Press Release The Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar winners ($40) for July included Henriette Verhoef and John Rafferty of Fort Frances. Other winners from Rainy River District were Tami LeBlanc (Stratton), Patricia Stoyka (Pinewood), and Don and Rachel Marquis (Rainy River). They are joined by George Hulmes, […]
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Lucas Punkari Over the course of his season-and-a-half dominance in the WISSOTA Modified division at the Emo Speedway, Gavin Paull usually has had an easy time of things when it came down to the feature race each week. This past Saturday night, however, Paull faced arguably his toughest test in […]
Jennifer Greenhalgh Dear editor: As members of the Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival committee, we would like to take this opportunity to clarify a few comments that were printed in the Wednesday, July 11 edition of the Fort Frances Times. First and foremost, we would like to say that NCDS […]
Lucas Punkari After 18 months of discussions on future fishing regulations for lakes from the Manitoba border to the boundary of Quetico Provincial Park, the Fisheries Management Zone 5 advisory council now is ready to hear what the public has to say. This past week, the council set up feedback […]
Duane Hicks Need to get rid of your old TV, VCR, or phone? How about that laptop computer which has become woefully outdated, or that first generation iPod? Thanks to a partnership with Ontario Electronic Stewardship, Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. is now a permanent drop-off depot for area residents […]
Lucas Punkari Even though weather conditions are almost identical to what they were here a year ago, some of the anglers who have been pre-fishing prior to the start of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship tomorrow are finding things to be a lot more difficult. In the lead-up to […]
Heather Latter Community leaders and company associates were on hand last Wednesday afternoon as H2O Power officially opened its office and workshop here—located in the renovated shop wing of the former Fort Frances High School. Company president Jim Gartshore noted he took shop class in that very spot many years […]
Heather Latter Organizations encouraged to pledge donors Rainy River District residents are encouraged to book an appointment for the Canadian Blood Services’ first summer blood donor clinic in Fort Frances. The overall goal of the CBS is to get 380 blood donors over the course of the two-day clinic, and […]
Sarah Pruys Alicia Subnaik Kilgour will begin her position as the new chief executive officer at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Sept. 4. Kilgour, who has extensive experience working in libraries, is about to graduate from the University of Western Ontario in London with a Master of […]
Heather Latter With Dr. Cynthia Saliba submitting her resignation to the Fort Frances Clinic and Nelson Medical Corp. last month, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. said efforts to recruit a new physician here will be “stepped up.” Allan Katz noted there will be a Health Professionals Recruitment […]
Sarah Pruys Since its inception began in 1995, the Ministry of Natural Resources has been sampling fish caught during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to monitor the health of the smallmouth bass population in Rainy Lake and to see if the tournament has any negative effects on the species. […]
Lucas Punkari For a group of anglers who had never taken part in the annual Safeway KidPro tournament, youngster Aaron Meyers and his “pro” partners, James Kaemingh and Dan Veldhuisen, looked like seasoned veterans on Rainy Lake on Sunday. The trio’s three biggest bass—out of the 15 they caught that […]
