Federal Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff paid a visit to the Sunset Country Métis office here last Thursday, only days before both the federal election call and Aboriginal Awareness Week. “As former mayor Thunder Bay and president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, I’ve been building lots of bridges of […]
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As the clock winds down to the start of the third-annual Emo Walleye Classic later this week, the Rainy River is seeing a lot boat traffic these days. But fishing is by no means the sole attraction of this natural waterway. Cruising down the river from Emo, there is an […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is working with the Town of Fort Frances and the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee to make sure no one ever says “Fort where?” again. In an effort to attract more tourists and increase the visibility of Fort Frances, banners representing the various activities that […]
Tragedy struck on the Victoria Day weekend here when a late-night car ride turned deadly. A single-vehicle accident that occurred on Couchiching around 3:05 a.m. on Sunday claimed the life of the driver, Curtis Joseph Brown, 42, of Fort Frances, and a passenger, Krista Turcotte, 24, of Thunder Bay, Ont. […]
Even the stormy weather could not deter the participants from coming out for the 10th-annual “Big Bike” fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation here last Wednesday. Six teams participated this year, including Abitibi-Consolidated, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., the CIBC, Wal-Mart, Couchiching First Nation, and Fort Frances High School. […]
Local mill workers will be taking a strike vote sometime before June 7 after negotiations between the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Abitibi-Consolidated broke off Saturday in Montreal. The talks ended following 15 days of bargaining. CEP bargaining representatives from 14 Abitibi-Consolidated mills in Ontario, Quebec, New […]
J.W. Walker School here has topped the list of elementary schools in Ontario, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools. J.W. Walker earned a perfect 10 out of 10 score, along with 30 other schools in the province, most of which are located in urban […]
With the deadline for nominations having come and gone Monday, it looks like an election for positions on the board of directors of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. won’t be needed again this year when it holds its annual meeting June 24 in Emo. “I would doubt it,” Riverside CEO […]
Business was booming after hours last Wednesday night during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s mix-and-mingle at La Place Rendez-Vous. It was the best turnout the Chamber has seen since it re-introduced the monthly mix-and-mingles last May. The event, organized by the Business After-Hours committee of the Chamber, boasted a […]
Last Tuesday morning, Shirley Scofield sat on a soft couch next to a sunny window with a child under each arm listening intently to her read “The Paper Bag Princess” by Robert Munsch. The children were not Scofield’s grandchildren but the experience, she said, is very similar. Scofield is one […]
Those involved in the local tourism industry have been keeping their fingers crossed in hopes that this year’s season will be more successful than last year’s. And so far, so good. Alan Meline, owner of Alan Meline Guide Services, said the biggest advantage this year is that so many people […]
Fort Frances marked the end of an era Tuesday with the closing ceremonies for one of the town’s original elementary schools, Alexander MacKenzie. Nearly 100 people—including past students and staff, along with parents—came out to the school to say good-bye to the past and to greet the future. Among the […]
