It appears “Quest for the Best” will be staged this fall in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce trade show instead of a summer event like Fun in the Sun or the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “We decided to do ‘Quest’ with the trade show. It still has to […]
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Laurie Bedard is very pleased with the response she has gotten of late about the Easter eggs she currently has on display at the Fort Frances Public Library. A self-taught artist, Bedard’s talent for taking an ordinary egg and transforming it into a beautiful piece of art is something that […]
The Fort Frances Times won top honours in the Best On-Line Edition category of the 2000 Better Newspapers Competition staged by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. The award, handed out Saturday night during the OCNA’s spring convention in Toronto, was accepted by Lincoln Dunn of the Times’ Electronic Publishing Division. […]
Dear Mr. Behan: I’m a network analyst and network architect with seven years of broadband engineering and public carrier experience (American market). I read the editorial “Ominous Numbers” (April 4) and would like to explain why I will soon become another statistic. Despite all the rhetoric and brouhaha over Bell […]
The local Welcome Wagon hosted a bridal show Sunday afternoon at the Red Dog Inn that gave brides-to-be and local businesses the opportunity to exchange ideas. Host and organizer Bridget Dobransky was very pleased with the turnout and the feedback she got from the brides. “I was very happy with […]
This letter is in response to trustee Ron McAlister’s comments stated on CFOB’s news on Wednesday, April 4. First of all, both of my children attend Alberton Central School, which is now under review for closure. Mr. McAlister stated that knowing the concerns of Alberton’s parents, the board cannot do […]
Dear editor: On April 1, 2000, I had the misfortune to lose my home and all the contents by fire. Not feeling up to it, I didn’t get back right away to salvage any keepsakes that may not have been too badly damaged. I had keepsakes my mother brought to […]
Dear editor: I recently have discovered the Fort Frances Times on-line thanks to my son. I was raised in the Fort and left as a young adult. Two of my children were born and raised there also for a few years. It is a refreshing sight to be able to […]
Dear sir: When the government decided to try to force teachers to supervise extra-curricular activities, our local high school teachers already were participating at a rate of roughly 85 percent. They knew these activities were important in making high school an enjoyable, memorable, and confidence-building experiences. Our teachers demonstrated the […]
If the truth be known, the Rainy River District School Board is surprised–and disappointed–over the relative lack of feedback on its proposed expansion of J.W. Walker School here while closing Alexander MacKenzie and Alberton Central schools. About 10 years ago, when Alexander MacKenzie was first on the chopping block, a […]
The land already has been cleared for a new 18-hole golf course at Couchiching First Nation that could be open as early as next summer. “The architect has said that if all goes well, we could be done by next year,” Couchiching Chief Chuck McPherson noted. Right now, the course […]
The second-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference drew more people to Rainy River Community College over in International Falls, Mn. on the weekend than expected. “We had a lot more people than last year,” enthused co-organizer Jennifer Mercer, a biologist with the Rainy River Watershed program. “We would have been happy to […]
