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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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, […]
If you’ve ever wondered where exactly the Township of Alberton begins and ends, you may not have to guess much long. At its regular meeting last Wednesday, Alberton council decided to proceed with plans to place signs along Highway 11/71 at each end of the township to indicate to motorists […]
The family of Devin Allison is now left to try to pick up the pieces and do their best to find a way to carry on with their lives. “It’s an adjustment, we are trying to get back into the swing of things,” said Allison’s aunt, Maureen Hanson. “It’s never […]
The condition of Alicia Delbridge of Fort Frances remains largely unchanged as the one-year-old struggles for her life in a Calgary hospital today. On Aug. 5, while visiting her grandparents with her mother, Christina, the tot suddenly was stricken with what turned out to be myocarditis—a rare inflammatory disease that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
