EVENTS CALENDAR The OPP Golden Helmets motorcycle riders will be performing their formation riding in Fort Frances at the Fort Frances Airport on Sunday Sept. 6 getting started at 6 p.m. The Fort Frances District Labour Council will be holding a labour day celebration at Legion Park on Labour Day, […]
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By Times Staff
Riverside Health Care will expand its transportation system across the region for patients who are medically stable, with plans to station vehicles in Rainy River, Emo, Fort Frances and Atikokan in a bid to provide broader coverage and improved access. The regional health care administration said Tuesday it is moving […]
By Times Staff
The public is invited to the Fort Frances Airport on Sunday evening for a special display of motorcycle prowess. The Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Golden Helmets Precision Motorcycle Team will be coming to town this Sunday evening, Sept. 6, to demonstrate their skills and abilities. The show is scheduled to […]
By Carrie Ivardi,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY — The new executive director of the Thunder Bay Police Service Board said she is looking forward to stepping into the role with a focus on organization and accountability to ensure members have the support they need to carry out their work. “My job is to come in […]
By Robin McCormick
Earlier this summer, Calleigh Councillor travelled halfway around the world to Tauranga, New Zealand, for a week’s stay, representing her culture and country in an elite volleyball tournament. Councillor was taking part in the 2026 All Nations U20 Volleyball Series as a member of Team All Nations, representing Indigenous communities […]
BOOK REVIEW
By Robert Animikii Horton
By Robert Animikii Horton
When I was in elementary school, there was a club. This ominous club met on the lawn of L.O. Jacob Elementary School, under an oak tree that resembled a bear den. They were the Geek Club. Roll call: Gable. Beres. Midthun. Greenhoe. Lamers. Geslin. My crew (Josh, Paul, Matt and […]
By Grace Petsnick
The Book Stop
The Book Stop
If you read my piece on teaching Shakespeare in high school, you know I have some bones to pick with it. However, I will play my own devil’s advocate here by discussing my favourite play, Hamlet, and confessing that I now wish I had been forced to read it in […]
We all learned a new word from Mark Carney last week when he spoke of Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario. It was the word hydronyms, which is the naming of bodies of water. “We know that America is changing,” Carney said. “Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national […]
Wow, the beginning of September has arrived. Really, our weather has been pretty incredible. The rain that we have had won’t matter much for our conditions this year, but it should help us out long term. I have managed to keep my cows happy with the little bit of grass […]
The always-enjoyed Seniors Coffee will begin on Sept. 8 and then return Sept. 22. The coffee gathering is from 1-3 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. Come out and enjoy an afternoon of socializing and catching up with other seniors. There will be coffee, tea and home baking served. Legion beer […]
“She must know Rick ‘The Model’ Martel… probably Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine, too.” At least that’s what I figured. After all, when my sister would put me in the Boston Crab or the Figure Four Leglock when we were younger, she would apply it with excellence of execution. She had […]
