While the target date for completion originally was this month, it’s looking like work on Phase One of the “gateway” project on the international bridge here will take place this fall instead. Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale, who has worked on the “gateway” project as a consultant, said Tuesday that […]
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As a follow-up to an open house held in January, 2003, the Ministry of Natural Resources plans to hold a pair of public meetings in two weeks regarding the fate of a deteriorating dam on the Manitou River (Esox Lake) about 50 km northeast of Fort Frances. The first of […]
Mayor Dan Onichuk, Coun. Tannis Drysdale, and CAO Mark McCaig will be off to Ottawa next week for the annual general meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, which runs Aug. 22-25. Following the theme, “Renewing Our Communities: From the Municipal Front Door to Parliament Hill,” the delegates will […]
Two judges from Canada’s “Communities in Bloom” project were in town Friday and Saturday to take a look at what Fort Frances has to offer as well as to provide guidance to help beautify the town. “Communities in Bloom” is a national contest “committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility, […]
The Northwestern Health Unit reported Monday that three crows found dead in Rainy River District have tested positive for West Nile virus. Two were sent in from Atikokan while the third was from Devlin, environmental health officer Al Mathers said. This makes for a total of six this summer in […]
In response to a request for assistance, Ontario this week is dispatching 200 Ministry of Natural Resources FireRangers, several fire behaviour analysts, and other staff to fight forest fires in British Columbia. Of those, about 100 initial attack FireRangers and personnel will be departing from Northwestern Ontario on Tuesday and […]
After tabulating and marking 204 scores at the Kitchen Creek Classic, Fort Frances resident Gerry Hercun beat the best to be the best. Hercun carded a 142 total for 36 holes as 102 golfers competed in the annual Kitchen Creek Classic on Saturday and Sunday. “It hasn’t been a long […]
The fire season in the West Fire Region has been unusually quiet this year, with a total of 195 fires reported since April 1, the Ministry of Natural Resources said Monday morning. This is in stark contrast to last August, when the MNR had seen almost 800 over that same […]
Former resident Tressa Main, who now lives in Winnipeg, and her team of wakeboarders, the “Freeriders,” will be holding a clinic on the upper river tomorrow from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. “We’ve been talking about doing something in Fort for such a while,” Main had said in an interview with the […]
The next regular meeting of town council, originally slated for Monday, Aug. 23, has been pushed back a week until Aug. 30. Council held a brief special meeting yesterday afternoon and decided to change the meeting date because three of the councillors could not be present Aug. 23. At least […]
The Stratton Bobcats did it. The eighth-seeded team came to VanJura Stadium here last night to square off against top seed and defending champion Sight & Sound and took it to them in the first round of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. “My hat is off to Stratton,” […]
Reconstruction of King’s Highway in the west end of town is set to begin Aug. 23 and will continue into next July, excluding the months of November-May. The work will take place from 150 metres west of McIrvine Road to Keating Avenue, covering 625 metres of King’s Highway, Operations and […]
