Abbey McLeod, six, painted a clock on the face of her cousin, Wyatt McLeod, also six, as his sister, Sydnee, nine, and friend, Naomi McManaman, six, looked on. The kids were participating in the “Rock Around the Clock” party at the Fort Frances Public Library last Thursday to celebrate the […]
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Billy Barker, right, Devin Ball, and Brandon Benjamin, students in Peg Keffer’s Grade 7/8 class at Crossroads School in Devlin, used a thesaurus Monday to find words for their acrostic poems during their first day of class in 2006. –Heather Ogilvie photo
No one was injured in this blaze in the garage at 627 Scott St. on Monday morning. The Fort Frances Fire Department had to block much of the 600 block of Scott Street in order to deal with the fire. After it was out, they used fans to blow out […]
Sam Bonner-Vickers and his babysitter Gloria Geense heard stories and sang songs during “Storytime” at the Fort Frances Public Library this morning. The library’s winter programs have started up again, and include storytime at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday for children aged […]
The Rainy River District School Board’s monthly Recognition of Excellence award will go to J.W. Walker School for its “Lunch with an Author” event held last May. Each student in the school wrote a short story for the event, then parents and caregivers were invited to come and listen to […]
After receiving the Downtown Core Committee report Nov. 30 and agreeing to support several specific recommendations in it, town council moved to get things rolling at Monday night’s meeting. Mayor Dan Onichuk said the report was discussed earlier Monday during an Economic Development Advisory Committee meeting, at which time it […]
As the town continues to work on its 2006 budget, council will vote tonight to both institute an interim tax levy and borrow money to meet current expenditures. Implementing interim tax levies, which has become common practice each January, is permissible under the Municipal Act, 2001. The interim tax levies […]
Firefighters put out a blaze in a garage at 627 Scott St this morning. No one was injured in the blaze, which was reported at 10 am, and was out shortly thereafter. A portion of the 600 block was closed as firefighters used large fans to clear the heavy smoke. […]
In a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat kind of game, the Dryden Eagles edged the Muskie girls’ hockey team 4-3 in NorWOSSA action Saturday night at the Ice for Kids Arena here. “The first two periods, the girls were a bit slow,” noted Muskie assistant coach Chris Hill. “They were flat and they […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team dumped Miles Mac 11-2 to claim the bronze medal at a tournament in Winnipeg last week. The black-and-gold had opened the tourney with a 5-2 win over Lord Selkirk and a 6-1 victory against St. John’s Ravenscourt. But the Muskies then suffered their first loss, […]
Fort Frances Power Corp. customers got a pleasant surprise when they opened their most recent bills—a rebate under the province’s interim price plan. “The Ontario government basically passed legislation to provide, what it is known as on the bills, the Ontario Price Credit—a one-time rebate to customers for the period […]
As we begin a new year and the winter weather is closing in, the OPP would like to remind local residents of the municipal bylaw that governs the use of snowmobiles within town limits. The operation of a snowmobile is only authorized for the purpose of proceeding to or returning […]
