By Thalia Beaty
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) – The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation “Stray” doesn’t just wind along rusted pipes, leap over unidentified sludge and decode clues in a seemingly abandoned city. The daring orange tabby is helping real world cats as well. Thanks to online fundraising platforms, gamers […]

Press release

Year-round and seasonal residents interested in maintaining the natural beauty of area lake waters are invited to attend the Rainy Lake Conservancy’s Annual General Meeting via Zoom at 5PM, Thursday, August 11. The Rainy Lake Conservancy is a charitable organization based in Fort Frances. The first twenty minutes of the […]

Press release

A participant files the edges of a metalworking project in the Mind Over Metal Camp, hosted last month by Seven Generations Educational Institute. The week-long camp was a way for local youth to get a feel for welding, and to inspire more interest in the skilled trades. For the full […]

In a joint effort between the Rainy River Public Library and the Emo, Stratton, and Rainy River EarlyON centres, self-proclaimed “bird geek” Michael Dawber took 25 kids on a bird-watching expedition on Thursday, July 21 at Morley Park in Stratton. Dawber taught kids how to find birds with both their […]

The parking lot at Fort Frances GM was the place to be on Friday afternoon as the dealership and Early Iron Car Club held a Show and Shine from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. for hundreds of attendees to enjoy. Alongside classic and fantastic cars, there were also plenty of […]

The public is being invited to take part in the Emo Fair Queen competition, by voting for their favourite Letter to the Editor. The reader favourite will be awarded a special prize at the crowning ceremony. To cast your vote, visit fftimes.com/emoqueen2022, or follow the QR code with a QR […]

Valentina Shickell-Busch

According to The Royal Bank of Canada website, “By 2028, projections suggest thatapproximately 700,000 trade workers will retire.” This means more workers will be leaving the field than entering. Sadly, we are seeing the effects of this starting to impact our economy. This could be an opportunity for women to […]

Addison Brown

I have never known a life without technology. Growing up we had tv and as I got older, tablets and smartphones. It’s crazy, in the past 13 years, how advanced and fast the world is changing around us. Sometimes I wish I was born in a generation with no technology […]