Well over 100 delegates will converge here Sept. 25-27 for the 10th-annual Northern Networks Trade Conference, which this year will run concurrently with the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce annual general meeting. “We’re expecting 160 delegates at the conference,” said NOACC president Tannis Drysdale, who’s thrilled to see the […]
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Two Fort High students and their teacher recently returned from the annual Summer Conference at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Mn., where they were the first Canadians ever to participate. The conference is designed to expose high school students and teachers to various aspects of live theatre. This year, Willa […]
Last week, the Salvation Army of Fort Frances welcomed its new pastors, Capts. Angel and Marlene Sandoval. The husband-and-wife team have taken over the ministry from Capt. Eric Alcock and his wife, Capt. Sylvia, who recently left Fort Frances after being transferred by the Salvation Army to Bridgewater, N.S. The […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society’s centennial garden tour competition attracted 19 entries in five categories. The winners in each one received $100. The results are as follows: •Best Whole Yard—Dana Helder; •Best Pool or Pond—Edwina Frenette; •Best Front Yard—Rick and Joanne Bliss; •Best Vegetable Garden—Laurie Miller and Ray Scott; and […]
A local program that teaches students how to incorporate renewable energy into the home is the subject of a paper to be published at a solar energy conference at Queen’s University in Kingston later this month. William Perrault, a post-secondary education program co-ordinator at Seven Generations Education Institute here, will […]
Intersections at both Church Street and Victoria Avenue and Church Street and Mowat Avenue will see various changes in the near future, town council deiced at Monday night’s regular meeting here. After several accidents and numerous words of concern from the public, the traffic flow at Church and Victoria, as […]
Local golfers braved hot weather last Friday afternoon in an effort to raise money in a charity golf fundraiser for the “Community Chest.” And their efforts won’t go unnoticed. “We ended up raising close to $3,000 for the Community Chest,” said George Blanc. “It went really well. “We ended up […]
After four days travelling on the water, seven canoes filled with 15 people arrived at Rainy River last Thursday afternoon, wrapping up the final leg of the local United Native Friendship Centre’s annual “canoe-a-thon” fundraiser. And while the participants arrived safe and sound, with few problems along the way, R.J. […]
Those that want to get a look at various interpretations of the Devil’s Cascade, located on the north arm of Rainy Lake, have to go no further than the Fort Frances Museum after the second-annual Rainy Lake Impressions art show opened there last Thursday. “It’s a smaller show than last […]
This year’s Great Chili Cook-off, hosted by the Fort Frances Times, is set for Friday, Sept. 26 and organizer Susan Martin is looking for more chefs to sign up. “We have 12 chefs so far, so we have a few spots left,” she noted. Chefs work in teams of two. […]
With a local proposal for broadband infrastructure funding before an Industry Canada rural broadband initiative program selection committee, Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton is concerned the proposal will fall short of expected targets to provide high-speed Internet here. Hampton believes the proposal is inadequate to meet the […]
Reports last week that the United States will resume the importing of boneless cuts of Canadian beef came as welcome news to district farmers, but some feel it may be too little, too late. “It’s a start,” said Peter Spuzak, president of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association. “There is still […]
