Duane Hicks Former volunteer firefighter Dale Gill collected a tree from the curb in the west end of town during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up Saturday. Teams spent the afternoon collecting the trees, of which there seems to be fewer and fewer each year. The trees […]
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Duane Hicks The town’s trackless sidewalk plow cleared a path along King’s Highway last week. A dumping of white stuff was followed by some cold days, but there’s good news–it will be warming up here. The short-term forecast is calling for the mercury to rise as high as four C […]
Duane Hicks There’s not enough affordable housing for singles in parts of Rainy River District. “We know there’s a real need for singles’ housing in the communities,” Dan McCormick, CAO of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB), told the Times on Monday. McCormick spoke on the issue […]
I watched a film a few nights ago, “Suffragette,” released in Great Britain in 2015 and directed by Sarah Gavron, which depicted the women’s suffrage movement in Britain in 1912 and a small group of women who strayed from their previously peaceful attempts to gain the right to vote. The […]
A friend and a mentor passed away this past weekend. As another Master official in Canada said in an e-mail to me, “A whistle has gone silent.” Jim Brow captured my imagination to what competitive swimming was all about. He was my mentor and he coached me as we travelled […]
Here we are in mid-January! The dreaded long winter month already is half over. It seems like it went extra fast for me by spending one week sick and one week away. It still is pretty much Christmas at my place but if things go as planned, I will fix […]
Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Reece Allison, 49, of Morley Township, Ont., and formerly of Winnipeg, Man., at his residence on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Reece was born on Nov. 23, 1968 to Thomas and Denise Allison. Reece worked at several jobs, including producing ice surfaces for […]
Lila Marie Weir passed away peacefully, after a long and well-lived life, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. She was born on Dec. 9, 1921 to Tyyne and Frank Petersen, the first of four sisters, in New Finland, Sask. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Fort Frances, Ont., where […]
Lynn Kehler passed away, surrounded by the love of family and friends, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Lynn was born in Indiana to Herman and Maureen Bryant on Nov. 14, 1934. Her family lived between Indiana and Kentucky in her early years. Her teenage years were spent in California, where […]
With great sadness the family announces the sudden passing of Isabel Watts, of Chapple Township, Ont., at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at the age of 71. Isabel was born on Oct. 9, 1946 in Emo, Ont. to Harold and Pansy Gibson. She graduated from Grade 13 with […]
With great sadness, the family announces the passing of Warren Loveday, 54, of Emo, Ont., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Warren was born on Sept. 23, 1963 to Beatrice and Lawrence Loveday. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and gardening, and he […]
It is with great sadness that the family of James Harvold Brow announces the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and uncle on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. James “Jim” Brow passed away peacefully one week after his 82nd birthday. Jim […]
