District residents will get more use out of their “Blue Boxes” than previously expected after the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association decided Friday to delay handing its business over to a Thunder Bay company. “We’ll keep everything going as it is for the next six months,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, […]
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Starting Dec. 1, the Ministry of Natural Resources district office at Fort Frances no longer will provide aerial photographs for viewing. If aerial photographs are required, individual may come to the office, choose the photos from a map posted at the front counter, and fill out order forms for purchasing […]
Tickets are still available for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas gala coming up Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Red Dog Inn. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7. “The Chamber created the gala five years ago for small- to medium-sized business owners who can’t […]
Written that letter to Santa Claus yet? Well, fret no more over how much postage is to the North Pole because the Fort Frances Times has learned you can send your wish list directly to Santa Claus by e-mail. “Ho, ho, ho! I’m finally joining the 21st century,” ol’ St. […]
The local Business Improvement Area is looking to get a jump-start on the holiday season this Saturday with its inaugural “Winter Wonderland.” “It’s looking pretty good,” said BIA chair Ted DeBenetti. “We’ve had a lot of good response from the businesses. A lot of people are participating. “With the way […]
In conjunction with “National Drug Awareness Week,” the district Substance Abuse Prevention (SAP) team and the local chapter of Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving have planned several activities to spread their message. Entitled “Just Say Me,” a pair of magic shows are slated for local elementary students (grades four-six) tomorrow […]
With the deadline for suggestions being this coming Friday, Canada Safeway staff likely will pick their charity for 2002 sometime next week. “The response has been pretty good,” manager Mike Scott said this morning. “We got about 10 letters from various organizations. But as we know from last year, it’s […]
The FFHS Music Department is presenting its annual musical revue Nov. 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Townshend Theatre. The theme of this year’s revue is “$Money$” and the production boasts a cast of roughly 45 talented singers, dancers, and musicians. The show includes tunes from a wide variety of […]
A five-year-old boy was hospitalized after nearly drowning Saturday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre pool. On-duty staff responded to the incident around 7 p.m., reviving the child and administering the necessary first-aid. The boy then was taken by ambulance to hospital for further monitoring. His condition has not been […]
Arson among children is a real problem, but the Fort Frances Fire Department and its partners aren’t going to let it get out of control thanks to a new program called TAPP-C (The Arson Prevention Program for Children). “With my previous job as well as my time here, we have […]
While many district people have read Crime Stoppers’ re-enactments of crimes in the newspaper or seen them on television, it always seems the crimes in question are in communities outside the area. That’s about to change. “We want it so that people from Fort Frances and the Rainy River District […]
With the deadline for applications coming up next Wednesday, five town committees continue to have vacancies, including the 2003 centennial committee. “It says in the ad [in yesterday’s Times] that we need so many members, but really, we can never have too many,” committee member and town CAO Bill Naturkach […]
