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 […]
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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 […]
The Fort Frances Nursery School board has decided not to explore building an addition for a permanent site on to the J.W. Walker School expansion despite being given the green light—at least, in principle—by the Rainy River District School Board. Trustees had agreed at their Nov. 5 meeting to allow […]
Area residents may be hearing a knock at their door starting this week as local skateboarders begin canvassing to raise money for the proposed skate park project. Kiwanian Steve Maki, who is spearheading the venture, said Monday that he’s hopeful the event they’re collecting pledges for—a “skateboard-a-thon” slated Dec. 14 […]
With the deadline at closing time (11 p.m.) on Friday, local Canada Safeway employees still are asking the public to offer ideas as to which charity would be their best choice to adopt for 2003. “I was just looking at the suggestions yesterday. We have about eight or nine, but […]
The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s annual community Christmas dinner already is shaping up, with the first planning meeting held Thursday afternoon. But it’s also clear the word “community” still has to play a part in the dinner to make it as successful as in previous years. “More volunteers getting on […]
Just because you’re diabetic doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy eating at Christmas time. That’s the message the Valley Diabetes Education Centre will be promoting at a presentation Tuesday (Dec. 3) from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Day Program at La Verendrye Hospital. “The whole emphasis is on making better choices, and […]
