A new era began for Aboriginal businesses in the Fort Frances area when Kenora-Rainy River MP and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Robert Nault announced the formation of a new joint project last week. Speaking to a group of Aboriginal, business and government partners at the Couchiching Bingo […]
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The Chapple Heritage annual Fall Supper was held at the Community Centre Friday evening. According to Reeve Bill Clink, approximately 125 came out to enjoy homemade stew, bread, salads and pies. Entertainment was furnished by six members from the Rainy Lake Legion Br. #29 Highlanders of Fort Frances. They were […]
Screams of delight were highly audible on the Muskie junior girls basketball team’s bench. The only sound louder may have been the sighs of relief. A difficult campaign which has been marked by steadily improving play but no victories, finally came to fruition for the Muskies, who chalked up their […]
At the Oct. 14 Council meeting, Reeve Russ Fortier welcomed council and mentioned he was looking forward to another three years of working together to accomplish the many projects that have been planned for Emo. The roof replacement project on the Emo Water Treatment Plant is progressing well by contractor, […]
Well after a two week holiday and absence from my weekly column I’m back, and happy to report my son and his new bride had a beautiful wedding (of course, I’m a bit prejudiced). Everything went smoothly with everyone and everything at their best. The gorgeous red and gold leaves […]
The ballots are out. Many have already chosen their candidates and have sent them back into the town to be counted. In today’s edition of the Fort Frances Times, candidates were invited to tell the community about their backgrounds and their reasons they wanted to be part of the municipal […]
It was an auspicious beginning to what two local swim clubs hope will be a season chock full of personal bests and record times. The Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team and the Fort Frances Cyclone Swim Club burst out of the blocks for the fall competitive campaign this past weekend […]
It’s tough to measure the dedication, determination, and discipline needed for an elite athlete to reach the upper echelons of their sport. It’s even more astonishing and extremely rare when that athlete manages to accomplish the feat in two sports. Heather Dutton is no ordinary athlete, whether she travels by […]
Sometimes the secret to fishing is as simple as being in the right place at the right time. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Just ask Ed Barbosa. Barbosa holds the distinction of landing the biggest Muskellunge in the world using 45-pound test line. The mammoth […]
As a child, I loved to ride my brother’s Shetland pony. True to the breed, Tony was very independent. He would let us ride bareback until he got sick of it. Then he would put his head down, kick his heels high, and we would slide down to the ground. […]
An Alberta Agriculture beef specialist says cattle producers are the worst business managers in all of farming. Christoph Weder said 97 percent of cow-calf producers have “absolutely no clue” what their cost of production is when they market their weaned calves in the fall. That’s why he is purposely provoking […]
Indian Summers was too soon on the wane with the departure of the leaves as October gradually turned more sombre. Then, I remembered this is the month of the great 1938 fire that took ten lives in this district and led to the book titled “Flaming Dance.” We had been […]
