan, Information and Technology manager for the town, demonstrated to mayoral and councillor candidates how one of the two electronic voting tabulators to be used this coming Monday works during a meeting Thursday afternoon at the Civic Centre. At a processing rate of 500 votes an hour, the election […]
Jenna Nowak and Michael Brady danced and sang with the chorus in the opening number, “Barbie Girl,” of Fort Frances High School’s musical revue “When Boy Meets Girl” at the Townshend Theatre on Thursday night. The show ran for three nights, and featured a mix of group and solo numbers. […]
Gayle Arpin petted “Lady” on Wednesday afternoon—a four-year-old Rocky Mountain Horse who has resided at Arpin’s Alberton farm for about a year. She posesses the signature colour of the breed—chocolate brown, with a white mane and tail. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Renowned Canadian curler Guy Hemmings, right, helped his teammates bring a rock down the ice late yesterday afternoon during a demonstration game at the Fort Frances Curling Club where local curlers entered a draw to play with or against him. Hemmings also took time to offer tips to local junior […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Muskie Sports Association needs parents. The organization recently was founded by a group of about 10 parents of Muskie athletes and was to a meeting Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the FFHS library to help build momentum for their cause. The group’s goal is to […]
FORT FRANCES—While a total of 2,400 mail-in ballots had been received by the Town of Fort Frances as of Monday afternoon, returning officers are finding too many are coming back without signed declarations. “There’s quite a few,” assistant returning officer Lori Pattison said, referring to the ballots that have come […]
FORT FRANCES—June Keddie was announced as the 2006 “Citizen of the Year” in Fort Frances at Monday night’s town council meeting. Keddie, involved with the Canadian Cancer Society, “Spirit of Christmas,” and Breast Health Network, among other things, was recommended by the “Citizen of the Year” selection committee, which met […]
Fort Frances Children’s Complex staff, children and members of the Fort Frances Family Resource Centre Advisory Committee showed off one of the new picnic tables the advisory committee recently purchased. A total of four tables and two benches were purchased by the committee with $6,100 in funds raised entirely by […]
While town council has agreed to consider hiring crossing guards to monitor King’s Highway in the 2007 budget process, local resident Leslie Danielson is keeping up her efforts to prove just how much they are needed. At tonight’s regular meeting, Danielson will present council with a petition bearing 26 signatures […]
