Whether it was making business contacts or touring the Wisconsin Dells, area delegates who attended the ninth-annual “Northern Networks” Trade Conference in Baraboo, Wis. last week found something they liked about the trip. “I think the most enlightening thing for me was the way Wisconsin Dells was developed,” said Fort […]
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The Fort Frances Nursery School presented plans for an addition to J.W. Walker School at a building committee meeting last night, but it will have to wait for approval at the Rainy River District School Board’s next meeting before moving ahead. “We wish to secure a permanent location for the […]
While Fort Frances Power Corp. customers have seen, or will see, a sharp jump on their recent power bills, the good news is that should change. “The trend in the first couple weeks of October has shown the cost is going down,” said FFPC president and CEO Mark McCaig. “We […]
The “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” project took another step forward to determining what needs to be changed to improve the town following a meeting last Friday. “Re-Inventing” chair Susan Bodnarchuk said yesterday that about 25 people attended the meeting, including local business owners as well as reps from Abitibi-Consolidated and the […]
While the number of so-called “traditional” families is on the decline in Fort Frances—and right across Canada—over the last five years, Rainy River, Atikokan, and Alberton actually saw a slight rise in the percentage of married couples with children. According to data from the May, 2001 census released yesterday, and […]
Organizers will be hitting the phones this week as they try to secure enough volunteers to ensure the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts continues in 2003. “At this point, the festival will probably go. I am 90 to 98 percent sure it will go,” John Jankiewicz, president […]
With a little more than a week before the Thunder Bay research station is slated for closure, the region’s agricultural community still is struggling to find a way to keep it open. “I’m still hopeful,” said Gordon Scheifele, research co-ordinator for Northwestern Ontario and crop technology advisor at the Thunder […]
The future of the French Immersion program here was weighed again at the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s regular monthly meeting Saturday in Sioux Lookout. “There was really no decision made on it. We actually intend to come back to the board with a full report on projections for the […]
With a little more than a week before the Thunder Bay research station is slated for closure, the region’s agricultural community still is struggling to find a way to keep it open. “I’m still hopeful,” said Gordon Scheifele, research co-ordinator for Northwestern Ontario and crop technology advisor at the Thunder […]
A new swimming season bursts out of the blocks this weekend. The well-established Fort Frances Aquanauts will be joined by the new kid in town, the Cyclone Swim Club, as the two squads prepare for a sprint meet in Thunder Bay on Saturday and Sunday. Aquanauts head coach Roman Ramirez […]
It’s one sunny day after another right now for Sarah Noonan. The 19-year-old Fort Frances native and her University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women’s soccer team are kicking up a storm in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. “We’ve set our standards high,” said Noonan, an exercise science major in her freshman […]
For some, marathons are about finishing first. For Megan Ross, the 25th Chicago Marathon was about finishing—period. Ross and fellow Fort Frances running enthusiast Bob Tkachuk both placed in the top half of the field in the Oct. 16 race through the streets of the Windy City. But for Ross, […]
