A large crowd was on hand Wednesday morning for the official opening of the new Customs and Immigration facility here. “With a new location, modern facilities, and technology upgrades, the Fort Frances border crossing is equipped to provide more efficient services to the travelling public and commercial traffic,” said local […]
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The federal government announced here Wednesday afternoon it would contribute $39,000 to “Re-Inventing Fort Frances,” meaning the committee now has the funds needed to go ahead with its feasibility study. Local MP Robert Nault, also the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, made the funding announcement while meeting with […]
As first reported in last Friday’s Daily Bulletin, the town will resume curbside “Blue Box” pick-ups on Monday (July 22). “We will be conducting a trial period with Koochiching County Environmental Services Division for processing recyclables at their facility in International Falls,” said Pat Hickerson, the town’s manager of operations […]
The Township of Emo will continue to recycle but residents will start putting their items into transparent bags rather than “blue boxes,” said Irwin Morphet, supervisor of the Emo landfill site. It is felt that bags will provide a more efficient and cleaner system,” he noted. The transparent bags, which […]
Incorporating native heritage in the classroom to keep aboriginal kids in school topped discussions between Ontario Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman and staff at the Seven Generations Educational Institute during his visit here last Wednesday. Wilf Cyr, director of elementary and secondary support programs, stressed that preserving the language was key to […]
Wide Mouth Mason will take the stage next Thursday (July 25) as one of the headline acts performing at this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. But after that, their instruments will be replaced by rods and reels as the trio stays in Fort Frances to fish. “They’re arriving on […]
The big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina will be a rockin’ next Wednesday (July 24) when “Quest for the Best” will be held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship for the third time. And the 18-act lineup has just been released. “There’s quite a variety of […]
A dozen people signed up for the inaugural “practice firm” program being run by the local campus of Confederation College in an effort to find them permanent jobs. Now more than halfway through the program, four participants already have already been hired and the “firm” is showing it is an […]
“Whenever I stop doing Indian activities, Happy times will be no more. The dancing men say this, ‘There will be hard times.’” –Richard Lyons Richard Lyons was appointed a member of the Order of Canada earlier this month for his work preserving native culture—and he couldn’t be happier. “It was […]
Kayla Lauzon’s dreams of becoming a country singer are taking her to Nashville, Tenn. next month—and her home town of Barwick is helping her get there. The 12-year-old singing sensation will be attending the “Talent Symposium” in Nashville with hopes of impressing one of the talent scouts in the audience. […]
The weather was hot and sizzling—and so were many of the games played last weekend at the Devlin ball diamond during the annual slo-pitch tournament. When the last ball was thrown and the final bat swung, the ‘A’ event went to “Shade” from Fort Frances after they beat out the […]
Fort Frances resident Bert Oliver recently was recognized with an anniversary medal for his part in liberating Holland during the Second World War. On the 55th anniversary of the liberation, the Netherlands commemorated the more than 7,600 Canadians who lost their lives during the war. Soldiers and widows of deceased […]
