Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp. will be adjusting the departure dates of trips from Fort Frances to Thunder Bay, and from Thunder Bay to Fort Frances, starting Sept. 4. As of that date, these trips will run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There will be no scheduled trips on Mondays or […]
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In an effort to encourage people to be more physically active every day, the Northwestern Health Unit is inviting workplaces to sign up for the “Walking Workplaces Challenge.” Health educator Siobhan Booth explained yesterday afternoon that the challenge will see workplaces, as well as any interested individuals, wear pedometers each […]
Tara Tovey is a recovering drug addict, who has been sharing her story with other teens and the local community in an effort to help diminish the rising illicit narcotic and prescription drug use in Rainy River District. This 18-year-old has stepped up and said “no” to the drugs, “no” […]
While the public was informed at last night’s joint public meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board that the lake levels on Namakan Lake and Rainy Lake are in good standing, most people were there to address another issue that […]
The notion of customer service in the funeral home business may not be immediately apparent, but as Jason Lilley says, in fact: “. . .it is a matter of extreme priority.” Lilley is the owner/operator of the Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., situated roughly at the centre of the district next […]
The Rainy River District School Board is expecting an estimated $370,000 of additional funding for the 2007-2008 school year. This increase is a result of the government’s recent announcement of $182 million provincially for the coming school year. The announcement is to address salary benchmark increases within the funding formula, […]
This past May I moved back to Fort Frances and joined the editorial team at the Fort Frances Times to complete a summer internship here. At the time, I fully expected to be the fifth reporter in the newsroom who got to write about whatever the others didn’t want to […]
With the provincial election coming up Oct. 10, a new Liberal candidate for the Kenora-Rainy River riding was selected over the weekend. Mike Wood, a Dryden city councillor, garnered the most votes (170) cast by Liberal party members at the travelling ballot box which was taken to Kenora, Dryden and […]
A petition to address the fight against the rising illicit narcotic and prescription drug use, that has been circulating throughout the district has been well received to date, with hundreds of locals names etched on its pages, but organizers who are looking after it say, the more names the better. […]
Gene Andrusco, nephew of former town band director Walter Andrusco, will be holding an organizational meeting on Aug. 29 in efforts to reinstate the old community band in Fort Frances. “It kind of petered away and there was no instrumentation left,” he explained, citing the last time the town band […]
Rainy River District Best Start for Children “Summer Celebration” is taking place at Confederation College-Fort Frances on Wednesday (Aug. 22). District Early Childhood Educators, JK/SK teachers, and childcare workers will have the opportunity to come together to celebrate their roles in children’s lives and development. The goals […]
After meeting with stakeholders Friday, the town is directing trucks coming through Fort Frances to use Second Street to help ease downtown traffic flow problems resulting from road construction. Tractor trailers passing through town are instructed to stick to Second Street, while trucks bound for the International Bridge are […]
