Torrie Spence, five months, and her big brother Matthew, two-and-a-half, had a visit with Santa Claus at the Fort Frances Public Library this morning. A group of young children and their parents and caregivers cookies and other treats at the Christmas party this morning. —Melanie Béchard photo
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Students in Jean Hebert’s senior kindergarten class at FH Huffman School sang “The Hokey Pokey” during a rehearsal on Tuesday for their Christmas concert. The concert is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. —Melanie Béchard photo
In a move to encourage local volunteer firefighters to keep up their training, town council approved an incentive pay program for them at its meeting earlier this week. “Part of the recent issue of our volunteers not attending fire service training is the inability for them to find time for […]
After hearing his case earlier this week, the Ontario Court of Appeal is in the process of deliberating whether convicted murderer Jamie Perlett will get a new trial. Justice John Laskin, Justice Eilleen Gillese, and Justice Jean MacFarland heard the appeal Monday and Tuesday in Toronto, but their decision is […]
Local residents expressed sadness, anger, and disappointment—but not surprise—after Abitibi-Consolidated shut down its newsprint mill yesterday, throwing 340 people out of work. “They never wanted to run this mill and now they’re not going to run it,” said Glen Morrison, president of the local United Steelworkers union at the mill. […]
Newsprint giant Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. will permanently close its mills in Stephenville, Nfld. and Kenora, Ont., cutting more than 600 jobs, after failing to find cost-cutting solutions to make the operations viable. The announcement late yesterday followed a long period of talks between the Montreal company, its unions, and provincial governments […]
The Emo Centennial Choir performed its seventh-annual Christmas celebration Monday night at the Christian Reformed Church there. “I thought it went very well, and I was really happy to walk out and see everybody in the crowd,” enthused choir director Renée Martin-Brown. “That’s probably one of the best crowds we’ve […]
Occasional teachers at both the elementary and secondary levels here have voted 100 percent in favour of strike action as negotiations with the Rainy River District School Board move forward at a slow pace. “There was quite a lot of disappointment. We were hoping it would have been a ratification […]
Justice Alan Thomas McKay became the first resident judge to preside in Fort Frances since 1991 after his swearing-in ceremony here last Wednesday afternoon. “I feel both excited and privileged,” Justice McKay said after taking his oaths and donning his new robes. “I’m grateful to have the opportunity to serve […]
With the cost of electricity an increasing concern in Ontario and elsewhere, about 30 Fort Frances Power Corp. customers got numerous conservation tips here last Thursday evening in the auditorium at the Memorial Sports Centre. In 2004, the province mandated that a “culture of conservation” be established by all electricity […]
When Peggy Mason showed a World Vision Canada catalogue to several Sunday School students last year, she didn’t realize what a touching experience it would be. Mason, the minister at Lake of the Woods Chapel in Sioux Narrows and the Nestor Falls United Church, wanted to teach the children about […]
Newly sworn-in Justice Alan Thomas McKay, left, joined Senior Justice Donald Fraser and the Honourable Brian Lennox, Chief Justice of the Otario Court of Justice on the bench during the official swearing-in ceremony at the Fort Frances Courthouse last Wednesday. In front is court clerk Margaret Katona.—Melanie Béchard photo
