Dear sir: The official opening of the new park in Barwick was held Sunday. It was a ceremony full of fun and appreciated by the crowd. Contrary to a rumour started when the Chronicle Journal printed an article about Chapple a couple of weeks ago, we did not solve our […]
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Dear sir: In the recent provincial election in the Fort Frances area, there was a gross error in judgment made by myself when I rented out half of a sign to a political party for five days. This was in no way a reflection of the opinions of Jan Kowbel, […]
With patients set to be transferred to the long-term care program in the new Rainy River hospital next week, there’s still no word on the extra funding needed from the provincial government. The cost for running the new hospital with its 21 long-term care beds and three acute care beds […]
Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo brought his anti-drug message to about 250 youth at the Couchiching Bingo Palace yesterday . Chuvalo has fought in 97 fights against the likes of Mohammed Ali, Joe Frazier, and Floyd Paterson. Now, at age 61, he is still battling to teach children about the […]
There weren’t enough chairs for the crowd which showed up at the Fort High band’s spring concert last Wednesday night but those forced to stand along the walls didn’t seem to mind. Heather Keeler and Kim Badiuk wowed the audience with solo vocal performances, while guitarist Jena Pirie and pianist […]
The local public school board will decide next Tuesday whether it’s worthwhile to go ahead with a summer school program for grade eight students in July. Just 28 students from Rainy River to Atikokan had been enrolled in the summer school as of Friday. The board had said it needed […]
“Every day I’m going home.” That’s the outlook of 41-year-old Dana Jeffrey who, since mid-April, has been en route to Prince Edward Island from Edmonton, Alta. by canoe with fellow paddler Doug Finch. Jeffrey and Finch, a native of London, Ont., stopped over in Fort Frances on Monday night before […]
Students and parents packed into the J.A. Mathieu Auditorium on Monday night to watch almost 200 students receive awards for excelling in the academic, executive, athletic, and musical fields. Despite the high heat in the jam-packed gym, no one seemed to mind as teachers and staff recalled stories of the […]
Former Fort Frances native Tom Beechinor paid a nostalgic visit to the Portage Avenue entrance at Fort Frances High School earlier this week to reflect on the “Muskie” mural he painted on the wall there more than 30 years ago. The mural will be one of several archives left behind […]
Some skills can only be learned on the job and that’s just the road James Easton is taking as the first apprenticeship placement in the district with NCDS Career Works here. For more than a month now, Easton has been working with D&A Construction, helping build everything from decks to […]
An environmental assessment report, commissioned by CN and obtained by the Times, stated two houses on Central Avenue here are well above soil contamination levels set by the Ministry of the Environment. The MoE considers 1,000 parts per million (ppm) as contaminated. The report said soil samples taken from the […]
A subdued NDP leader Howard Hampton called his victory “bittersweet” after he handily won the new amalgamated Kenora-Rainy River riding last Thursday but watched as his party only won nine seats across the province. The Tories under Mike Harris won a second majority government with 59 seats while the Liberals […]
