Fort Frances OPP are investigating a robbery at a local business here. Yesterday around 9 p.m., a suspect entered the East End Confectionery, located at 1026 Scott St., brandishing a black hand gun. The suspect handed an employee a cream-coloured satchel and demanded money from the cash register. The suspect […]
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Local resident Ed Katona said Thursday morning he wasn’t feeling too bad after completing his 550-km round trip to Duluth, Mn. and back Wednesday afternoon. “No sore joints. No nothing,” he remarked. “The first day, it was pretty tough biking,” he remarked. “I think I got a bit of heatstroke. […]
The board of directors of Rainycrest Home for the Aged here is considering offers to transfer all or part of the facility’s operation to the private sector in a bid to control costs to district municipalities. The issue was discussed at the general meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal […]
Fort Frances native Justice James Fontana was in town Saturday evening as guest speaker for the local Knights of Columbus’ “Law Enforcement Night” at St. Mary’s Church. With his 40-plus years of experience in the courtroom, Justice Fontana spoke about how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms affects law […]
Norwegian student Thea Semb has begun familiarizing herself with life in Rainy River District since her arrival here at the beginning of the month. Semb lives in the city of Tonsberg, in southern Norway, with her mother, father, and two sisters. “There are a lot more mountains there,” she said, […]
The town has advised the Fort Frances Curling Club that the most it can do is apply for up to 40 percent in property tax relief—just like other non-profit groups here. The club had requested late last month that the town rebate 100 percent of its taxes for this year. […]
With Halloween just six weeks away, now is the perfect time for ghost and goblin lovers of all ages to begin planning for their favourite haunted holiday. And for local author and designer Susan Cousineau, this Hallowe’en will be even more frightful as she celebrates the launch of her latest […]
The Town of Fort Frances has set its timetable for the 2005 budget process, with a public meeting slated to kick things off this Monday (Sept. 27). In a report to council, Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said the timetable, approved by council last week, “allows for a public meeting […]
The Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library held its first meeting of the season on Sept. 16. This group of library supporters will be starting their fundraising activities with their second-annual tag day on Friday, Oct. 1. Volunteers will be at various locations throughout town during the day. Please […]
Carrying on the recent tradition of dedicating the annual Terry Fox Run to a local family that has dealt with cancer, this year’s fundraiser was dedicated to the family of Herb and Shirley Cridland. A dozen members of the Cridland family came out for the “Marathon of Hope” on Sunday, […]
“It blew away all of our expectations.” That’s the only way Bill Liggins of the local Voyageur Lions Club could describe the first-annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” fundraiser it held last Thursday morning at the Tim Hortons parking lot here. “We started at 6 a.m. and we supposed to go until 10 […]
It was déjà-vu at the Fort Frances Times’ “Great Chili Cook-off” last Friday, with both winning teams from last year’s event taking the same titles this time around. Dr. Mike Gerstner, Sherry Armstrong, and Stacey McQuaker of the Fort Frances Dental Centre once again captured the judges’ award for the […]
