Anyone who may have lost a canoe on Rainy Lake during last week’s storms can contact Couchiching First Nation police as two have been recovered in the past week. “While on marine patrol, we found some people fishing that had found a canoe in the Five-Mile dock area,” Sgt. Ernie […]
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The Fort Frances Archers Club is pointing in the right direction for this weekend’s eighth-annual 3-D spring competition at the local sportsmen’s club’s property at Frog Creek. “It’s a pretty popular event,” said co-organizer Ben Wiersema, who expects upwards of 40 archers from here, Kenora, Dryden, Thunder Bay, and International […]
A new face will be heading up the local campus of Confederation College as current manager Don Lovisa is re-locating to Thunder Bay. Lovisa has accepted the position of director of the School of Access and Literacy at Confederation College, and is expected to move there in August. His new […]
Following the declaration of Rainy River District as a disaster area last Friday, the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs rep is setting up a claims office in Fort Frances, which should be open by next Wednesday. “We’ll be getting further information out to the public as soon as possible,” […]
Storms still are playing havoc with work crews scrambling to re-open Highway 11 to Atikokan, which has been closed for the past 10 days due to a washout at Price Creek. “As a result of the severe lightning storm that entered the Price Creek area early [Wednesday] evening, all work […]
Registration for the fifth-annual “Kid-Pro” fishing tournament, which is held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, is slated Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce office on Scott Street. “It’s really simple. All they have to do is fill out a form with their […]
Flood waters have parted and the second-annual “Relay for Life” is set to take over Pither’s Point here Friday night. The 12-hour relay, a fundraiser in support of the Canadian Cancer Society, gets underway at 7 p.m. and runs until 7 a.m. on Saturday. Last year, the inaugural event raised […]
It’s possible residents will see an indefinite halt in “blue box” pickups next month as Fort Frances, Atikokan, and Dryden still haven’t found a company to take over recycling duties from the soon-to-be defunct Northwest Ontario Recycle Association. NORA board members met in Dryden on Tuesday to discuss the results […]
Dear sir: I am a non-smoker and have listened to many of the smoking issues. Could somebody please tell me who died and made Dr. Sarsfield God? Did I miss something? Who voted him supreme leader of the Rainy River District? I always thought that this is a democratic society, […]
Dear editor: I am writing in response to the Roy Tom letter regarding the Big Grassy Education Authority and Administration (BGREA). After reading the letter in the Fort Frances Times on June 5, I felt it was necessary. Roy Tom’s letter brought up some very important issues. I am absolutely […]
Dear sir: With high school graduation only hours away, the “Chem-Free” Grad Committee would like to congratulate the students on the milestone they have reached in their lives. The committee also would like to congratulate and thank the many volunteers and sponsors who stepped forward to ensure this year’s graduates, […]
