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 […]
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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 […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. wishes to advise the public that its facilities in Fort Frances, Emo, and Rainy River have not been adversely affected by the recent Meditech system failure in the Thunder Bay Region. Riverside was set to go online with Meditech this week, however, start-up has been […]
An association of Canadian doctors has pushed the federal government to provide $1 billion to help combat a national shortage of heath-care workers. The Canadian Medical Association has said health reform experts have identified disparities among all types of physicians, specialists, nurses, and technicians. The shortage of doctors has been […]
The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Diane Carlson to the position of literacy co-ordinator for kindergarten-Grade 8, effective in September. The literacy co-ordinator provides professional resources to teachers, and plans, co-ordinates, and facilitates training sessions to support the successful implementation of literacy strategies […]
Children who are breast-fed have a lower likelihood of becoming obese, suggests a recent study in the journal “Pediatrics.” The study examined the benefit from breast-feeding on childhood adiposity and found in populations with higher obesity rates, there also were lower breast-feeding rates. “There’s a ton of different studies on […]
