Almost $100,000 is on its way to community groups and organizations to help them in their goal of supporting local children and families. At Monday night’s town council meeting, Fort Frances Mayor June Caul announced the recipients of this year’s Moffat Family Fund, which flows from the Winnipeg Foundation. 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).
Ken Kellar
The recipients of this years Moffat Family funding in Fort Frances will be revealed at tonight’s town council meeting. Following some uncertainty and an extension of the deadline to apply for the funding due to COVID-19, the town will be announcing just over $90,000 for successful applicants to the Winnipeg […]
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Clear your schedule and get ready for a trip to the movies. The first drive-in movie night is set for tomorrow night at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre parking lot. The movie night is a joint venture between the library and the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, with […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the importance of healthcare workers to people around the world as doctors, nurses, long term care givers and more have worked essential positions to care for those impacted by the virus, as well as to protect the public at large. Furthermore, the pandemic has […]
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It’s rare that an entire class of any profession sees a 100 per cent exam success rate, but Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) has done exactly that two years running. SGEI announced last week that for the second year in a row, students from their Practical Nursing program saw a […]
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Fort Frances Town Council will be holding a special meeting today to get up to speed on the financial impact of COVID-19 as well as to go over some of the plans to begin re-opening civic buildings. Council usually only holds one meeting a month during July and August, as […]
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A local committee is looking to work with an organization out of Winnipeg to bring affordable senior living to Fort Frances. At council’s regular meeting on July 13, mayor and councillors heard a presentation from Pete Sanderson and Dr. Norman Blackie from Widlake Properties Inc. on their work in getting […]
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It can’t be every year a beloved cultural institution in Fort Frances turns 10 years old, and as excited as everyone involved with the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is to wish it a happy birthday, the occasion was marked with some disappointment as well. The library hit its […]
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It’s not every day a wild animal will stop by for dinner, but for the past month Cindy Lauzon and Cory Lindal of Fort Frances have had a near constant companion in a fledgling robin they’ve nicknamed Tweeter. Their adventure in raising a wild bird began in June, when a […]
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If you were disappointed by the Canada Day Cash lottery going missing this summer, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care wants you to know there’s still going to be a great chance to win some cash and help out our local healthcare providers. In place of the traditional Canada Day […]
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Anyone visiting downtown Fort Frances over the past week might have noticed a flurry of construction activity in an old mill parking lot. But not to worry; it’s just the next step in a longtime goal of the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC). The construction took place in the parking […]
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It’s been a long handful of months being closed, but the Fine Line Art Gallery is ready to welcome customers and art aficionados back through its doors. Like many local businesses, the gallery closed down in mid-March following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions put in place by […]
