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 […]
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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 […]
Joining the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee at yesterday’s weekly meeting was Jane Gillon, local representative of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The topic of discussion was the availability of funding for consultant costs. She and Geoff Gillon, local economic development officer, helped to identify sources of funding available […]
John McTaggart was approved as “Citizen of the Year 2001” by the committee of the whole Tuesday night during the regular council meeting here. The decision came after a recommendation was made by the “Citizen of the Year” selection committee, consisting of Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, Coun. Deane Cunningham, and two […]
“In all of our communities, there are success stories and potential.” That’s how Tannis Drysdale, president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, summed up “The Great Rendez-Vous,” a two-day meeting last week in Thunder Bay of more than 120 municipal leaders and those concerned with economic development from […]
Students may get a better idea on how to work off those mandatory 40 hours of community service after a volunteer fair tomorrow from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Fort Frances High School. “It’s in conjunction with the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau since it’s the Year of the Volunteer,” said teacher […]
