With the deadline to enter this year’s “Quest for the Best” coming up Friday (June 25), the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce still is looking for competitors for the popular singing contest.

With the federal election looming Monday, Fort Frances residents, as well as voters across the country, are preparing to cast their ballots.

While Fun in the Sun is equated with the July 1 celebrations for some people, local residents and visitors alike can find lots to do in Fort Frances over the next week.

Fort Frances OPP has begun the second stage of its bicycle safety program here—and that means discipline for kids who are seen riding their bikes without helmets.

Fort Frances OPP, along with other detachments elsewhere, is participating in a province-wide initiative called the Lieutenant Governor’s Book Program, with the aim to donate books to school libraries that serve First Nation communities in Northern Ontario.

Despite a nearly $1-million cut in funding due to decreased enrolment, the Rainy River District School Board passed a balanced budget for 2004-05 during a special meeting here Monday night.

Fort Frances resident Christine Jensen, 16, recently received a grant from the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies to use to achieve her academic and career goals.

The Municipal Property Assessment Corp. met with town council here Monday to answer questions, including explaining the disparity between the average property assessment of properties in Fort Frances and Dryden.

A combination of organized recycling and public compliance has begun to pay dividends for Emo residents.

There are changes in the air at the Rainy River Watershed Program with the resignation of program co-ordinator Martin Nantel, effective in two weeks.

It will be a hectic end to June for Patricia Armstrong and her two daughters.

Deer hunters—and motorists—will be happy with the news that the Ministry of Natural Resources has put into place new regulations to allow hunters in Northwestern Ontario to take as many as six deer this fall.