Here’s to forty years of public service. The Fort Frances Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is celebrating 40 years of work in the Kenora-Rainy River District, and CMHA Fort Frances Director of Service Sandy Skirten said in order to celebrate, they’ll be holding a special drive through […]
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).
In the middle of a global pandemic, you have to take the good news with the bad, and local libraries are no exception. So it is that even as the Fort Frances Public Library Technology officially reopened to the public in a limited capacity last week, word has come from […]
Ken Kellar
Residents in Fort Frances now have a brand new option available to them to make dinner easier at the end of a long day. DashDelivers is a third-party delivery app that has recently expanded into Fort Frances, giving people in town another was to access local restaurants. Started in Brandon, […]
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Alzheimer doesn’t take time off during a global pandemic, and neither does the Alzheimer Society.Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts client services co-ordinator Mary O’Connor shared that the society will be offering one of its learning series to people who are beginning to experience the first stages of Alzheimers and […]
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Despite a strange and unusual year, there are still plans to recognize an important month here in the Rainy River District. September marks World Alzheimer’s Month, and the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts is inviting people to take part in raising awareness and challenging the stigmas surrounding dementia. They […]
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Tie up your shoes and stretch those quads, one local woman is ready to bring running to the masses. Lori Leduc is a relatively new resident, most recently from Red Deer, Alta., who moved to town to be closer to her family, and in doing so has brought her years […]
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The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre and the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce having been putting on their drive-in movie nights for the past few weeks, and now it’s time to introduce theme nights. Over the next three weeks, each movie night that will be put on at the […]
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The worms are coming. Following hot on the heels of several more well-known invasive species, in the past few years scientists in Minnesota and Michigan have begun ringing the alarm bell about a new and potentially devastating invasive species. This new species has picked up a few names during its […]
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It’s been a difficult year for everyone, and so a local organization is making sure that it recognizes and celebrates the hard work of its employees, even if that recognition might look different than it has in years past. This week marks Developmental Service Professional (DSP) appreciation week, and where […]
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It was an agenda item that was bound to be controversial, but in the end, it met little resistance as it was sent back to committee for another look. Item #5.7 on last night’s town council committee of the whole meeting centred on the Memorial Sports Centre’s ice-in plans for […]
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Members of the public should have a better idea of what the ice season is going to look like at the Memorial Sports Centre after tonight. As per reporting in last week’s Fort Frances Times, town council is set to receive and make a recommendation on a report from the […]
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The nights are growing long and dark and there’s a cool nip in the air, which can mean only one thing: construction season in Fort Frances is coming to an end. Town of Fort Frances Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob has given periodic updates to town council as the […]
