The Town of Fort Frances agreed to include the landfill site in Alberton in a proposal to acquire land with a restructuring of boundaries. Municipal Affairs and Housing rep Kevin Desrosiers suggested adding the landfill site when he attended Monday night’s council meeting to explain available options regarding the restructuring […]
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Fort Frances will be in the electricity business before the year is out after town council accepted three recommendations from the Bill 35 committee. The provincial bill requires all electric utilities in the province to incorporate by Nov. 7, which means they no longer will be subsidized provincial entities but […]
Pulling up to the estate sale of Ray Martin at Nickel Lake Shores east of Fort Frances, there is little doubt who the auctioneer is. One of the tallest people in the milling crowd, along with a mustache, cowboy hat, and a boisterous laugh, Rod Salchert is hard to miss. […]
Due to the wet, cold conditions of late, the opening of Kitchen Creek Golf Course has been delayed until this weekend at the earliest, new club pro Steve Wood said Tuesday. An early spring had many people thinking of an early opening for the local course but the recent mix […]
If it wasn’t for tournament anglers, the general fishing public wouldn’t be as quick to learn effective new techniques. Let’s face it, when your little boy or girl catches more fish, they usually have a better time. And if it wasn’t for the people and the companies who make these […]
Every pew at Bethel Baptist Church here, and then all the rows of impromptu seating in the aisles, were filled Friday night to welcome the African Children’s Choir. About 400 people crammed into the church to listen to the travelling choir of 23 children sing an African version of Gospel […]
Dan Jones now has what he sees as an open door into the music industry–his computer. Coupled with a precise recording program, Jones’ computer can moonlight as a full-fledged recording studio, he said. “A lot of new bands sit at home and don’t need much more than a computer and […]
As summer school marches towards its July 18th conclusion, seeing 48 grade seven and eight students attending half or full days refining their math and English skills across the district, the Rainy River District School Board is discussing expanding the program in the future. “One of the things we’ve been […]
How do you feed 2,000 people in one sitting? With a calculator, of course. That’s how Kathy Cuthbertson of “Kathy’s Katering” here figured out how much it would take to feed the masses attending the FFHS Millennium Reunion supper Saturday night. “Because I’ve been [catering] for 18 years, I knew […]
Back in 1972, there was a house in town called “Spaz’s House.” Two of its occupants, and their friends, drove proudly around town in what they called the “Spazmobile.” They’d stop at stop signs, leap out of the Spazmobile, and run around it before jumping back in. They were called […]
As “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” continues to levitate off store shelves and into readers’ hands across the country, kids and grown-ups alike are proving to be enchanted by tales of the boy wizard from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. “They love the story, they love the […]
Metta Visser would rather not make a trip from Emo to Thunder Bay three times a week. As such, she’s pleased she may not have to much longer if a hemodialysis unit becomes a reality at La Verendrye hospital here. “It would be really beneficial,” said Visser, who has been […]
