With an increasing focus on producing the most efficiency on available acreage, farmers must get the most out of the available pasture land, says Scott Banks, a crop specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Banks, guest speaker at the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s spring dinner/dance last […]
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While the fire hazard index was only “low” in the district as of Tuesday, the forest and grass fire situation could heat up quickly if there isn’t more precipitation this spring. Harrold Boven, fire operations supervisor with the local Ministry of Natural Resources, said yesterday the MNR’s weather stations in […]
John Grozelle Jr. and Kris Starling are pretty scary guys. They both have that been-there, done-that look far too many young people attempt to affect to impress people. But in their case, it’s not an act. They have been down that long, dark tunnel of substance abuse and managed to […]
The employment supports branch of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) is the subject of an information session slated for tomorrow (April 9) at 3 p.m. at the Community Activity Centre (205 1/2 Third St. E.) Carolyn Skirten, supervisor of employment services at Careers Unlimited, a branch the Fort Frances […]
The possibility of Wal-Mart opening up shop in Fort Frances has a good number of local business trying to figure out how it will affect them. And in fact, a seminar slated here next Tuesday, entitled “How to do business in a Wal-Mart environment,” already has attracted more than 60 […]
Anyone planning to attend Friday night’s re-creation of the inaugural town council meeting in 1903 at the Townshend Theatre had better act fast as the free passes for the centennial event are going fast. “We’re running out very quickly,” centennial co-ordinator Marla Simpson said Monday morning. “If we’re lucky, there’s […]
If the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs want the SIJHL championship trophy, they’re going to have to tear it out of Kurt Hogard’s hands. The Borderland Thunder defenceman scored twice, including the game-winner with just 1:35 left in regulation time Sunday night, to lift his team to a 5-4 victory over […]
They’re halfway home—now it’s time to hit the road. The Borderland Thunder—riding an eight-game winning streak—will head down Highway 11 with a 2-0 lead over the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs in the best-of-seven SIJHL championship series as Games 3 and 4 go there Saturday and Sunday nights. If necessary, Game […]
And then there were three. Regular-season champion Scared Hitless, nine-time defending league champion Gillons’, and the upstart Wildcats survived last night’s playoff round in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League at Fort High. Scared Hitless, which received a bye through the first portion of last night’s ‘A’-side playoffs by virtue […]
For the third time this winter, a gas leak has resulted in the evacuation of sections of Fort Frances and loss of service to others. On Thursday around 1:10 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a gas leak at the corner of Williams Avenue and Fifth Street East. Police and emergency […]
Local residents could well be excused if they walk around with sore arms today as a result of patting themselves on the back. For the first time, the annual “Daffodil Days” fundraising drive by the local Beta Sigma Phi sorority for the Canadian Cancer Society completely sold out before the […]
A single-vehicle accident on Highway 71 south of Nestor Falls claimed the life of a Fort Frances woman Thursday afternoon. Gisele Blais, 41, was killed when the driver of a southbound 1999 Dodge pickup truck lost control on the icy roadway, Kenora OPP reported this morning. The vehicle then entered […]
