The Town of Fort Frances will be applying to the Canada-Ontario Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) for money to repair the Portage Avenue underpass next spring. Council directed this Monday night after receiving a report from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown, who noted the project will consist of replacing 180 […]
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Council voted Monday night against a report stating the town should stop providing crossing guards for area schools. The Planning and Development executive committee had reviewed the issue of renewing an agreement with Lakeland Personnel beyond Dec. 31 and decided the town not only should not renew the agreement, but […]
Last Wednesday’s decisions by Rainycrest’s board of management to pursue negotiations towards an amalgamation with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., and to seek help from the province on running the home, have been greeted with positive remarks from local citizens. “I think it’s the right decision. I think they need […]
While Monday night’s meeting ended with councillors wondering whether they were being appointed to different executive committees or not, a decision definitely will be made by next Monday, Mayor Dan Onichuk said. The mayor said he contacted the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on Tuesday and got some input […]
It took Shane Bliss “about 20 minutes” to write his coach’s comments for the latest edition of the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s newsletter. “We have shown signs of improvement since we started, although we are still having trouble playing three full periods from game to game,” Bliss wrote. “Once we […]
After more than 40 years of keeping district motorists on the road, Fred Klug has decided to hang up his lug wrench. Last week, Klug and his wife, Judy, who have been providing cars and service from their familiar location in Emo since 1964, officially handed over the keys to […]
The motion brought up by Coun. Struchan Gilson on Monday night to appoint new representatives to the Rainycrest board of management is “a divisive issue” and must be resolved promptly, Mayor Dan Onichuk said. The mayor said he was involved in a conference call yesterday with the Ministry of Municipal […]
Well, the Times’ Christmas party has come and gone and, as usual, was a lot of fun. For me, one of the most anticipated parts of the evening each year is waiting to see what everyone is going to wear. Let’s face it, we all like to get fancy once […]
Sport just isn’t the way it used to be. Albeit I’m only two years removed from being a quarter-of-a-century in existence, but if my sports almanacs hold any relevance, then they state that Bill Russell never cursed a courtside fan, Joe Montana never had a scintillating naked woman jump him […]
When they frequently say “hot lead” for bullets on TV’s Lone Star shoot-’em-up movies, my first thoughts may leave the cowboy flick I’m watching. I may go back to the days when I first entered the Times workplace! Here a fundamental product was molten hot lead used in creating print. […]
Parents are getting ready to welcome their students home, but they also are watching and worrying about the weather. And the anxiety is building, “Will they get home for Christmas?” This past weekend brought our first big snowfall of the year. Bing Crosby may have crooned, “I’m dreaming of a […]
We spend a lifetime learning how to delegate. How to make an office run efficiently. How to train new employees. How to expand our effectiveness by passing on responsibility to assistants. And just when we get good at it, when we’ve finally earned the distinction of being great managers, we […]
