A public meeting regarding a two percent increase to sewer and water rates is on the agenda for tonight’s town council meeting. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said this meeting is a formality prior to council voting on a bylaw to set the new rates. “We have the public meeting […]
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Local occasional secondary teachers are planning to implement low-level sanctions beginning next Monday (Feb. 20) following a breakdown in talks with the Rainy River District School Board. “We don’t want to rush into this with guns blazing,” said Andrew Hallikas, chief negotiator for local occasional secondary teachers. “We want to […]
Joyce Cunningham, chair of the Fort Frances Public Library board, drew the second place winner’s name in the “Friends of the Library” draw on Friday afternoon as Arlene Georgeson, another board member, held the box. Bobbie Loyie won the first place prize of $2,000, while Pam Munn won the second […]
Although the deadline for registrations originally was this Wednesday (Feb. 15), the annual “Curl for Cancer” fundraiser coming up on Saturday is now full at 24 teams. But co-organizer Nadine Johnson said this morning the public is more than welcome to come out to the Fort Frances Curling Club and […]
The four Muskie court teams were in action yesterday against the Kenora Broncos in their last home matches before the NorWOSSA playoffs here next Thursday. The senior girls’ volleyball team was the only one to taste victory yesterday, downing the visiting Broncos 3-1 in their best-of-five showdown. “[We] have matured […]
Some tickets are still left for the second-annual VALA variety show, which will hit the stage Saturday for two shows at the Townshend Theatre. “It’s going to be an awesome time, with lots of entertainment and lots of laughs,” director “Babs Spielberg” (Barb Duguay) enthused Thursday. This year entitled “Hollywood […]
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Sue Danku, left, and her son Evan, four, tried to choose from among the many sweet treats at the annual Friends of the Library bake sale this morning. Danku’s daughter Anya, one, looked on as she was held by Friends of the Library member Barb Marr.
Cole Derkson, left, and Steve Boileau, who teamed up to win the ‘C’ doubles crown at the Manitoba Open Pro-Am squash championship over the weekend in Winnipeg, were practising Monday for the Ontario Winter Games coming up March 10-12 in Barrie. Two other Fort Frances residents, Kimika Alexander and Anniss […]
The Muskie girls’ curling rink, skipped by Jenna Enge. finished in first place at 4-0 in the NorWOSSA bonspiel held Tuesday in Dryden, outscoring their opponents 47-8. The Enge rink now advances to the NWOSSAA playdowns slated March 6-7 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The Kenora Broncos earned the […]
Talks between local secondary school occasional teachers and the public school board broke off when they rejected the board’s latest contract offer of wage parity with their elementary counterparts. Union members provide qualified teachers to replace absent teachers on both a daily and long-term occasional basis in Fort Frances High […]
The OPP has suspended the search for 41-year-old Ear Falls resident Geoff McClain at the site where his truck was first located on Saturday. Since that time, an air, ground, and vessel search of the English River area, 13 km southwest of Ear Falls, has turned up nothing. OPP divers […]
Local businessman Dave Ashworth is in southwestern Ontario learning the ropes to open a new Domino’s franchise here next month. “I’m very excited about getting back to Fort Frances and opening up,” he said Wednesday afternoon from Burlington, near Hamilton. Ashworth and his wife, Terri, have purchased the building at […]
