Fort Frances News Archives

After drawing more than 800 trick-or-treaters to her haunted backyard at 1123 Scott St.

A hungry lunchtime crowd of more than 200 people flocked to the Legion here yesterday for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce's Great Canadian Chili Cook-off and Cake Roulette, with long-time participant but first-time winner Holmlund Financial named as the 2009 champs.

There are plenty of talented young adults in Fort Frances - and even when they move away, they often continue to showcase their talents in their new locations.

The Borderland Community Orchestra will celebrate 10 years of performing music for audiences along the U.S. ~ Canadian border with a concert at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27 at the Lake of the Woods School Auditorium.

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Last Thursday Rainy River High School students watched a movie that is hoped will have a major impact on them.

Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded to a single-room blaze at a residence on the 1000 block of York Avenue on Friday night.

A new provincial report shows more than a third of Ontario's hospitals were operating in the red during the last fiscal year.

A sophisticated indoor marijuana grow operation was uncovered Wednesday when police executed a search warrant at 1034 Victoria Ave.

The Community Arts and Heritage Project will be presenting a number of a oeshow and tella and a oelearn and growa opportunities in Fort Frances during the week of Oct.

Autumn Winter Spring Summer Vacation Regional pulp and paper mill officials are pleased with the federal government's 'green' funding commitment but say it's too early to say where the cash will be spent.

Town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to authorize the purchase of Sunny Cove Camp.

King's Bay Gold Corporation is pleased to announce the closing of a non-brokered private placement on October 7, 2009.

He's brought songs about the old west to life for decades, and now Juno Award-winning musician Gary Fjellgaard is returning to Fort Frances to share his music this Thursday .

Around 7:45 a.m. yesterday, Rainy River District OPP, Fort Frances Ambulance, and Fort Frances Fire Department responded to a fatal industrial accident involving a grader at Kilometre 38 on the Turtle River Road.

With black bears probably going to go into hibernation by the end of the month or so, reports of bruin activity have been picking up a little in Fort Frances.

On September 30, 2009 at approximately 11:00 pm, Fort Frances OPP, Fort Frances Fire Department and Fort Frances Ambulance responded to a report of a house fire at 23 Palmcrest Drive in Fort Frances, Ontario.

Levi Rittau of the Fort Frances Aquanauts gasped for air during freestyle laps at the teama TMs practice yesterday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre.

Police have released the name of the victim of a fatal fire that occurred late Wednesday night at 23 Palmcrest Dr.

In accordance with the Ontarians with Disabilities Act , the Town of Fort Frances is updating its annual accessibility plan and wants public input to identify barriers within municipal facilities, premises, and services that may prevent a person from participating or accessing their services or information.

Fire investigators were to be on the scene this morning to probe a fire that appears to have claimed the life of one person in a Fort Frances trailer park.