Like Batman watching over Gotham City, Dave Allison had the best seat in the house last night as he was perched above the zamboni entrance at the Ice for Kids Arena. Allison was there, and not on the Borderland Thunder bench, because he was serving the last of his six-game […]
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The Rainy River District 4-H Association held its annual awards banquet in Stratton on Friday, paying tribute to those members and volunteers who have helped it become a thriving organization in the district. Since this year also marked the 90th anniversary of the organization’s operation in Ontario, local Ontario 4-H […]
Like the Jeffersons, the Muskie boys’ hockey team is movin’ on up—to the all-Ontarios, that is. The black-and-gold stamped themselves a ticket to Windsor last night with a dramatic 2-1 win over the host Dryden Eagles to take the best-of-three NorWOSSA final two games to one. After losing the opening […]
Following a directive last month from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the board of management for Rainycrest Home for the Aged here has submitted three management proposals, along with a board recommendation, for ministry approval. Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk, who chairs the Rainycrest board, said they also […]
Dear sir: Re: the March 3, 2005 article, “Skate park designer to attend meeting.” I am 100 percent behind the creation of a skateboard park in the Fort. Before I started working for the MNR, I worked for five years at a bike, snowboard, and skateboard shop in North Bay. […]
Dear sir: I resisted writing in regards to Rev. Gord Waldie’s comments to local MP Ken Boshcoff, in relation to the definition of marriage debate, when it was in a previous issue of the Times. But when I read the one from “Out and Proud” Roy E. Wilson, FFHS Class […]
To the editor: I recently read a story by The Canadian Press where the Liberal government in Ontario is about to raise the electricity rates to large industrial users. They must be very blind. This province spends millions of tax dollars every year trying to bring industry to Ontario and […]
Dear editor: I would like to start by congratulating the Atikokan girls’ team on their Grade 8 basketball championship. I would also like to thank the referees who were consistent in their officiating of the games. Unfortunately, a team that earned its way to the gold-medal game was denied their […]
To the editor: The sport of hunting and fishing involves a great deal of time and patience. Sometimes it’s difficult to explain why we devote so much time and patience to a sport, especially to those who haven’t tried it. Some of us have even had thoughts like, “If only […]
District residents can cheer legislation introduced by the provincial Liberal government on Monday that, among other things, will keep the Kenora-Rainy River riding intact rather than see us tacked on to Thunder Bay, as is the case at the federal level. Back in 1996, the former Conservative government under then […]
The Fort Frances Times, Rainy River Record, and community newspapers across Ontario always have been a supporter of municipal recycling programs, and have a long history of putting our money where our mouth is by offering free or discounted advertising in support of these programs long before the current Waste […]
Oh, how the evolution of motherhood has changed since I was a kid. I think more and more about my childhood these days as my world as a parent fluctuates between sane and insane. Some days I think I’d swear off chocolate for the rest of my life for just […]
