Ten district businesses were saluted last Wednesday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous here as the Rainy River Future Development Corp. unveiled its annual Customer Service Award recipients. This year’s winners (in alphabetical order) were Cloverleaf Grocery (Emo), Corner Closet (Emo), Curves For Women, Fort Frances General Supply, Green’s Countrywide Furniture, […]
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The Rainy River District School Board recently launched a new web-based program called “SchoolHouse,” which is designed to deliver student information to parents through their personal computers. “It really focuses on positive home-school communication, which is a correlate of effective schools research,” stressed IT co-ordinator Chris Denby, who developed the […]
While a majority of the Fort Frances Public Library board still agrees the new library should be built as a stand-alone structure, the building committee will conduct a study to try and get a better idea as to how much savings could be realized if the project was built in […]
Robert Moore School will be saluted tonight with the Rainy River District School Board’s monthly “Recognition of Excellence” award for their building of community and student leadership through cultural awareness. A report to the board explained the school has embraced a number of initiatives and activities in order to develop […]
Five people were charged after a search warrant was executed Friday at 1022 Second St. E. here, the Fort Frances OPP reported this morning. The subsequent search of the residence resulted in the seizure of roughly $15,000 of cocaine and a variety of pharmaceuticals. Also seized was more than $5,000 […]
A jury found former Rainy River District resident Donald Smith guilty on four counts related to making, possessing, and distributing obscene material yesterday at the Fort Frances Courthouse. A date for Smith’s sentencing will be set on June 18. The guilty verdict came at the end of the nearly three-week […]
A press release in Wednesday’s Times about Tim Hortons’ “Camp Day” coming up on Wednesday, June 4 stated one penny from every cup of coffee sold that day will go to the Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation. In fact, it should have read all proceeds from coffee sales that day will […]
FORT FRANCES—The inventors of wild rice popped cereal have made it to the next round of competition in CBC’s “Dragon’s Den.” Andrew Atwell and Ron Allen, from Nicickousemenecaning First Nation, will be facing the judges of the show during a taping June 13 in Toronto. “When they called me to […]
Ontario smokers soon will have to pick the type of cigarettes they’d like to purchase by looking through a binder at their local convenience store as the provincial government has banned cigarette displays. The province believes by taking this step, many lives will be saved—despite increasing concern among store owners […]
More than 80 people turned out yesterday evening for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” deck party at La Place Rendez-Vous. The highlight of the evening, however, was the announcement of the 10 customer service awards handed out by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. This year’s […]
Four new fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday. All four occurred in northern sections of the region, where sunny, dry weather resulted in a rapid rise of the forest fire hazard. Red Lake District recorded two fires while FireRangers from the Sioux Lookout and Greenstone fire management […]
The Emo Walleye Classic takes place May 29-31, and there’s sure to be a lot of excitement for anglers, spectators, volunteers, and the many other people who make this tournament a top-notch event. Sixty teams will set out to fish on Friday and Saturday. I’ve been told the water level […]
