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 […]
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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 […]
In preparation for their post-secondary education, Fort High students will get a chance to learn about what’s out there for them at the Ontario college tour Friday and university one Monday. And if and when students do decide, they’ll all be applying to schools a little differently this year–through the […]
The crowds, loud music, and potential drama for an exciting finish all were under the big tent Sunday for the final five weigh-ins of the third-annual Rainy River walleye tournament. Unfortunately, the fish were not. The top two boats from the first day Saturday failed to catch any fish on […]
“Build it and they will come,” an oft-repeated catch-phrase of the town’s economic development officer, was emphasized by Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach upon his return from the annual “Northern Networks” trade conference in Green Bay, Wis. last week. The conference highlighted several economic development initiatives, among them the idea […]
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) resumes its annual Northwestern Ontario fall tour this week with two mobile blood donor clinics at Fort Frances High School. The clinics will be held Wednesday, Sept. 26 and again Thursday, Sept. 27. “Canadians have shown an incredible outpouring of support in response to the recent […]
Plans to proceed with the purchase of a new, state-of-the-art computer system for the Civic Centre were quashed by town council Monday night. With the vote ending in a 3-3 tie (Coun. Struchan Gilson was absent from the meeting), a proposal to purchase hardware, software, and whatever else is needed […]
