The first Legion Ladies Auxiliary supper of 2002—featuring roast beef and all the trimmings—will be held Friday, Jan. 25 upstairs at the Royal Canadian Legion here. Cost is $10 per person, and everyone is welcome to attend. In other news, five new members were initiated at the regular meeting of […]
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The “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee started back to work eagerly at its Jan. 10 meeting after breaking for the Christmas season. Regular weekly meetings have resumed. A response from Northern Ontario Heritage Fund regarding Phase 1 of the application for funding is expected in the next couple of weeks. That […]
The Atikokan Crisis Centre received donations from three branches of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario on Monday night totalling $1,000. Representatives from the elementary teachers local, occasional teachers local, and the educational support personnel were on hand at Monday’s meeting here to present the funds, which came from the […]
A trip for two to Halifax could cost just $5—if you win the upcoming “Friends of the Library” draw on Valentine’s Day, that is. The trip, valued at $2,000, includes airfare for two, three nights’ accommodation, and $500 in spending money. “The $500 in spending money is worth $5,” said […]
Doug Maki was sentenced to life in prison today at the Fort Frances Courthouse for killing local teen Melani Sutton, with eligibility for parole in 14 years. Maki had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with Sutton’s death on Tuesday—just a few hours into his first-degree murder trial. Maki […]
The candlelight ski scheduled for tomorrow (Jan. 18) at Voyageurs National Park’s Rainy Lake Visitor Center east of International Falls has been cancelled. The ski has been cancelled because of no significant snowfall this year, and rocks and woody debris are visible.
The local Knights of Columbus ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team will get their chance to shine this weekend as their annual 12-team invitational tournament gets underway here tomorrow morning. Other teams competing here include the Red Lake Rockets, Kenora Thistles, Ignace Sharks, Dryden Apollos, Atikokan Flyers, and six Thunder Bay teams […]
Five Aquanauts are heading to a swim meet in Regina, Sask. on Jan. 25-26 in hopes of qualifying for Junior Provincial Championships in Brantford, Ont. in early March. The five are Boyd Badiuk, Heather and Rachel Dutton, Alyssa Holliday, and Karli McKinnon. They and the rest of the Aquanauts also […]
Alberton council voted last week to allow the Town of Fort Frances to provide water service to residents of Alberton after some residents there had requested it. Users would have to pay for the service. In a recorded vote of 3-2, Alberton council decided to allow water service from Fort […]
Following notice the townships of Emo, Dawson, and Lake of the Woods are pursuing the formation of an Area Services Board (ASB), Fort Frances has joined the initiative—and plans to take a leadership role. “There was a reluctance on our part as a municipality to get on with this,” said […]
The Rainy River District Autism Group hosted 150 participants from across the region interested in learning more about the mysterious disability. The group organized the two-day conference, which wrapped up today, at the Couchiching Bingo Palace to increase public awareness about coping with autism. “The number of [autism] cases are […]
Not only did Indian Affairs and Northern Development minister Robert Nault weather the largest cabinet shuffle in recent history yesterday, his ministry has been given a secretary of state for the first time in almost two decades. In what he called his biggest shuffle ever, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien added […]
