FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has learned it will have access to $600,000 in joint federal and provincial funding for a program designed to help keep seniors in their homes longer. The Seniors Quality of Life Support Program (SQLSP) “would assist senior homeowner households with affordability […]
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FORT FRANCES—As town council and management continue to work through the 2007 budget process, some good news was announced Monday—the operating deficit has been reduced from $1.3 million to a more manageable $352,000. “There’s a host things we got rid of,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig explained. “Equipment purchases, vehicle […]
FORT FRANCES—With talk about financing, community ownership, and the Family Health Team model stemming back to the fall of 2005, the town will give local residents an update as to the future of the Fort Frances Clinic at a meeting scheduled for Monday, March 5. “Council has been very active […]
A proposed merger between Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater Inc. announced this morning has Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada representatives wondering what the unexpected news will mean to mill operations here and elsewhere. “I’m always concerned when you get two major players merge, and they say there will be ‘syngeries’ realized,” […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the site of the first listening session for Diane Maxey’s Easter cantata this evening has been changed. Instead of being held at St. Mary’s Church, interested singers now are encouraged to go to the Zion Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. For more information, call Maxey at […]
Canadian TV personality Dini Petty kept the audience engrossed in true stories abut her life, such as her early days when she became the first woman pilot in aviation history to fly and broadcast from a helicopter, during her show, “A ‘Broad’ View,” on Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre. […]
Six bowlers from Plaza Lanes advanced to the provincial round of the Open roll-offs after the zone round was held here over the weekend. Qualifying for the men’s team were Ken Dick, who finished the two-day, 20-game roll-off in fourth place with a 242 average, and Jamie McKenny, who was […]
The Fort Frances Canadians finished third at the third-annual FASA Invitational Jr. Gold hockey tournament over the weekend in Grand Forks, N.D. The Canadians opened play with a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over Grand Forks Gold on Friday afternoon. Tyler Harris led the Canadians offensively with a natural hat trick […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team opened a stretch of four games in five nights with a pair of wins—over the Dryden Eagles and then the Red Lake Falls Eagles—on the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena. The black-and-gold dominated every facet of the game Friday night en route to […]
The BDO Stars PeeWee girls’ team nipped Fort Frances Esso 5-4 to win the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Atom ‘A’ hockey tournament yesterday at the Ice for Kids Arena. Unable to break a 4-4 deadlock after five minutes of a three-on-three overtime, the championship game went down to […]
The Fort Frances Canadians began play at the third-annual FASA Invitational Jr. Gold hockey tournament this afternoon in Grand Forks, N.D. against the host squad. The Canadians are part of an eight-team field that includes two other Grand Forks-based teams as well as Duluth, Langdon, Huron, and Fargo. The winner […]
Morgan Redford, a student at Donald Young School in Emo, checked out some of the books at the Emo Ontario Early Years Centre booth yesterday evening during the “Families Learning Together” literacy celebration there. The event featured dinner, a guest speaker, and workshops for parents in the community and surrounding […]
