As the leaves change colour and summer turns to fall, now is the time of year when the Ministry of Natural Resources is showing a renewed concern over the possibility of human-caused fires in the bush. Recreational campfires often are left unattended and become forest fires when campers and hunters […]
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The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce once again will be presenting deserving businesses and individuals with special awards next month. Its ninth-annual business awards banquet, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 at La Place Rendez-Vous, will recognize the achievement of local businesses and the contributions they make to the economic growth […]
About 30 organizations and individuals looking to get a share of the $50,000 the town has been allotted by the Moffat Family Fund filed their applications by Tuesday afternoon’s deadline. “We got a ton of applications with requests well exceeding the amount the Moffat family gave us this year,” said […]
The Township of Alberton has a big decision to make next week that will have consequences far beyond the term of the current council. Cory Jewell, chief of Alberton’s volunteer fire department, made a detailed pitch for a replacement for the township’s aging fire truck at Wednesday night’s council meeting. […]
A trophy deer illegally killed in the Dryden area last November will be available for public display after it has been mounted and officially scored. The first display opportunity will be given to the Dryden museum. Other agencies and institutions that can provide an appropriate setting also will get a […]
The Ontario government honoured 135 citizens in the Kenora-Rainy River Districts yesterday at the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards ceremony in Dryden. Among the volunteers honoured were 13 from Fort Frances, including: •Georges Blanc (Ontario Trillium Foundation—Northwestern Grant Review Team)—five years; •John Cousineau (Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre)—five years; •Delsie […]
There was no racing this past Saturday night at the Emo Speedway, but that didn’t stop some local drivers from heading out elsewhere to compete. Here’s where and how some of them did over the Labour Day weekend: •Thursday Sept. 2 (Silver 1000—Proctor Speedway in Minnesota) Steve Arpin (fourth in […]
“Snake” Krawchuk added his name to another golf trophy on Sunday as he was crowned the overall champion of the Memorial golf tournament, which is held in remembrance of Kitchen Creek members who have passed on. The annual tournament originally was slated to be held May 30, but rain postponed […]
Former Fort Frances resident Tressa Main, a main organizer of the town’s first-ever wakeboarding clinic last month, competed at the Canadian Wakeboarding Championships in Vancouver on Aug. 26-29 and won her division to advance to the world championships. Main, 31, who currently lives in Winnipeg, won the 19-and-over age category […]
Whoever said a horseshoe can bring you luck didn’t see me throw one. At least at the start, anyway. Three two-person teams participated in the Fort Frances District and Labour Council’s annual mixed horseshoe tournament Monday afternoon at Pither’s Point, with the winning team being Pat Stillar of International Falls […]
After their first win in two seasons, Muskie football head coach Bob Swing gave an interview in which he said: a). he doesn’t care what the community thinks about the team’s results, and b). thought the kids played great, but c). in what was a really sloppy game. Oh, and […]
The following was taken from a book inherited from Gene Carlson’s great-grandfather. 1. How to find the number of tons of hay in a mow Multiply the length of the mow in feet, by the width in feet, and that by the height in feet, and divide the result by […]
