Doug Anderson of Fort Frances, chairman of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, has been elected to the Canadian Safe Communities Foundation’s board of directors. “I think the board of directors wanted input from the communities that have been ‘safe communities’ for several years,” Anderson said Tuesday, referring to his […]
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Although the Rainy River District School Board’s school closure selection committee is slated to meet Oct. 23, the board is looking to fill a few more seats before the group starts its work. “We required three members from each of the schools identified for closure,” trustee Ron McAlister said in […]
Echoing the oft-heard economic development debates heard at council sessions throughout the area, the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce will push for government programs to assist with development in the north. During its annual meeting in Kenora last weekend, NOACC passed numerous resolutions supporting economic development incentives and enhancements. […]
The 2001-02 season of Kids & Co. is set to kick off Thursday with “Special Blend,” a dancing duo who will perform a mixture of jazz, street, ballet, and break-dancing to lively music at the Townshend Theatre. “It’s a really good show for kids,” noted organizer Gaby Emond. “We’re increasing […]
The Rainy River District School Board is expected to approve its operating agreement with several parties involved in a wireless communications project at its regular meeting here tonight. “This is to make it official,” Stephen Danielson, the board’s systems administrator, said yesterday. “We’ve had a working partnership up until now, […]
No charges have been laid yet against those behind the standoff and hostage situation at the jail here in late June. “[OPP] indicated to me that at this point, no charges have been laid with respect to the June hostage-taking situation at the Fort Frances Jail,” noted Julia Noonan, a […]
As winter approaches, the Fort Frances condominium committee is looking for five more people to sign up to make the project a go. To date, 25 down payments have been made for the 36 condos–just five shy from a target of 30 down payments necessary for the riverfront development to […]
They may been rookies to the Great Chili Cook-off, but the Fort Frances Times’ team of Rosanne Kellar and Jennifer Dent managed to woo the judges with their “2001: A Chili Odyssey” at today’s event in the Times’ parking lot. “I knew we had really good chili. But I didn’t […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is holding a corn roast in conjunction with the BIA’s Harvest Festival tomorrow to raise money for town beautification. Now that summer is over, it is time to think about projects for next year, which includes fundraising. “The more money we can raise, the […]
The two-day blood donor clinic that wrapped up here Thursday fell well short of its goal. “We had a total of 368 donors and that’s short of our quota of 425,” said Marnee Miller of the La Verendrye hospital auxiliary, which helped organize the clinic locally. The clinic, held at […]
The second-annual “Fly-in, Drive-in” barbecue is ready to take off Saturday at the Fort Frances Airport–providing Mother Nature co-operates. “It’s looking good if you just give us good weather,” organizer Bruce Caldwell noted. At least 14 planes plan to land at the airport Saturday morning for the barbecue, which also […]
Communities across Rainy River District that suffered varying degrees of damage and loss because of severe weather July 31 will receive disaster relief funding. Northern Development and Mines minister Dan Newman announced yesterday that eight municipalities, including Fort Frances, and two unorganized areas will receive funding through the Ontario Disaster […]
