The Town of Fort Frances recognized its retirees and employees who have reached 25 years of service, as well as 2003 “Citizen of the Year” John Dutton, at its annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Dutton told the crowd of 144 on hand about when he and […]
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For the first time in at least half-a-dozen years, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will have to hold an election to determine its board of directors. That became apparent Tuesday at the Chamber’s annual general meeting, at which time it was discovered 11 people are vying for the nine […]
For Harry Bombay, it was a special kind of homecoming. A member of the Rainy River First Nations west of Emo, Bombay has spent most of the last 20 years in Ottawa as executive director of the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA), where he’s been involved in strategic planning and […]
While numbers were down at the annual “Spirit of Christmas” silent auction here Sunday night because of the winter storm, organizers still were pleased with the outcome. “Things went well,” said organizer Linda Hamilton. “Attendance was certainly down because of the weather, I’m sure, but we made $13,000. “Amazing, isn’t […]
After running Wood’s Sewing Machines (formerly known as Wood’s Sewing Centre) for 35 years, as well as volunteering for charitable causes and contributing to community groups and associations, Gloria Wood has decided to retire. “It’s a good time,” she said of her decision. While not originally from Fort Frances, Wood […]
The world’s largest annual indoor fair has a distinctly northern flavour again this year thanks to a partnership between Industry Canada, FedNor, and some enterprising businesses. The Northern Ontario Agricultural Pavilion has been a big hit with both organizers and the public at the 2003 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in […]
At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, the Northwest Catholic District School Board approved a detailed budget outlining the expenditure of $498,410 it will receive in funding through the provincial government’s Rural Education Strategy (RES). The board initially had expected to receive $486,000, but the Ministry of Education’s final calculation […]
The scotch lovers of Fort Frances are uniting to keep their tasting club alive, and are looking for new members to help attain that goal. “In order to have a really good tasting, we need to have more people,” said Joyce Cunningham, secretary of the Loch La Pluie Scotch Tasting […]
While it didn’t draw a packed house every night of its four-performance run last week, the Fort High musical revue “By the Numbers” still was considered a success by those involved. “We had a good attendance the last couple nights,” said producer and teacher John Dutton. “While opening night the […]
The third-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference is taking place Nov. 19-22 at Rainy River Community College in International Falls. The conference on the environmental sustainability of Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota basins is being jointly presented by RRCC and the Rainy River First Nations. It will bring together scientists, resource managers, and […]
Discussions at the Oct. 14 committee of the whole meeting regarding the town’s need to “clean up” the municipal landfill were in no way indicative that contractors Lakeland Personnel Inc. nor Tom Veert Contracting Ltd. were responsible for any problems there. This is the message Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
At its regular meeting here Monday night, town council declined to be a corporate sponsor and give $5,000 in financial assistance to the third ManOMin Watershed Conference coming up Nov. 20-22 in International Falls. Coun. Deane Cunningham, speaking on behalf of the Administration and Finance executive committee, said that given […]
