Some of the new user fees for Fort Frances residents took effect today after town council gave a third and final reading to the bylaw at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. The user fee schedule—which lists hundreds of items—sees numerous hikes across the board, from business licences and building permits […]
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As you probably know, members of the Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team spend upwards of 16 hours a week training, both in and out of the pool. But what you might not know is that when they’re not training, many of these athletes love to spend time in the kitchen—trying […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources is finding the 2004 fire season, which runs April 1 through Oct. 31, is off to a slow start here. “There’s no fires to report at this time,” MNR fire information officer Deb McLean said Thursday morning. “We are looking at some nice weather. Fort […]
It was a night of firsts at the Emo Legion on Friday night as members of the new Conservative Party of Canada welcomed their inaugural candidate in the new riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. David Leskowski, a Thunder Bay insurance broker, was acclaimed after Christine Hogarth withdrew her name just […]
The Nor-West Animal Clinic’s equine information seminar struck a serious chord with local horse enthusiasts last weekend. Nearly 60 people from across the district—both breeders and private owners—packed the Emo Legion on Saturday to learn and share information on breeding and maintaining healthy horses. Dr. Wayne Etherington, of the Nor-West […]
It was a night of firsts at the Emo Legion on Friday night as members of the new Conservative Party of Canada welcomed their inaugural candidate in the new riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. David Leskowski, a Thunder Bay insurance broker, was acclaimed after Christine Hogarth withdrew her name just […]
The Township of Emo is off to an early start to make sure its bills are paid on time even though a formal budget for 2004 has yet to be finalized. At its regular meeting last Thursday, Emo council passed resolutions to make the first quarterly payments to the two […]
Three Aquanauts swimmers attended the Pepsi Victor Davis Memorial swim meet in Guelph last week and came home with varied results. Heather Dutton, swimming in the girls’ 15 and over age category, earned her best result in the 100m butterfly, placing fourth with a time of 1:11.96. She also finished […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team played their annual “town” versus “country” game here Monday before packing up their locker room and officially declaring the season over. The team returned from the all-Ontarios in London on Saturday after failing to get out of their pool. “It’s a very long, tiring week,” […]
After battling back from a 3-1 deficit, the Borderland Thunder saw their season end in heart-breaking fashion Saturday night with a 4-3 overtime loss to the host Dryden Ice Dogs in Game 7 of their semi-final series. The Ice Dogs scored just 14 seconds into the extra frame to win […]
As part of its ongoing “Business After Hours” program, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is holding a “Quadrathon” for its members and their staff at the Fort Frances Curling Club tomorrow from 5-7:30 p.m. “The whole thing is to get people moving around and meeting with other people, and […]
The local District Mental Health Services for Older Adults program held a day-long workshop here last Wednesday for health care workers and social service providers to discuss aging in people with developmental disabilities. Paul Muldoon, a trainer and consultant, ran the workshop in which participants discussed the demographics of an […]
