With heavy hearts, we are saddened to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother Violet (Vi) Doucette (nee Shine) who peacefully passed away December 7, 2025, with her family by her side following a tragic fall. Violet was born April 21, 1945, and grew up on the […]
Ken Kellar
Ken Kellar is a reporter who was born and raised in Fort Frances. After spending several years in various parts of the country for school and work, Ken returned home to join the Fort Frances Times in 2019. He has an Advanced Diploma in Print & Broadcast Journalism from Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, and has contributed to the Humber Etcetera, Humber Daily News and CityNews Toronto (formerly 680News).
By Times Staff Rainy River District OPP have a youth offender in custody following an arson investigation that resulted from a late night fire at the Fort Frances Canadian Tire store. In a post made to their Facebook page early this morning, Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Services noted that […]
By Ken Kellar
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
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Make your way to Fort Frances High School this week as staff and students prepare to unveil this year’s Christmas play. “The Gift” will be running this week from Thursday, December 11 through Saturday, December 13, 2025. The play, written by Lindsay Price, focuses on a teenage girl named Kymberdee […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
For 50 years, Northern Community Development Services (NCDS) has helped Rainy River District residents work on their resumés, cover letters, and prepare for job interviews, and while they’ve been celebrating all year, on Nov. 5 their official birthday took place with a cake cutting and celebration. To celebrate the milestone […]
By Times Staff UPDATE: (2:40 p.m., Thursday, November 20, 2025) Riverside Health Care has announced the Code Grey at its facilities has been ended with the restoration of telephone service. Riverside said that technicians had completed the necessary repairs, and all incoming, outgoing and internal phone lines are operating normally. […]
By Ken Kellar
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
Travellers to Fort Frances looking for a place to stay will have a new option available to them soon, and it even comes with its own hockey rink. The Studio 6 Extended Stay Fort Frances invited members of the public through their doors for the first time this past Saturday, […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Santa Claus is coming to Fort Frances on Saturday, Nov. 29, and his grand entry will be heralded by a parade of floats from businesses and organizations from across the Rainy River District at 5 p.m. After being hosted by the Fort Frances BIA for a number of years, the […]
By Ken Kellar
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
It’s not uncommon for those out of the know in the Rainy River District to think that 4-H Club is nothing but beef in the summer, but the club is working to prove that there’s a project for everyone, and welcomes new volunteers to help run them. The Rainy River […]
Ann Rousseau has received an 18 month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to one count of mail theft. The sentencing came down on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, following years of the case making its way through the justice system. While Rousseau had originally entered a guilty plea in the case […]
By Ken Kellar
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
Residents of the Rainy River District will have a chance to learn more about one of history’s darkest moments first-hand, from someone with an unexpected connection to the region. Scheduled for next Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Holocaust survivor and speaker Nate Leipciger will be at the Townshend Theatre as part […]
By Ken Kellar
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
A cat-owner and her spirited companion have been reunited after a case of mistaken identity saw the feline accidentally travel from Atikokan to Fort Frances. Heather Miller and her cat Grayson have been inseparable since she acquired him in Sioux Narrows at the age of four. Now a respectable 15 […]
‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ feels like a fever dream. I’m sure I’m not the first person to write that out. I can imagine several critics who first went to see Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 adaptation of the classic vampire novel wrote something similar in their notebooks as the film played for […]
