Dear sir: We would like to publicly thank all those involved in our town’s Christmas celebrations Nov. 27. We took in Warp 9, the museum, and the parade—and they were all fantastic! Our daughter echoed all of our sentiments by commenting, “All we need now is church in the morning […]
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Dear sir: I think most Canadians disagree with U.S. President George W. Bush and his foreign policy. We believe we have been cheated on our lumber and beef exports. In a nutshell, the U.S. government has not been good to us. Locally, however, we have the best of neighbours. In […]
Dear sir: I want everyone to understand why I am opposed to any strategy which would result in private, profit-driven ownership of Rainycrest, or private, profit-driven management of Rainycrest. First, I believe that health care at Rainycrest should be about good care for patients, not about how much profit can […]
News flash! Late this morning, well after the front page of today’s edition of the Fort Frances Times had been “put to bed,” Rainycrest’s board of management emerged from a closed-door meeting to announce it had passed two resolutions. The first one clarified the board’s previous resolution of Nov. 9, […]
MANITOU RAPIDS—With a busy year rapidly coming to a close, the Rainy River First Nations’ watershed program, based at Manitou Rapids, won’t be taking much time off over the holidays. With the departure of co-ordinator Martin Nantel and projects officer Catherine Warren, the acting co-ordinator is scrambling to find replacements […]
The annual pre-Christmas tradition of “Holly Daze” once again has lived up to its billing, the president of the Emo Chamber of Commerce said. Colleen Vennechenko, who also operates The Corner Closet, said Monday that the feedback she’s received regarding last weekend’s annual festival has been all positive. “I talked […]
Like the old saying goes: the higher you are, the harder you fall. That statement certainly can resonate with the Muskie boys’ hockey team after last night’s 4-1 exhibition loss to the Baudette Bears here. After a lacklustre showing early in the season, including an 0-2 start to the NorWOSSA […]
Jessica Lovisa is back in the halls of Fort Frances High School, only this time for a five-week student teacher placement. The 22-year-old attends Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, where she has taken a four-year Concurrent Education Program studying chemistry and French. She is teaching three chemistry classes to students […]
FORT FRANCES—While the exact number of surveys turned in still needs to be tallied, it’s clear residents’ responses to the recreation and leisure study of Fort Frances shows the community is very active. “Just taking a quick scan of the responses, some of the interesting things people want to see […]
As Kim Pacarenuk was being interviewed at the Ice for Kids Arena here last week, it was fitting that the P.A. system started playing an orchestral piece from the epic movie, “Gladiator.” It was the synapse-firing music heard when Maximus Meridius (played by Russell Crowe) left the Coliseum after beating […]
FORT FRANCES—The public first got a chance to see what options the Ministry of Natural Resources is proposing to deal with a deteriorating dam on the Manitou River (Esox Lake) during a pair of open houses in early September. Now for the past three months, the MNR has been asking […]
