Students who may need a little extra help in math and English could be seeing more of the classroom at both the elementary and secondary levels in July as the Rainy River District School Board is offering summer school. “Grade seven/eight students can once again get language and mathematics support […]
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Travelling along Highway 11 east of town, you can’t help but notice a large number of pine trees that are visibly damaged or dead, standing out as red instead of their normal green. But it’s not any disease that’s doing this. “Most of the trees along that highway have suffered […]
“Take a step for peace.” That’s the message the National Peace Run organizers are hoping people will heed when the world’s largest and longest torch relay comes here June 2. The ceremony for the inspirational event will start at 9 a.m. in front of the Civic Centre, when Mayor Glenn […]
There will be no election at the annual meeting of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. next month as just the right amount of people filed nominations for the vacant seats on the board.
Business is going well for Shawan’s, Onegaming’s first restaurant. Although it has been serving food since May 7, the fast-food restaurant will hold its grand-opening Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m. with a prayer and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The restaurant is operated by Angela Flett in a building provided by the […]
Soggy conditions, a veteran golfer, and even a wave of army worms weren’t enough to stop Greg Ward’s continuing success at the annual Memorial golf tournament at Kitchen Creek. The 23-year-old Fort Frances native captured his third-straight Harry Barefoot memorial plaque Sunday after shooting a 73 (gross) to top the […]
The Canadian Hockey Association has decided to change all age levels of minor hockey in the country, effective at the beginning of the 2002-03 season. Under the new rules, the Midget division will consist of 15-17 year-old players, Bantam 13-14, Peewee 11-12, Atom 9-10, Novice eight, and Pre-Novice seven and […]
As Sandy and Al Meline sat at a table in their newly-completed main lodge overlooking the waters of Lake of the Woods, you could hear the excitement they felt in opening a new resort at Nestor Falls. For some 27 years, he has been guiding on Lake of the Woods, […]
Tuesday evening the Fort Frances Times celebrated the creation of their brand new website with a launch party and open house. Originally created in 1996, the online edition was in need of some major changes according to Web Development Manager, Lincoln Dunn. “We had the chance to look at some […]
Two of the five gas stations in Fort Frances–Witherspoon’s One Stop and Sunset Shell–are up for sale. Citing retirement as the reason, both Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, owner of Witherspoon’s One Stop, and the Gustafson family, who own Sunset Shell, hope to get out of the business altogether. “You hit a […]
The Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library held its monthly meeting May 17. Special thanks was given by chairperson Jean Boileau to Ruth Caldwell, Wendy Agar, Barbara Marr, and everyone who helped to make the Fort Frances Public Library’s “open house” a great success. The Friends of the Library […]
The Muskie spring football camp, which wrapped up last week, doesn’t carry the same glitz as homecoming weekend but the coaches were pleased with the results and now are ready to begin the slow evaluation process towards tryouts later this summer. Almost 70 players turned out for the seven-day camp […]
