Momentum is gathering in the push to have both a provincial jail and young offenders’ facility in the district. After meeting with a private consulting firm, the Jeffery Group, from Toronto last Thursday, Emo Reeve Russ Fortier, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, Rainy River First Nation Chief Jim Leonard, and […]
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More than 60 skaters and eight goalies have been invited to the Borderland Thunder’s first-ever tryout camp here Aug. 3-5 in preparation for the team’s inaugural season in the new Superior International Junior Hockey League. A team of 25 will be selected to start the Junior ‘A’ (Tier II) season […]
The Boise Cascade mill across the river in International Falls, Mn. is closed for a month as 22 capital projects costing more than $30 million (U.S.) are underway there. “It’s kind of like an ant hill. We’ve got over 500 contract employees working at the mill right now,” noted Boise […]
John Madigan will be the new director of education for the Northwest Catholic District School Board here, board chair Gerry Rousseau announced today. Madigan, who replaces Carol-Lynne Oldale, will take over the position effective Aug. 25. Madigan’s career as an educator includes holding a variety of leadership roles, serving as […]
tour de Fort will be selling vouchers for its upcoming “Encore” concert series tomorrow at the Fort Frances Public Library. “We are planning on having the same quality of performers that we have during the passport series,” said tour de Fort spokesperson Wanda Botsford. “[However], we will gladly refund the […]
Marketing is about to begin in earnest for condominiums in the new “River Walk” development along Front Street here. Out of the 36 condos for sale as part of the project, down-payments have been made on 14 before any marketing has been done. The town has hosted several information sessions […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has lifted the restricted fire zone that had been imposed on most of the region, including Fort Frances District, since midnight Thursday night. Due to an unexpected amount of rainfall Saturday and Sunday, most of the new fires detected in the region last week have […]
Extreme fire behaviour has forced the Ministry of Natural Resources to place a ban on all open burning in the southern half of the West Fire Region. The ban–which went into effective as of midnight Thursday and extends until Monday–means no fires may be ignited for cooking or warmth anywhere […]
High-speed Internet access, possibly as fast as 512 kbps, could be available to Fort Frances residents and businesses by mid-August. After installing an antanna on top of the town’s water tower on Wednesday, local Internet service provider (ISP) Jam21.Net will be able to provide customers with wireless Internet through a […]
Several familiar faces will be behind the bench this coming season as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association announced its coaches for the three boys’ ‘AA’ rep teams at their monthly meeting in June. The board of directors chose Dave Egan and Pat Dittaro to coach Tagg’s (Bantam) while Tony […]
The Northwestern Health Unit re-opened Morley Beach at Stratton on Wednesday after having declared it “unsafe for swimming” on Friday due to high bacterial counts found during routine sampling. Morley Beach was the most recent of district beaches to be closed due to high levels of bacteria. These levels most […]
At its annual meeting Tuesday, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care welcomed John McTaggart and Rod McLeod to the board. McTaggart is a local businessman who also served as chair of the “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign. McLeod is a local lawyer and supporter of the Foundation. “We are […]
