Staff With the Northwest Region is under an “extreme” forest fire hazard, more and more new fires are being reported. Fort Frances District fires #62 and #63 are still burning as of this morning. The blazes, one hectare and 0.2 ha. in size respectively, both are classsed as “not under […]
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Heather Latter Jill Pernsky, Family Services Coordinator with the local Salvation Army, handed a hotdog to Savannah Woods on Saturday during their back-to-school barbeque at Walmart. Despite the rain, there was a steady stream of customers, with proceeds from the event going towards the Salvation Army’s Family Services program.
Press Release Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North West Regional Command in partnership with the Rainy River District Detachment Commander are please to announce that Staff Sergeant Scott Gobeil has been named as the Rainy River District OPP Detachment operations manager. A police veteran with over 24 years of policing experience, […]
Press Release Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton celebrates 25 years of service to Catholic education this year. A celebration of this achievement will be held there Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. It will begin with a Mass at 9:30 a.m., followed by a tea. All community members, parents, […]
Duane Hicks Town council on Monday night approved the timetable for planning out the 2013 municipal budget, which includes a meeting to garner public input slated for Sept. 24 (in conjunction with the regular council meeting that night). Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said the Sept. 24 meeting is the […]
Dave Ogilvie The “Meals on Wheels” program in Emo provides a service for those who are aged 60 and older to receive a nutritional and balanced meal once a day, Monday to Friday. The meals are prepared at the Emo Health Centre and delivered to homes in Emo between 11:30 […]
Nicole Horn Last year marked the beginning of a new healthier choice in the Fort Frances High School cafeteria as the school changed the lunch menu to follow new nutritional guidelines. A year later, the question is how well is the new cafeteria working. From some students’ perspective, the new […]
Press Release With a full bus load and many cars following along, the only word to describe the Rainy River Hereford Association’s fall cattle tour is “successful.” More than 60 people participated in the day-long affair and saw a range of beef operations throughout Rainy River District. On the bus, […]
Press Release Todd Hamilton has been selected to be the new full-time physician recruiter working for the Town of Fort Frances Recruitment Committee. He already has started receiving orientation to the challenging role from outgoing recruiter Jackie Lampi-Hughes and is preparing to attend his first committee meeting. He also will […]
Duane Hicks The Portage Avenue underpass will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic twice next week as work gets closer to wrapping up that project. The first closure will start next Tuesday (Sept. 18) at 7 a.m. and end the following day (Sept. 19) at 7 p.m., Operations and Facilities […]
Nicole Horn Hello, my name is Nicole Horn and I’m the new co-op student at the Fort Frances Times. I was born and raised in Fort Frances. I went to St. Michael’s School from junior kindergarten to Grade 3, then attend St. Francis School from Grade 4-8. I’m currently in […]
Duane Hicks While there’s been a slight delay in the installation of a new ice plant “chiller” unit at the Ice for Kids Arena here, users can rest assured a surface will be ready by Sept. 30. Community Services manager Jason Kabel told town council Monday night that the delivery […]
