A group of Fort Frances High School students raised more than $2,000 last week for victims of the devastating tsunami in South Asia on Boxing Day—and managed to learn a thing or two in the process. Teacher Shane Beckett and his Grade 11 marketing class organized the fundraiser in an […]
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Members of the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario voted unanimously in favour of strike action earlier this week in light of slow negotiations with the Rainy River District School Board. A full 100 percent of those attending Monday night’s meeting gave their union a mandate to take any and […]
Students at St. Francis School will be brushing up on their French next month when they host a class of visitors from Montreal for one week. A group of 24 Grade 6 students from the Académie St. Clément will be in Fort Frances from Feb. 7-13, staying with the families […]
The first-ever “Community Summit” held here last Thursday was intended to bring people together to think about problems the district will face in the future—and discuss ways to overcome them. And from reactions of those who attended the summit, which saw nearly 90 delegates from various sectors and municipalities in […]
Members of the Rainy River local of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have voted unanimously to take strike action. One hundred percent of the teachers attending a meeting last night gave their union a mandate to take any and all action—including a full-withdrawal-of-services strike—to achieve their contract goals. […]
The local Salvation Army is keeping its eyes on its goal of raising $10,000 or more for tsunami disaster relief in South Asia by the end of January. Capt. Angel Sandoval said Monday morning a two-day kettle drive on Friday and Saturday netted $1,900, bringing the total to $6,000. “But […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department was called to a blaze at an apartment building on the 200 block of Third Street West late Saturday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at 5:15 p.m. to find a garbage can on fire in the hallway of the building, Fire Chief Steve Richardson reported this morning. […]
The first-ever “Community Summit” held here yesterday saw nearly 90 delegates from various sectors and municipalities in the district come together to think about problems we’ll face in the future—and discuss ways to overcome them. The end result of the day-long summit, which was organized by Times’ publisher Jim Cumming, […]
A local committee is working on resurrecting a winter carnival here, and is looking for ideas, volunteers, and funds to make it a reality. “Wild” Bill O’Leary, Geoff Gillon of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., Doug Cain, and other community members met at the Civic Centre last night to […]
Gather those pennies! The Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society will be holding its “Penny for your thoughts” weigh-in on Jan. 21-22 at Auto Parts International here. Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the local Alzheimer Society, said the business (located on King’s Highway next North American Lumber) has volunteered […]
The recent earthquake and resulting tsunamis in South Asia has prompted an unprecedented amount of support and aid from around the world, and Fort Frances is no exception. Local artist Wayne Yerxa has teamed up with Connie Cuthbertson, owner of Northwoods Gallery and Gifts here, to donate one of his […]
As the town continues to work on its 2005 budget, council agreed to institute an interim tax levy and also borrow money to meet current expenditures at Monday night’s regular meeting. Treasurer Peggy Dupuis noted yesterday afternoon that as in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about […]
