Dixie McDonald liked her weekend destination so much, she decided to make a return visit this spring. The Plaza Lanes bowler was on her game last weekend, finishing third in the ladies’ division of the provincial open qualifier in Dryden—earning her a berth in both the singles and team categories […]
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Dear sir: I am writing in regards to the Rainy River Walleye Tournament moving its date back one week. In the past, there was talk about moving the dates and it was said by committee members that they could not move do so because of the pumpkin festival. So, Dale […]
Dear sir: In regards to the story Jan. 15 in the Fort Frances Times, I thought your newspaper did a fine job in covering the dams issue. If the MNR would have done half the job your paper did, the public meeting would have had three times the amount of […]
Dear sir: I was happy to record my vote on the Web poll question about Dr. Pete Sarsfield earlier this month, but found that I could not include the votes of my other six family members. We are in total agreement with his move, albeit strong-armed, to make smoking in […]
Dear sir: Hi, it’s Rapid Robert again. Recently, for whatever reason, several people have asked me how long my wife, Eve, and I have been married. Maybe they are perplexed and wonder how one woman could stand a guy like me. I really don’t know, but the truth is, we […]
Fur is what brought the first voyageurs to this area some 300 years ago, but it was the lure of the forest—and the seemingly boundless timber resources—that laid the foundation for this town to be officially born in 1903. It is very fitting, then, as Fort Frances celebrates its centennial […]
According to the Northwestern Health Unit, the Kenora/Rainy River districts are not exactly a healthy place to live. And it’s getting worse. This cheery message, the basis of a presentation during the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting in Stratton on Saturday, came complete with graphs and flow charts […]
The Woodlands Division of Abitibi-Consolidated’s paper mill here made history last Thursday by seeing the Crossroute Forest recognized as the first woodland in Ontario to receive Canadian Standards Association certification for sustainable management practices. It also was the first division to fulfill Abitibi’s pledge to receive CSA certification for its […]
After some outcry for reform of the current councillor remuneration policy, town council passed a resolution during its regular meeting Monday night to see a more balanced means of paying councillors with and without the town benefits package. The revised policy, the terms of which were agreed upon after two […]
Industry Canada announced Friday that one local proposal to create a business plan for bringing broadband service to Rainy River District was approved. Four other applications, representing a total of 22 communities, also were accepted in Kenora-Rainy River riding under the federal government’s Broadband for Rural and Northern Development pilot […]
Dave Allison doesn’t want to make a big deal of things, but he’s not about to take his punishment lying down. The Borderland Thunder head coach was suspended by the SIJHL for four games for verbal abuse of an official after receiving a game misconduct and then a gross misconduct […]
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon brought some good news back with him from a trip to Toronto last week–the Fort Frances Jail won’t be closing next May as the Ministry of Correctional Services originally announced back in May, 2000. “The date for closure has been pushed back indefinitely,” Mayor Witherspoon said Monday. […]
