While the situation is temporarily cooling off a little thanks to some recent rain, the Ministry of Natural Resources fire season has been busy since officially starting April 1. Monday saw three new fires (two in Nipigon District and one in Thunder Bay District), making for five active ones in […]
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Members of the Killer Whales soccer team practised before their first game of the season yesterday as the Fort Frances Youth Soccer League kicked off despite the wet and chilly weather. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Chris Lowe, left, chatted with Connie Cuthbertson at the Northwood’s Gallery and Gifts/Gourmet Outfitters booth Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual home and leisure show. Cuthbertson’s exhibit was named the best decorated, followed by the Fort Frances Aquanauts (second), and Winnipeg-based Creative Candlelight (third). —Duane Hicks […]
George Chuvalo, the former Canadian heavyweight boxing champion, will be at Couchiching on Wednesday to give a free public presentation about drug abuse. Chuvalo speaks from personal experience, having lost three sons and his wife as a result of substance abuse. The heavyweight champ from 1958-79, Chuvalo now travels extensively, […]
Sporting more than 60 exhibitors, demonstrations, and chances to win prizes, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce drew a large crowd to its annual home and leisure show on Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. “I feel it was pretty successful,” Chamber president Gary Rogozinski said Monday morning. […]
Something new to this year’s “Relay for Life,” organizers are looking for area youth to sing at the fundraiser’s opening ceremonies on June 16 here. Choral directors Diane Maxey and Louise Kahler are encouraging boys and girls who can sing to come to the first practice on Saturday, May 6 […]
With extensive renovations slated to start this summer, Fort Frances Museum staff are working hard to move everything out of the building by June 1. “We’re clearing the entire place out,” museum superintendent Pam Hawley noted Thursday, adding all of the artifacts, displays, and more are being packed up and […]
Canadian Blood Services was able to meet its target for its two-day blood donor clinic at Fort Frances High School that wrapped up last night. The final tally showed 368 donors came out, with 323 units of blood collected. The goal had been to collect 330 units. Some 210 donors […]
Grade 7 and 8 students at St Francis School participated in a 24-hour famine, and broke their fast with pizza and snacks yesterday afternoon. The students raised about $2,400 for Development and Peace, the official international development agency of the Catholic Church in Canada. The Grade 4, 5, and 6 […]
Sierra Woolsey looked the other way as a Canadian Blood Services nurse inserted the needle to take some blood. The blood donor clinic is currently taking place at Fort Frances High School. The two-day event wraps up tonight at 8:30 p.m. — Alex Cruickshank photo
Sporting about 70 exhibitors, as well as demonstrations and chances to win prizes, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has lined up lots to do at its annual home and leisure show Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. “We are jam-packed full,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth said Wednesday. […]
The two-day Canadian Blood Services donor clinic at Fort Frances High School is off to a good start, with a total of 158 donors showing up Wednesday to give the “gift of life.” “We had 158 donors [Wednesday] and 138 units [donated], which was exactly what we [were] hoping for,” […]
