Riverside Foundation for Health Care is planning another giant used furniture sale in September and is looking for used furniture. A similar event was held in 2002 and raised more than $5,000 for district health care. “The community really supported our first giant used furniture sale by donating items, selling […]
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A group from Schreiber and Terrace Bay has expressed interest in joining the Superior International Junior Hockey League. “So far it looks pretty good,” Bill MacLaurin, owner of the K&A Golden Hawks, said Monday. While he would not divulge the names of the interested parties, he noted there are investors […]
Brent Tookenay really had no choice. The general manager of the Borderland Thunder had phoned as many of his players as he could to relay the news that the chances of there being a team here next season were not good. When that concern became fact last week, Tookenay gave […]
Fort Frances OPP officers are going fishing on Saturday—and hope to come back with more than a good catch. Twenty-seven students from local schools will spend the day fishing with 22 officers who have agreed to donate their boats for the day. The group will leave at 9 a.m. from […]
Due to legislation recently passed by the provincial government, Fort Frances residents can expect to see an increase in their sewer and water bills starting next month. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown confirmed Tuesday that sewer and water rates will be going up here, but refused to disclose exactly […]
Sixty dollars. That’s how much Art Berglund’s dream cost. The year was 1959 and Berglund was a 19-year-old budding hockey player who needed $60 from his mother for a flight from International Falls to Colorado Springs, Colo. The task was a difficult one, though. After all $60 back then was […]
The Rainy River District School Board on Tuesday night approved both four-year tentative settlements it had reached with local elementary and secondary teachers’ unions. Both are retroactive to Sept. 1, 2004. “Everyone worked hard and co-operatively towards reaching this collective agreement,” said Sharon Preston, president of the local Elementary Teachers’ […]
Senior kindergarten students in local public schools will begin a full-day, every day program starting in September. “Kindergarten marks the beginning of a very important journey,” Linda Hill, assistant superintendent of education for the Rainy River District School Board, noted at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting here. “We strongly believe […]
After several months of planning and hard work, Family and Children’s Services of the District of Rainy River is celebrating with a grand opening. The event is scheduled for tomorrow (June 1), with opening ceremonies kicking off at 3 p.m. outside the front door at 240 First St. E. (the […]
Dear sir: The fish that were served at the Manitou Rapids fish fry last month weren’t caught during the spawning run (“Missed Point,” Letters to the Editor, F.F. Times, June 1, 2005). Walleye tournaments, local recreation and food fishers, the tourist industry, commercial fishing, the consuming public, the timber industry, […]
Dear sir: I would like to thank local residents for participating in the “Big Bike for Stroke 2005.” What an achievement! Some $13,323.74 was raised by your community. Thank you, on behalf of each and every volunteer of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, for this tremendous gift. The success to […]
Dear sir: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the nominees and the three northwest recipients of the eighth-annual Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards held in Thunder Bay on June 2. The sheer volume of worthy candidates from such a diverse variety of backgrounds illustrates the […]
