Press Release Veterans, their families, and local officials joined local MP Don Rusnak last Thursday for the re-opening of the Veterans Affairs office in Thunder Bay. “I am extremely proud to be re-opening doors that were previously closed to veterans and their families,” said Veteran Affairs minister Kent Hehr, also […]
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Nicholas Donaldson Wendi Stewart has been selected for one of Canada’s greatest writing opportunities. The Berton House Residency is Canada’s most sought-after writers’ retreat, and takes place in the historic home of Canadian writer Pierre Berton in Dawson City, Yukon. It is open to professional writers who have published at […]
Dear editor: I am a resident of the Fort Frances area and formerly of Fort Frances. I also am a wood hauler in this district. Town council’s decision the amend Traffic Control Bylaw 21/14 to prohibit heavy truck parking on Scott Street is troubling. There are many truck drivers living […]
Nicholas Donaldson Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Mayor Jerry O’Leary used the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting on Saturday to voice his displeasure about the state of health services in district. “There is an erosion of services in Emo,” Mayor O’Leary told delegates, alluding to Riverside Health Care’s recent […]
Nicholas Donaldson Two resolutions passed at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Rainy River were calls to address the railway tax inequity and the increasing struggle to get building inspectors. Fort Frances Coun. Ken Perry explained the resolution received from the Town of Fort Frances […]
Submitted Times’ columnist Wendi Stewart will attend the Berton House Residency–Canada’s most sought-after writers’ retreat–for three months later this year.
Submitted Kitchen boats (or wanigans) served kept boat crews fed during the days when logging was done on the river. Wanigans typically did not have engines so they had to be towed by other boats. They often were parked in calm bays near logging operations. Although large boats, like the […]
Staff New Gold announced Monday that its Rainy River Project, located north of Barwick, now is scheduled for first production this September. That’s a three-month delay from the company’s initial target of July 1. The company also revealed the estimated 2017 capital cost through commercial production, including contingency, is roughly […]
Press Release The venue is ready, the swag bags are loaded with all the great stuff, and the cooks are standing by ready to prepare an outstanding meal for you. Adele has confirmed that she will be performing (a.k.a. Melanie Williams). Meanwhile, Fort Frances General Supply has received the trophies […]
Nicholas Donaldson Police and emergency personnel responded after an eastbound delivery truck collided with a westbound pickup truck on the 300 block of King’s Highway near the Fort Frances Cemetery yesterday around 10 a.m. Both drivers (the lone occupants of the vehicles) were taken to hospital for treatment of non-life […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent This year’s Robbie Burns Supper, hosted by the Emo and District Lions Club, was deemed a success by everyone on hand. About 80 people enjoyed a fantastic roast beef supper, including the traditional haggis, on Saturday night at the Emo Legion. The evening kicked off with the […]
Canada is not immune to terror attacks–a point that hit home so graphically over two days in October, 2014 when Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was killed in Saint Jean sur Richelieu, Que. after being deliberately run down by a vehicle and then Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was fatally shot while on […]
