Local News from Across the Rainy River District
It’s become a back-to-school tradition for teachers to invite Indigenous elders to their classrooms to share first-hand accounts about the ongoing impacts of Canada’s residential school system. This fall, the University of Winnipeg Collegiate was among the schools that sent an invitation — but its purpose wasn’t to educate students […]
EVENTS CALENDAR The Fort Frances Times and the Fort Frances Labour Council will be hosting an Election Town Hall on Oct. Moved to the Townshend Theatre for accessibility purposes. Doors will open at 6 p.m. All Fort Frances Town Council and Mayoral Candidates will have the opportunity to speak and […]
The Fort Frances Hugh School Muskies will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1996 football team’s NorWOSSA Championship victory on Friday, Oct. 9. As part of the celebration, members of the historic 1996 squad will return to the field as honorary game captains, joining the current Muskie team captains at […]
Polling for the Oct. 26 municipal election in Fort Frances will use similar technology to previous years, with polls being open for about nine days. The election is conducted through online and telephone voting, plus some in-person voting. Online voting will start on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m. Central […]
From the ashes spread across the area surrounding Crystal Lake, an area hit by the wildfire the past two summers, plants such as fireweed and Bicknell’s geranium appear abundant. Local biologist Brian Jackson says these particular plants thrive in open ground where there is heavy exposure to sunlight, and therefore […]
Atikokan Council met early for a special session on Monday, welcoming a delegation from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). Erik Kremer, a senior advisor with NWMO, spoke to Council about the program, and afterwards answered several questions posed by councillors. “I think it comes down to trust,” said Kremer […]
More than 900 people came out to the former Brandon Residential School property on Wednesday as Premier Wab Kinew announced the purchase of Turtle Crossing Campground — the site of a cemetery for students who attended the school. Explaining the decision to purchase the campground in partnership with the City […]
As dawn broke over the Detroit River, the University of Windsor’s Vanier Hall buzzed with anticipation. More than a hundred cyclists—fresh from breakfast and brimming with energy—clipped on their helmets and wheeled out for a moment they’d long awaited: the official ribbon-cutting of the Gordie Howe International Bridge’s new bike […]
Thirty years after her young daughter’s disappearance, Céline Ethier only wants one thing: to be able to lay her child to rest. On the anniversary of the day her daughter, Mélanie Ethier, mysteriously vanished in the fall of 1996 in what is now called Temiskaming Shores, the grieving mom is […]
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Earl, who will be dearly missed by his wife Eileen; siblings Harold (Priscilla), Dwayne (Leone) and Ellen. He was predeceased by his parents Norman and Germaine; first wife Maureen; siblings Donald, June and Geraldine; grandson Joey; stepson Peter; brothers-in-law Harry […]
