Staff No new fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday. As well, the number of active fires dropped from 25 to 22 as of this morning. These include 12 in Nipigon District, nine in Sioux Lookout District, and one in Thunder Bay District. Since April 1, the region […]
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Lucas Punkari Amber Williams of Team Gold looked to move the ball up the field while Team Red’s Nick Clugston looked on during the Division 5 title game of the annual wrap-up event for Fort Frances Youth Soccer on Saturday afternoon. Team Gold took home the crown with a 1-0 […]
Heather Latter Krista Nielson, with the Northwestern Health Unit, held onto the Crimson King maple tree as students from Carla Harris’ and John Cousineau’s Grade 1 classes at St. Michael’s School took turns helping to cover the roots with dirt Friday morning. The students were participating in the “Grow With […]
Staff Just one new blaze was confirmed in the Northwest Region yesterday, which otherwise experienced a quiet weekend on the fire scene. Nipigon Fire #34 is a 0.1-hectare blaze currently classified as “not under control.” There remain 25 active fires in the region, including 13 in Nipigon District, nine in […]
Sarah Pruys Ann Sinclair and Dale Scott walked in support of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Friday afternoon along the riverfront. Sinclair, the Life Long Care co-ordinator at the United Native Friendship Centre here, helped organize the first-ever “Seniors Rock! Walk” in Fort Frances.
Staff Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain Service will conduct a sewer cleaning and televising program for the next two weeks starting today. The town has hired the company to flush the sewer system over the next three years, as well as use a camera to record defects in it. Residents are […]
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A crew from Mike Carmody Contracting began demolishing the vacant Huffman School this morning. The school, which opened in 1955 and closed in 2010, will be down and cleared away by July 1. The general contractor is Wagner Construction Canada ULC, who will rebuild Williams Avenue between Third and Fifth […]
Staff Five people were killed in a single-vehicle accident early Saturday evening northwest of Sioux Lookout. Police said a GMC Terrain SUV was northbound on Slate Falls Road around 7 p.m. when it left the roadway and entered the Brokenmouth River about 15 km south of Slate Falls First Nation. […]
Staff The Rainy Lake Orchestra will be holding a concert to kick off summer tonight at the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre. “It’s called ‘Summer on the Border’ and it [starts] at 6:30 p.m.,” noted children’s librarian Andrea Avis. The concert will be held in the “great room” at the […]
Duane Hicks Rebecca Jolicoeur made a dreamcatcher yesterday outside the Fort Frances Museum during the BIA’s “Market Thursday.” She was one of several Community Living Fort Frances and District clients who made items to be sold at a table there as part of an exercise to market their creativity.
Sarah Pruys A group of 25 students from Crossroads School in Devlin were at the Fort Frances Times yesterday afternoon learning how the newspaper gets made from advertising sales rep John Pierce. The youngsters all left with their own “newspaper” showcasing their tour of the building.
Heather Latter Jaykob and Mickenna Ryll enjoyed an end-of-the-year pancake breakfast this morning at Robert Moore School. Parents were encouraged to attend the event, which was followed by a “play day” for students in the Early Learning classes to Grade 5.
