The story in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin regarding the riverbank cleanup by students from Robert Moore School was incomplete as of press time. In fact, all eight classes at the school—Grades 1 through 8—were involved in the project, which also included cleaning up Lions Park on Second Street East. The students […]
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Tickets were still available at last report for tonight’s exhibition clash here between the Manitoba Moose and Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Tickets, which cost $20 in advance, were available at La Place Rendez-Vous, the […]
The Fort Frances waterfront is looking a little cleaner today, thanks to the efforts of some of the town’s youngest citizens. Three classes from Robert Moore School spent Thursday morning scouring the riverbank from Crowe Avenue to the Sorting Gap Marina—and came up with an astonishing amount of other people’s […]
The final entries for the 2005 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship were selected by lottery at La Place Rendez-Vous last night. The top 46 names drawn from the 141 entries now have until Nov. 1 to confirm that they still want to be entered into the FFCBC next, and must […]
A town institution may be closing this month after more than 80 years in business. The East End Confectionery, owned by Neil and Doreen Kabel and Tara and Scott Hamilton, currently is having a liquidation sale in preparation for closing its doors. “I’m figuring we’ll probably close by the 16th […]
Niels Nijssen, a 17-year-old student from Holland, has been adapting to his new settings at Fort Frances High School since the beginning of September. Nijssen lives with his mother, father, and brother in Middleburg, Holland. “There are about 45,000 people in Middleburg,” he noted. “It’s not big, but it’s not […]
Zone #7 District Commander Bonnie Faulds of Kenora will be making her official visit to Fort Frances next Wednesday (Oct. 13). Faulds was elected and installed as district commander at the Zone #7 annual district meeting held in Rainy River in 2003. Prior to becoming district commander, she had served […]
The Riverside Foundation for Health Care hosted the Thunder Bay Legends (“A Tribute Artist Extravaganza”) at the Townshend Theatre here Saturday night—and discovered it was as much a blockbuster as the first time the troupe came through here in April. “It was sold out. We sold tickets right until it […]
Doris Pelletier, a member of the Arthritis Society’s “Joints In Motion” team, is now heading up a “School-Wide Walk” fundraiser tomorrow in memory of her “arthritis hero,” Darrell Webb, who passed away earlier this year. After postponing it last Friday due to bad weather, the walk will start tomorrow at […]
Sons of Norway Vinland Lodge 1-193 will hold a business meeting at Nylan Huset on Rainy Lake tomorrow (Oct. 7) at 7 p.m. All community members from Koochiching County and Fort Frances with an interest in Nordic culture, including Sami, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, or Norway, are invited to attend. […]
Three people from the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Dryden District, known as the “I-Team,” have been trained to immobilize animals that pose a threat to public safety or themselves. As part of the training, the staff practised their marksmanship skills at the Dryden Rifle and Pistol Club’s range last Wednesday […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has extended the deadline for nominations for its annual business awards, which will be presented at a banquet later this month. The original deadline was last Friday (Oct. 1), but Chamber manager Dawn Booth said that’s now been extended to this Friday (Oct. 8). […]
