With renovations expected to start in January, the Fort Frances Museum fundraising committee has reached two-thirds of its fundraising goal of $130,000. “We’re sort of gearing up for another push here. We still have to approach businesses and some foundations and that,” noted museum curator Pam Hawley. “We have about […]
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District residents have come through once again for the Canadian Blood Services donor clinic at Fort High yesterday and Wednesday. CBS community development co-ordinator Harvey Heather reported this morning that yesterday’s clinic attracted 217 donors, from which 193 units were collected. Including Wednesday’s clinic, that brought the total collected to […]
September is recognized for “Take Back The Night” activities across Canada. Events are taking place across Canada to highlight the issue of violence against women. Violence against women can take many forms. It is most commonly divided into the following categories: physical violence which is the most obvious, stalking which […]
Lawrence Simmons of Green’s Countrywide supervised Joan Allison, left, and Teresa Hazel as they moved a dresser, that was stored next door to Fort Duty-Free, into a truck to be shipped over the Couchiching recreation centre for tomorrow’s giant used furniture sale. —Duane Hicks photo
A wide variety of items will be up for grabs during the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s second giant used furniture sale, which is planned for tomorrow (Saturday) at the Couchiching recreation centre. Foundation director Teresa Hazel said yesterday a range of furniture either will be up for sale, or […]
The Dryden detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have concluded their investigation into a collision between an ATV and a tractor trailer unit that occurred last week. On Friday, Sept. 16, an ATV entered Highway in Oxdrift from the north side and collided with a westbound tractor trailer unit. The […]
The search for a missing Fort Frances woman ended successfully Tuesday afternoon. Karon Kaminski, 56, had last been seen by her co-workers in town around 1 p.m. on Friday. She was reported missing to police in the early-morning hours of Tuesday after she failed to report for work. Fort Frances […]
In an effort to help inform tourists before they cross the border into Canada, and hopefully help boost the sagging number of visitors coming through here, partners gathered at the Civic Centre yesterday to launch a new website. Found at www.canadawelcomesyou.net, this site is dedicated to answering frequently-asked questions—for both […]
Heading into the 2005 Titleist & Footjoy Canadian PGA Assistants’ Championship, the goal for Kitchen Creek assistant pro Glenn Mills was to finish in the top 10. Well, neither Mills nor fellow assistant pro Johnny Lundon could do so in the two-day event that brought 126 players to The Briars […]
Joan Keene gave the “gift of life” during yesterday the first day of Canadian Blood Services’ two-day fall donor clinic at Fort Frances High School. A total of 154 donors came in, beating the one-day quota of 145. The two-day quota is 357. The donor clinic continues today from noon-3 […]
Jordan York made an unsuccessful attempt at a hit during a senior boys’ volleyball practice last Wednesday at Fort High. —Emmanuel Moutsatsos photo
With a little help from Joe Kliner, right, Sydney Korkola wasn’t afraid to ride one of the several ponies the Northern Therapeutic Riding Association brought to Scott Street on Saturday. —Duane Hicks photo
