A delegation from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will make a brief presentation at Monday night’s town council meeting regarding the ’52 Canadians Arena being unusable for any non-ice related events. “The background is I had the double ice surfaces booked for the trade show this [coming] spring and […]
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The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to a call at the Memorial Sports Centre at 4:50 a.m. on Friday after a boiler there malfunctioned and overheated. “At this time, a Union Gas representative and electrical and plumbing contractors are looking at what actually caused the problem,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson […]
On the heels of raising $55,123.53 for the “Community Chest” this past year, local Canada Safeway employees are poised to adopt another worthy cause. “We’re in the process of voting right now,” assistant manager Cory Delbridge said. “The employees have until the end of the weekend to cast their votes. […]
A red kettle you can see from a block away, and the familiar jingling of bells, once again will be part of the holiday season here as the local Salvation Army launches its Christmas kettle campaign next Wednesday. “We’ll be doing it for 10 days, like we’ve done in the […]
The Rainy River District School Board has to leave old Fort Frances High School standing until it can raise enough money to demolish it. The issue was prompted by a Nov. 19 letter from the Town of Fort Frances inquiring about the board’s plans for the First Street East property […]
The Town of Fort Frances recognized its retirees and employees who have reached 25 years of service, as well as “Citizens of the Year” Jean and Lin Boileau, at its annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. “I had fun,” Jean Boileau said when talking about the dinner […]
A former Fort Frances Times carrier made another kind of delivery Nov. 18 in Tillsonburg, Ont. Sean Parker helped his wife deliver their first child, Maia Kaarli T.H. Parker, on the floor of a Tim Horton’s washroom (yes, the T.H. stands for Tim Horton’s). The couple, on their way to […]
Woodyatt resident Don Smith may file an appeal of his conviction and sentence last week with the Ontario Court of Appeals. “We’re going to seriously consider an appeal, particularly as far as the definition of obscenity that was used here,” Smith’s lawyer, Darren Sawchuk, said after Madame Justice H. Pierce […]
The Rainy River District School Board held its regular monthly meeting here last night, with the re-election of Gord McBride as chair and Dan Belluz as vice-chair topping the agenda. The board also heard from the “Envirothon” team from Fort Frances High School, which had represented the Lake of the […]
As administration and council continue to wade through the 2003 budget process, it’s unclear whether it will be finalized by the end of the year—and if residents will end up seeing a tax hike. “I’d say we’re three-quarters through the process,” Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach said Tuesday. The committee […]
The number of units that remain to be sold at the River Walk condominium on Front Street has risen back up to 15 after some buyers opted not to go through with purchasing them. “Recently, we’ve had three people at the table that have stepped down for various personal reasons,” […]
A scheduled power outage Sunday morning caused one of the three servers for the town’s computer system to fail to work yesterday, making for an inconvenience to some staff. “We’ve got the parts on the road right now,” Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan said this morning. “We’ve been off-line […]
