It began innocently enough, with a request by Dave and Mike Allison to rent ice time at Memorial Arena for their new “AA” developmental hockey camp for the coming July. It ended quietly Monday night–almost three years later–with a behind-closed-doors discussion and then a 4-1 vote by council in favour […]
Editorials
The weather has been the talk of the district this past week, given last Tuesday’s ferocious storms followed by several days of stifling heat. Open to debate, of course, is whether this is just another example of Mother Nature’s cyclical fickleness, or the first signs of long-term climate change due […]
District residents seldom see and feel the effects of high winds and tornados. That changed Tuesday. From Morson, to Nestor Falls, through Clearwater and Devlin on past Fort Frances, winds have disrupted the lives of residents. The winds were particularly severe in Morson where houseboats were tossed and flipped like […]
Call it the little derby that could! After a humble beginning in 1995 with 47 teams, then growing to 72 in its second year, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has ballooned into one of the premiere fishing tournaments in the country–with a full field of 130 teams set to […]
With the development of new Canada Customs and Immigration facility, the Town of Fort Frances has a wonderful opportunity to make the south entrance to town even more attractive. Placing the hydro lines underground along the 100 and 200 blocks of Church Street would be a good start. Simply moving […]
Tourism, like any other industry, is cyclical, which may explain the drop in the number of American vehicles crossing into Northwestern Ontario here at Fort Frances so far this summer. Similarly, tourism can be affected by things outside our control–such as a general economic slowdown that’s hit south of the […]
Everyone produces it. But where can it go? It’s garbage, plastic bottles, aluminum and tin cans, newspapers, telephone books, cardboard boxes, catalogues, flyers, glass bottles. On June 25, the Ontario government introduced the “Waste Diversion Act” to develop, implement, operate, and monitor waste diversion programs, and to increase public awareness […]
Their simple brick homes in ruins, residents of this Andean highland town began a painstaking process of cleaning up and rebuilding after a devastating weekend earthquake. “We don’t have anything,” said Augustin Chuquimamani, mixing mortar and laying a fresh brick wall on his one-room house. “We don’t have a kitchen, […]
It certainly isn’t time to celebrate just yet, but word efforts are still underway behind the scenes to keep the Fort Frances Jail open is encouraging. Better yet is the fact it seems to be a district lobbying effort. According to Mayor Glenn Witherspoon and Emo Reeve Russ Fortier, the […]
The impact of declining student enrolment hit home last night when the Rainy River District School Board held a special meeting to pass its 2001-02 budget. The bottom line is simple: fewer students means less money from the provincial government. And that, in turn, meant the board had to make […]
Things are not getting off to a very good start. Sure, the big day is still 22 months away, but if the lack of entries so far (read none) in the centennial logo/slogan contest is any indication, getting townspeople fired up about Fort Frances’ 100th birthday bash in 2003 may […]
Since the Fort Frances Times first began publishing on the web in 1995, the look and feel of the online edition has gone through four overhauls. Each improved the edition over the previous. Last night, the Fort Frances Times launched its newest version. For most people viewing the site, it […]
