The Fort Frances Horticultural Society is pleased to be presenting a talk here April 25 by Chris Graham, director of Horticultural Services for the Royal Botanical Gardens. Graham, who is returning to this area for the second time, will be giving a presentation on perennial care in Northwestern Ontario at […]
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Chariot races have been selected as the main entertainment of this year’s Emo Fair in August. Following on the heels of last year’s horse rodeo, teams of horses–with chariots in tow–will gallop around the oval of the Emo speedway in both flat and Ben Hur races. “They’re teams of two […]
The regional director of the Ministry of Natural Resources has given his support for district manager’s Bill Darby’s decision Feb. 21 to conditionally open Trout Road in an official letter sent out. “As is often the case with these types of issues, there are some very strong and divergent opinions,” […]
In an effort to promote and celebrate the International Year of the Volunteer, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is holding a series of contests on what volunteering means. “This year has been named as the International Year of the Volunteer by the United Nations,” noted executive director Joan Pearson, who […]
Tonight will be mostly clear, with an overnight low near minus-seven (20 F) and light north winds. Tomorrow also will be mostly sunny, with a high up around 13 (55) and low of two (35), along with south winds at 10 mph. Thursday will bring a chance of showers, with […]
The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is looking into the deaths of two Sandy Lake First Nation residents to see if there is a connection between them. The body of Delilah Meekis, 33, was discovered in her residence Friday morning following a report of a house fire there. Police and volunteer firefighters […]
Power deregulation, rural health care, and membership drives will top the agenda during the annual spring meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce this weekend in Marathon. Three members of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will attend the meeting April 20-22, along with representatives from all 15 […]
Tonight will see a few flurries early on, followed by clear skies, with an overnight low around minus-nine C (15 F) and north winds at 10 mph. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of four (40) low around minus-seven (20), along with continued north winds at 10 mph. […]
While Easter Sunday’s surprise snowstorm delayed the start of the 2001 District Festival of the Performing Arts on Monday morning, the association president has not let it dampen his spirits. “We laughed about it [Sunday], which is better than crying,” said John Jankiewicz. “The snow was certainly not something we […]
Not quite a visit from the Easter bunny but the region got a holiday surprise Sunday morning as a sudden winter storm dumped about 20 cm (eight inches) of snow here, with another 2-5 cm (one inch-two) expected to accumulate by the end of Monday. The U.S. National Weather Service […]
It will be mostly clear tonight but with patchy fog. Expect an overnight low around minus-four C (25 F) and northwest winds at 10-20 mph. Tomorrow will be sunny early on, with increasing cloudiness later. Expect a high of seven (45) and low near minus-one (30), with continued northwest winds […]
After competing in the regional qualifier in Atikokan on Wednesday, more than half of the Muskie badminton squad will move on to the finals. “It went well, it went very well,” noted Fort High teacher Greg Ste. Croix, the badminton athletic director. “It was a different result from what I […]
