While the exact date still hasn’t been confirmed yet, and staff are sworn to secrecy, the new Wal-Mart will open its doors here sometime during the last week of the month. “Yes, that’s still our plan,” Kevin Groh, manager of corporate communications, said last week from Toronto, referring to opening […]
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Mesaba Airlines and its pilots were able to avert a strike over the weekend, reaching a tentative agreement after lengthy contract talks that went beyond the original strike deadline. “We held our ground on contract goals and believe that this new agreement will satisfy the pilots’ requirements for strong job […]
The Town of Fort Frances is on the lookout for volunteer firefighters, with a deadline for applications coming up next Wednesday (Jan. 21). “At this time, we are short a couple of firefighters so we’re putting a call out,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson said Tuesday. “We try to keep 20 […]
In the spirit of the tournament sponsor, T.J. Pocock concluded a wonderful weekend by feeding a great big doughnut to the Volunteer Pool Bearcats (Thunder Bay). Pocock took every thing the Bearcats could throw at him—and more—as he backstopped the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ team to […]
Two ladies originally from Stratton are one step away from the Scott Tournament of Hearts after their rink finished second at the district playdowns last weekend. Angie Lee skipped while her sister, Andrea, played lead. Both these ladies hail from Stratton, but now are curling in Thunder Bay where they […]
While it still hasn’t been positively identified yet, the white powder that appeared on the steps of Robert Moore School here last Thursday afternoon—forcing the school and adjacent Rainy River District School Board office to close Friday—appears to have been the result of a simple error in judgment by some […]
The Canadian soft drink industry’s announcement last week that it would be voluntarily pulling all carbonated beverages from vending machines in elementary schools across the country will have little effect on the schools in Rainy River District. “The announcement doesn’t really affect us. We don’t have pop machines in our […]
The extensive construction going on at J.W. Walker School is proceeding on schedule and should be complete on time, the new superintendent of plant operations and maintenance for the Rainy River District School Board said at last night’s meeting. Raymond Roy, formerly the superintendent of works (operations) for the Town […]
There was no shortage of local teams at the Robin’s Donuts Minor Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend as nine tested themselves against Northwestern Ontario’s best at the 108-team extravaganza. While the Fort Frances K of C PeeWee Knights were the only team to bring home gold, some others […]
Dear sir: I left Fort Frances more than 40 years ago to join the navy and see the world, which I ws able to do. During this time, I had the occasional opportunity to read the Times, which I delivered, along with the Daily Bulletin, about 50 years ago. I […]
Fort Frances OPP put in almost 4,000 more hours on the job in 2003 than the year before, detachment commander S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis reported to council here Monday night. In a year-end report, he said local officers worked 33,627 hours in 2003 compared to 29,629 for the previous year. They […]
Sandi Elliott could have been promoted to head of the “service” department after turning the Kenora Broncos’ hope of an upset on its ear. Elliott erased a 20-14 deficit in the fourth set with nine-straight points from behind the service line, including a pair of aces, to clinch a 25-22 […]
