Those wanting to attend the local Kiwanis Club’s annual Good Friday breakfast had better already have their tickets or else they’re out of luck. Club secretary Dr. Robert Lidkea said yesterday that all 250 tickets have been snatched up well in advance of the popular event. The perennially sold-out breakfast […]
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The Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is on the lookout for new faces—and arms—to come out to its spring donor clinic slated April 26-27 at Fort Frances High School. Spokesperson Harvey Heather said yesterday that CBS would like to see at least 30 new donors over the two-day clinic here, not […]
The Fort Frances OPP is partnering with both local school boards to present a free interactive workshop here next Wednesday (April 12) for parents about children and Internet safety. “The reality is a lot of our kids know more about the computer than we do,” said Fort Frances OPP Cst. […]
With the April 30 deadline to file your income taxes coming up, a team of volunteers at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is assisting low-income families, the disabled, and the elderly file their returns. “It’s been very busy,” executive director Denise Audette said. “It’s been very successful this year—all of […]
With the proposed 2006 budget ready for a vote, town council is looking at a 2.6 percent tax hike for residential property owners and a 0.85 percent increase for commercial. These rates will come into effect if council approves the budget at its next regular meeting Monday night (April 10). […]
The revolutionaries looked on as Marius (David Barron) held the lifeless Eponine (Lauren Gurski) in his arms before the first attack on the group. This was a scene for the Fort Frances High School’s production of ‘Les Misérables’ which opened last night at the Townshend Theatre. The musical continues to […]
The OPP resumed its search for missing Ear Falls resident Geoff McClain yesterday. Members of the Red Lake-Ear Falls OPP conducted a search by boat of the shorelines downstream of the bailey bridge at Highway 804 to the Ontario Power Generation Hydroelectric dam at Manitou Falls. The search yielded no […]
Twenty members of the Rainy River Regional Abattoir project were nominated to sit on the board of directors (or steering committee) at a public meeting Tuesday night at the Chapple Community Centre in Barwick. Of the 20 nominees, 15 let their names stand in an election for the nine-person board […]
Mike Scheibler, owner of Tamarack Motocross Track north of Emo, is excited for the first full year of dirt bike racing there. And he’s set dates for the racing competitions—July 1, Aug. 5-6, and Sept. 8-9. “They shouldn’t interfere with other race events or local activities,” Scheibler noted. The track […]
Thanks to the support of residents of Emo and surrounding communities, along with all the hard work of the Friends of the Emo Public Library, a new circulation desk for the reception area of the library was delivered Monday. Head libraian Shirley Sheppard was proud to show off the new […]
Danni-Mae Mainville, left, and Chase Flinders signed up to play in the Fort Frances Youth Soccer League last Thursday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre. Registration ran last Tuesday and Thursday, with a total of 535 youths signed up so far. The season will run May 1-June 22, with all […]
“Les Bûcherons,” a French-language performance group, put on a show for the French Immersion students at St. Francis School yesterday morning. Here, Jacques Cartier and his first mate are sailing from France to seek out a shorter passage to India. What they find instead is Newfoundland. —Melanie Béchard photo
