It was great to see the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women being named a grand-prize winner in the Aviva Community Fund competition. It certainly indicates the importance of Renée Martin-Brown’s efforts to create and stage a weekend where girls’ aged 10-14 […]
Editorials
Time will tell if they’re successful or not but you have to admire the dogged determination of those involved in trying to build an assisted living facility in Fort Frances. After countless meetings, as well as having conducted a survey, toured the new facility over in International Falls, and made […]
Word of another impending shutdown at Resolute Forest Products’ mill here is a stark reminder that the challenges facing our community can’t be wiped clean simply by turning the page on the past year. Coming on the heels of downtime over the Christmas holidays, Resolute announced yesterday that paper machine […]
Want to see an NHL pre-season game here and a visit by the CBC? How about $100,000 in upgrades to the Memorial Sports Centre? All that could become reality if Fort Frances is crowned as Kraft “Hockeyville” for 2014. But for it to happen, local residents will have to step […]
Winter weather wreaking havoc on roads across Northwestern Ontario is nothing new, but complaints have skyrocketed since the province contracted out highway maintenance to a private company. The situation has been so bad this winter that Iron Range Bus Lines—citing safety concerns—is refusing to travel on Highway 502, which is […]
Remember the “Kraft Celebration Tour” in late August, when the temperature topped 40 C with the humidex as we gathered at the Sorting Gap Marina for the live broadcast of TSN SportsCentre? Wonder what Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger would have thought broadcasting from that same location yesterday morning, when […]
Kudos to the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women for making the semi-final round of the Aviva Community Fund competition—the lone idea to advance between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg. It took two tries but thanks to the support of district residents, the […]
The town is taking a proactive approach to our current economic woes by hiring Twist Marketing of Calgary to help establish a unified brand across Fort Frances. Notwithstanding that it is almost 2014 and we’re only now getting around to finding a “brand,” any effort to move our community forward […]
The debacle known as bear management isn’t the most pressing problem facing Ontario these days but it’s certainly a shining example of crass politics voters love to hate as all three parties scramble to woo voters. The Progressive Conservatives take the cake, though. First, they criticized the NDP for pushing […]
Given the extensive coverage of the expense scandal that has plagued the Senate these past few months, it’s not surprising that most Canadians appear ready to give the upper chamber the boot. Of the 360-plus respondents to this past week’s web poll conducted by the Fort Frances Times, for instance, […]
As we pause at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to remember and thank those who gave their lives to preserve our freedom and values, it’s important to also not lose sight of the dual message of Remembrance Day. Although the horrors of the First […]
It may not be an official town-sanctioned honour, but it’s great to see the creation of an annual award to recognize the contributions of local senior citizens. That’s not to say they haven’t been saluted over the years—a majority of the 25 recipients to date of the Fort Frances Citizen-of-the-Year […]
