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After this year's bass tournament, the FFCBC Committee admitted they were exploring the possibility of moving the event to the Memorial Sports Centre next year. This video explains what it takes to set up the current tournament site, and offers some reasons as to why a change may occur.

Take a quick look and get up to date with what's happening in Fort Frances, Ontario.

Local musician is set to release his debut album "You" this August. UPDATE: The CD release party date is set for August 14th instead of August 15th. Same location.

For those who haven't tried to drive down Scott Street, be warned... construction crews are currently tearing apart the intersection of Scott Street and Portage Ave. This mini-clip takes a quick look at the situation in Fort Frances. Stay tuned for this week's fortfrances.tv clip Around Town segment for more information or visit fftimes.com

Harley Labbe is trying to prove that she is Taylor Swift's ultimate fan. The Fort Frances resident has cracked the top 25 in CMT's Ultimate Fan Video contest (you can see the video here http://www.cmt.ca/ultimatefanaccess/Gallery.aspx). I decided to put Harley to the test and see if she is indeed Taylor Swift's ultimate fan. For more info check out the Fort Frances Times article here: http://fftimes.com/node/226184

Grad, Fun in the Sun, and more to come... summer is heating up and its getting busy around the town of Fort Frances, Ontario.

Amateur video taken of an extraordinary event as a group of fishermen rescue a drowning baby moose on Rainy Lake in Northwestern Ontario near Fort Frances. The first 2 minutes has no audio, but the remainder of the video includes audio. The video was submitted to the Fort Frances Times who also had sports reporter Mitch Calvert cover the story. Excerpt from the story 'We were just fishing a series of rock piles and we looked over and about 500-600 yards away we saw this thing swimming around, Steve Ballan noted. At first we thought it was a bear, but we noticed a cabin over there, so we thought it mightve been a dog, he added. We kept watching it from afar and it was swimming around in circles in the same circle for 40 minutes or so. The foursome got suspicious and decided to go in for a closer look.' read more here http://fftimes.com/node/226181

The kids of Fort Frances lined the streets in anticipation for the 2009 Fort Frances fun in the sun Canada Day Parade

Notice anything strange driving to work in Fort Frances the other day? Bill Darby and Rachel Hill tried something a little different for the 2009 clean air commute challenge.

Brittany Hayes took home top spot for her rendition of Cry By by Janis Joplin at the 2009 Quest for the Best Talent Competition in Fort Frances, Ontario.