Santa’s little elves are waiting anxiously for Christmas wishes from district children and the Fort Frances Times wants to make sure they get them on time. Kids of all ages can drop off their letters to Santa at the Fort Frances Times and we’ll get them to the North Pole […]
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While its original deadline has passed, the local Progressive Conservative party still is accepting candidates to seek the Kenora-Rainy River nomination for the next provincial election. Previously, the local nomination committee had set Friday (Nov. 15) as the deadline for people to throw their hats into the ring. So far, […]
With only mostly superficial work to be done now, the town has authorized the shutdown of work on Phase II of the La Verendrye Parkway project—with the provision that all work there be completed by June 15, 2003. “The activity there has pretty much stopped for now,” Pat Hickerson, the […]
The town has earmarked $208,000 in the 2003 budget for the construction of a third apron at the Fort Frances Airport—if a deal can be struck with a Minneapolis-based company. Airport superintendent Bill Caul said Friday a company called Wipaire Inc. has expressed some interest in setting up a satellite […]
The fight against drug and alcohol abuse will take centre stage as next week is declared Drug Awareness Week by the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team. Starting Sunday, the local SAP team, along with partners throughout the district, will begin a week of activities as part of a […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will see a few new faces after the election of officers at its semi-annual meeting Nov. 26, co-ordinator Dawn Booth said. “Yes, there are a couple people leaving. They maybe haven’t confirmed that yet, but I know for sure that some people will be […]
What do Fort Frances residents like the most about the town? Nice people. At least, that’s according to a citizenship satisfaction survey which was conducted in late August and released after Tuesday night’s council meeting. “I believe it is fairly representative of the residents of Fort Frances and contains interesting […]
About 100 residents showed up at the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” open house last Wednesday night at La Place Rendez-Vous, with several voicing either support for—or constructive criticism of—the proposed project. Tony Kadikoff, past provincial president of the Elks Club, said he knows a thing or two about what a community […]
Under direction from town council, a letter will be sent to the Rainy River District School Board to find out what it will be doing with the old Fort Frances High School building on First Street East that has been sitting vacant for three years. “Council’s no longer looking at […]
Buyers navigated around exposed walls and piles of gyp roc to get one of their first views of the River Walk condominium project here Saturday. While changes still are being made and the move in date has been delayed, owners seemed happy with their new homes for the most part. […]
Terry Parisien wishes his old team the best of luck. But now that the sentimentality is out of the way . . . “I’m going to show them they made a real bad decision,” said the 20-year-old defenceman for the Dryden Ice Dogs, who returned to the Ice for Kids […]
A professor of film studies and pop culture was called to the stand as an expert witness yesterday at the trial of Don Smith, the Woodyatt man accused of creating and distributing obscene material on the Internet in October, 2000. Under examination by defence lawyer Darren Sawchuk, Dr. Barry Grant […]
