Funds will expand access to cultural-based mental health and healing activities TORONTO — Ontario is providing $812,500 to the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres to help raise awareness, reduce stigma and support Indigenous-led mental health and wellness initiatives for Indian Residential School (IRS) Survivors, families and communities across the […]
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(FORT FRANCES, ON) – On April 8, at approximately 8:50 p.m. an officer from the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on the 300 Block of Nelson Street, in the Town of Fort Frances. While speaking with the driver, it was determined that the driver had […]
Staff
First tickets to be available at April 15 Avery Raquel show Borderland Pride has announced Choir! Choir! Choir! will be coming to Fort Frances to celebrate and headline their Pride 2022 festivities. The announcement from the local Pride organization, in partnership with Tour de Fort, came over the weekend, and […]
The Fort Frances Family Centre is in need of cereal and men’s shoes of all sizes. Please bring any donations to the Centre, located in the old CN Station, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. A work session for the Stratton Sales Barn will be held Friday at 10 a.m. […]
Press release
If you have visited one of the Riverside Facilities in recent months, you may have noticed a visual change in the way in which the Riverside Foundation recognizes its donors. In keeping with technological trends and advances, digital donor walls were installed at each facility. The Foundation appreciates all donations […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
It was a successful show, and it’s helped more kids play sports to boot. The Border Figure Skating Club held their first ice show in two years on the Ice for Kids rink at the Memorial Sports Centre on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Named “Happily Ever After,” the show featured […]
-Photos by Allan Bradbury
After a year without high school hockey the Fort Frances Muskie Boys and Girls have resumed a tradition of excellence in NorWOSSA hockey. The Muskie Girls took the home the hockey crown last Wednesday defeating the Dryden Eagles 3-2 in game three of the best-of-three series. In the first round […]
Team Trevor Bonot will represent Northern Ontario once again. The team consisting of skip Trevor Bonot, Jackie McComick, Michael McCarville and Amanda Gates are heading to the mixed Doubles Curling Nationals once again. Bonot and McCormick are siblings from the Fort Frances area and curled out of the Fort Frances […]
-- Allan Bradbury Photos
Northern Ontario U-18 curling championship went off successfully last weekend despite some late arrivals due to the weather in Thunder Bay. Champions were Team Dallas Burgess from Kakabeka Falls for the boys and Team Mia Toner from Sudbury. As the top two teams will go on to the U-18 provincials, […]
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Hang on to your hats, and get your shovels ready. The region is in for a spring snowstorm. Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Fort Frances, Emo and Rainy River. Hazardous winter conditions are expected from Wednesday to Friday. According to the warning, we can expect total […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario’s financial watchdog says the province is on track to balance the budget by 2023-24 and run a $7.1 billion surplus three years later. The province posted a $16.4-billion deficit in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 spending, and the Financial Accountability Office says Ontario is now seeing strong revenue growth that […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club played host to the U18 Northern Ontario Provincial Curling Championships this past weekend. During the event banquet, they were joined by special guest Colin Hodgson, who has won gold at the Canada Winter games, and has made five Brier appearances, among his many curling accomplishments. […]
