Janet McFarland, writing in the Globe and Mail on Monday said it all: “Rural Canada may need to drive itself on to the Net’s fast lane.” Although the Federal government has mandated that every Canadian will have high speed Internet available by 2004, no roll out schedule exists in Northern […]
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Dear sir: At the time of putting together this little letter, my wife and the other workers at the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living, have been out on the picket for 105 days. This is far too long, and as far as the level of client service […]
Dear sir: Rainy Lake is part of my back yard and I cherish it. We as citizens of Fort Frances and the Rainy River District live near and have daily access to unarguably one of the most beautiful lakes in Canada. Fine fishing, breathtaking scenery and wildlife watching provide hours […]
Hello Fort Frances Times, Just a quick note to express my appreciation of the fine job staff writer Jack Tynan has been doing covering the recent effluent spill. I’m hooked. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in terms of evaluations, clean up, legal implications, human and […]
After an offer by Abitibi Consolidated Inc. to pay for independent lab tests of the effluent that leaked across several Fort Frances properties, all the organizations involved are waiting while a laboratory is chosen. It has been left up to residents to choose where the effluent samples will be studied […]
Dear sir: We are responding to Mr. York’s recent letter to the editor (Aug. 15 Fort Frances Times) with respect to the following: River Walk is a non-profit condominium housing project being developed under the sponsorship of Fort Frances Non-Profit Innovative Housing Inc., (“Non-profit”). Non-profit is responding to a local […]
After seven years in 4-H competition, Barwick resident Jeff Teeple climbed to the top of 4-H showmanship in the district as the first person to win both the grand champion showman and the grand champion steer awards. Modest, Teeple gave most of the credit to his steer’s blood line and […]
It’s been quite the off-season for football’s Fort High Muskies. Since their heartbreaking loss to Kenora in last November’s NorWOSSA final, the Muskies have moved leagues and are now on the eve of their first season with the Winnipeg High School Football League (WHSFL). But through it all, ‘A’ head […]
In a bid to get a provincially-proposed young offender’s facility built here, public meetings are being held to gauge public support. And the Rainy River Tribal Area First Nations, a corporation of seven district First Nations, has proposed that Couchiching Reserve be the site of the facility–a proposal that needs […]
