Get your tickets now for the Official Oscar Party taking place Sunday, Feb. 25 starting at 6 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre. This is the 10th-annual fundraising event put on by Riverside Foundation for Health Care and promises to be a fun-filled evening. Tickets cost $50 each, which includes […]
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International Falls Mayor Shawn Mason has announced the annual “Sister Cities Snowshoe Challenge” will be held Friday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at Smokey Bear Park in conjunction with the “Blast at the Border” winter festival. “I threw down the gauntlet and Mayor Roy [Avis] promptly picked it up!” Mayor […]
It’s that time again! The Friends of the Library are hosting their annual bake sale at the Fort Frances Public Library this Friday (Feb. 9) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This year’s bake sale also will include some sugar-free goodies. In related news, the Friends of the Library are having a […]
What is a “Chocolate Affair?” It is decadence, it is elegance, it is luscious desserts. It is mouth-watering, home-made delicacies and it is an aroma of sweet heaven that fills an historic building once a year. Back by popular demand, Citizens for Backus/AB is holding its third-annual “Chocolate Affair” this […]
Fort Frances Times readers can let the newspaper know what they like, and what they’d like to see change, with a new survey available in this week’s edition and online. “The survey is being done to improve both the Fort Frances Times and Daily Bulletin by having our subscribers and […]
A St. Patrick’s Day seniors’ dance is planned for Thursday, March 15 from 7-10 p.m. at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (old CN station). Live music will be provided by Marv’s Pine Toppers of Fort Frances. Admission is $6 each, and a light lunch will be served. Advance tickets are […]
Geoff Pearce of Emo was the winner of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for February. Pierce will be heading to Puerto Plata—a trip valued at $3,600.
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Fire Department was called to the Abitibi-Consolidated mill office on Third Street West on Tuesday morning after the fire alarm there went off around 7:30 a.m. But after further investigation, there was no fire to fight and employees were back to work shortly after 8. “It […]
FORT FRANCESE—Trustees were to hear a report on the success of the credit accumulation program aimed at high school students during the Rainy River District School Board’s regular meeting Tuesday night. The goal of the program is to increase credit accumulation in Grade 9 and 10 students. Since the inception […]
The following information was obtained from the National Alliance on Mental Illness: •What is bulimia nervosa? Bulimia is a serious eating disorder marked by a destructive pattern of binge-eating and recurrent inappropriate behaviour to control one’s weight. It can occur together with other psychiatric disorders, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, […]
FORT FRANCES—Local property owners who have had problems with their water lines freezing in the past are encouraged to start running a constant flow through their pipes to save themselves—and the town—a lot of trouble. The town recently received four reports of frozen service lines, including three over the weekend […]
Feb. 4-10 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The following information was obtained from the National Alliance on Mental Illness: Anorexia and bulimia can have serious medical and psychological complications, including noticeable weight loss (with distorted body image), hyperactivity, loss of hair on head and/or growth of fine body hair, excessive […]
