With the deadline to enter this year’s “Quest for the Best” coming up Friday (June 25), the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce still is looking for competitors for the popular singing contest. “We have four new people, and eight previous winners are coming back for more,” organizer Dawn Booth said […]
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It will be a hectic end to June for Patricia Armstrong and her two daughters. Armstrong’s older daughter, Kristen Roehrig, finished off her exams last week before heading to Thunder Bay for nine days of training camp with the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks’ under-17 team. The younger one, Lindsey Roehrig, […]
While Fun in the Sun is equated with the July 1 celebrations for some people, local residents and visitors alike can find lots to do in Fort Frances over the next week. The local Business Improvement Association will keep Scott Street buzzing tomorrow with its annual “Mall Day” from 9 […]
Deer hunters—and motorists—will be happy with the news that the Ministry of Natural Resources has put into place new regulations to allow hunters in Northwestern Ontario to take as many as six deer this fall. Area MNR biologist John Vandenbroeck, a member of the provincial deer technical committee, said the […]
There is a lucky young man from Ranier, Mn. who might not be alive today if it weren’t for the timely actions of Kevin Knutsen. Back on June 12, Knutsen, a Grade 8 teacher at St. Francis School here, was boating near Sha-Sha’s Resort with two friends when they noticed […]
Though Aquanaut head coach Roman Ramirez has the provincial and national rankings for his swimmers, he prefers not to share them. Ramirez feels the emphasis should be on the team and its accomplishments over the season rather than on individual rankings that might not mean very much—and most likely will […]
About 600 votes were cast at the advance polls held here and in Rainy River this past Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the local Elections Canada office said. That’s higher than the advance polls for the last federal election in November, 2000, which saw 431 votes cast during the advance polls, […]
With the federal election looming Monday, Fort Frances residents, as well as voters across the country, are preparing to cast their ballots. But with less than a week to go, many remain undecided. Ray Scott, 49, is still unsure which party he will support because he doesn’t know whether or […]
Despite a nearly $1-million cut in funding due to decreased enrolment, the Rainy River District School Board passed a balanced budget for 2004-05 during a special meeting here Monday night. The board has lost about 116 students since last year, which translates into a $1 million reduction in funding. “Our […]
There are changes in the air at the Rainy River Watershed Program with the resignation of program co-ordinator Martin Nantel, effective in two weeks. Nantel, who has been overseeing the program for nearly two-and-a-half years, is stepping down July 9 to take a position with Environment Canada in Thunder Bay. […]
The Municipal Property Assessment Corp. met with town council here Monday to answer questions, including explaining the disparity between the average property assessment of properties in Fort Frances and Dryden. “It was basically an informational session,” noted Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig. “The impetus was that we’ve seen our assessment […]
There is a group of people in Canada whose youth population is growing at twice the rate of the general population, yet this same group has a significantly higher suicide rate than the general population. This group is six times more likely to die by drowning than the rest of […]
