The annual meeting of Zone ‘A’ of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, hosted by the Ear Falls Hunters and Anglers club, attracted delegates from Fort Frances, Atikokan, Ignace, Dryden, Balmertown, Ear Falls, and two clubs from Kenora. The OFAH update noted that work is being done on: •how […]
News
The Emo Atom Selects could not keep pace with visiting Gillons’ (Fort Frances) in recent minor hockey action, coming out on the short end of a 3-1 score. Andrew Easton (two) and Chad Dustak scored for Gillons’ while Eric Soucy replied for the Selects. But the Emo Esso Leafs had […]
The Fort Frances OPP Midget ‘A’ team fell 5-1 decision to the North End Flames in the ‘B’ final of a tournament in Dryden over the weekend. After a scoreless first period, Dryden scored three times in the second period and then added two more in the third to ice […]
Alison Agar continues to recover at Ronald McDonald House in Toronto with her mom, Wendy, three weeks after receiving her third kidney transplant at Sick Children’s Hospital there. “She’s doing very well,” her father, Doug, a teacher at Fort Frances High School, said Monday. But she must remain in Toronto […]
Quitting smoking is hard–just ask Debbie Kempf. At least two good stabs at it in the past few years ended when she lit a cigarette. But the Fort Frances woman is bound and determined to kick the habit for good when she butts out March 1 as part of the […]
The CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. thoroughly outlined its plan for renovations at Emo hospital at a two-hour meeting last night that attracted about 135 residents. “I think it went over reasonably well,” said Wayne Woods. “People were looking for a meaning behind the renovations, and that’s what […]
The Northwestern Health Unit will look into setting up a needle exchange program for intravenous drug users here following a meeting with various local partners this week. While team leader Ken Allan stressed the proposal is “very early on in the process,” it was agreed the health unit should look […]
In the wake of learning they may be amalgamated with Sioux Narrows, Nestor Falls residents called an emergency meeting last night and passed a motion to propose a merger with Chapple instead. Earlier this month, the province had appointed a commission to study–and decide–what the best restructuring plan would be […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is still short of funds despite passing its budget Friday that called for a $1.37 per capita increase from area municipalities. The hike raises the cost per capita to $33 from $31.73 in 1999, which translates to $10,556 for Fort Frances–and about $70,000 across the Kenora/Rainy […]
“This is not a pleasant position to be in,” Rainycrest administrator Kevin Queen said last week, conceding doubt grows as he still awaits word on a proposal for a 32-bed special needs unit there. “We haven’t had an interview set up,” he added, noting Rainycrest first pitched the proposal to […]
As the town’s computer software is adapted to the year 2000 step-by-step, Civic Centre staff can only wait and see if the repairs are made in time to get property tax bills out. Ed Yu Associates, the Vancouver-based company managing the town’s software, has been able to get some of […]
With four of its six season concerts and two extra ones now wrapped up, “tour de Fort” organizers can enjoy about a four-week breather before the next set of musicians hits the Townshend Theatre stage. “Scruj MacDuhk,” a Celtic band, is slated to perform here March 25, with the a […]
