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Does this sound familiar? “Nobody could possibly understand how I feel.” “If I start to cry, I’m sure I’ll never stop.” “I’m so bad that no one could ever like me.” “If I don’t hit something, I’m going to explode.” “If people knew what I was thinking, they would say […]

The Fort Frances Lions Club and Beta Sigma Phi Alpha Upsilon jointly are holding a dinner and auction to fund a walkway and ramp for the new handicap swing the local sorority is providing. This endeavour will help in the placing of the swing, as well as provide a walkway […]

Rev up the boat motor and hit the water. That’s what more than 80 anglers are set to do this Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 29-30) for the annual fall bass tournament hosted by Dale LaBelle. The weigh-ins start at 3:30 p.m. both days at LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest […]

The Junior Beef Club held an informational meeting Sept. 2 at Kathy Stahn’s house. We are planning to focus on the basics of selecting, raising, training, and showing a 4-H beef heifer or steer. Some 20 people attended the meeting, during which we discussed selecting a 4-H calf and how […]

Pat Farrell is best known at the Fine Line Art Gallery here for her surreal, dream-like paintings. But her background in scientific research always has kept her grounded in the “real world.” “I like to see the world as it is, without blinkers,” she says. With advanced degrees in science […]

Crime Stoppers of Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota proudly announces that Budweiser is sponsoring and presenting the first-annual U.G.L.Y. Bartender Team Contest as a fundraising event, with all proceeds going to the regional Crime Stoppers program to help solve unsolved crime. The U.G.L.Y. (Unselfish, Generous, Loveable, You) Bartender Team Contest […]

The regular meeting of the Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library was held Sept. 8. At this meeting, it was decided that, to celebrate Ontario Public Library Week (Oct. 16-22), the “Friends” would host an open house on Friday, Oct. 21. Edith Newman, a founding member of the “Friends,” […]

If you’re going to watch sports at the Ice for Kids Arena or ’52 Canadians Arena this fall and winter, dress a little warmer because the thermostat has been turned down. In an announcement during Monday night’s council meeting, Mayor Dan Onichuk noted management at the Memorial Sports Centre has […]

After being sent back to committee twice for further consideration, a recommendation to charge non-resident contractors a one-shot annual fee will be drawn up as an amended bylaw. A report from the Planning and Development executive committee (PDEC) was approved at Monday night’s council meeting, stating that this recommendation, which […]

Anticipating another busy year ahead promoting Fort Frances and its business community, the local Chamber of Commerce is requesting the town increase its fee-for-service in the 2006 municipal budget from $6,000 to $7,500. “2005 saw marketing activities increase in several key areas,” Chamber president Gary Rogozinski said as he made […]

With the town’s bylaw department having responded to roughly 85 bear reports over the past four weeks, it’s clear Fort Frances has seen a lot of bruin activity lately. But whether the town should continue to trap and release them, or simply shoot them, was a topic brought forward to […]