Only the Ministry of the Environment and Tri-Mac remain on hand to assess and clean up the scene of Wednesday afternoon’s fatal tanker-truck accident at Crowrock. While one source told the Times yesterday that the tanker had not leaked its cargo of tall oil, the OPP confirmed that an amount […]
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More than 60 workers from the Fort Frances & District Association of Community Living, CUPE #65, went on strike Friday morning. The Community Activity Centre, access centre, and administration offices were being picketed today as the employees walked off the job to back demands for better wages and a pension […]
Highway 502 to Dryden will be partially closed to traffic for the next two days after a fatal tanker-truck crash yesterday afternoon at the ‘S’ curve at Crowrock. Police said the southbound vehicle was travelling on the bridge around 2:15 p.m. when it failed to complete a sharp turn and […]
Rainy River First Nation is concerned a wastewater leak at the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here Monday could affect this year’s sturgeon spawn in the river. It said the sturgeon have moved off the spawning grounds at Manitou Rapids, and that the natural spawning process has ceased five days into the process […]
After meeting with Bell Canada reps here last week, local Internet Service Providers and Mayor Glenn Witherspoon agree–it’s time to look for alternative sources of high-speed Internet. “Hopefully, Northwest Mobility will flip on their microwave towers this week and we’ll need somebody like the Fort Frances Power Corp. to act […]
Although regional municipalities face less funding and more red tape than ever before, there appeared to be little antagonism towards provincial and federal leaders at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s annual meeting here last week. “There wasn’t too much hollering and screaming, but I think everyone realizes the changes have […]
Fort Frances resident John McTaggart was honoured with a special provincial award for exceptional volunteerism during a ceremony at the Legion Hall in Atikokan last night. He was presented with the Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) for leading a major fundraising campaign for two district health care facilities (“Care Close to […]
Get your poodle skirts on and your pompadour combed for an evening of ’50s song and dance when Fort Frances High School stages its version of the popular musical, “Grease,” starting tomorrow night at the Townshend Theatre. The two-hour musical will be the last show the students will hold this […]
This past Saturday, the Business Women’s Network of Rainy River District held its third-annual charity ball at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The event, which raised money for the local division of the Easter Seal Society, was attended by well over 100 people who were treated to an evening of […]
Some people collect coins or stamps or even bottle caps. Marg Johnsrud of McCrosson-Tovell, on the other hand, collects cans. Marg’s living room is adorned with well over 100 cans, tins, and bottles. She started collecting, unintentionally, some 45 years ago when she carried her 4–H stuff in a tin […]
The Canadian Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” is gathering momentum here with its new official sponsor and more than 300 participants already signed up. “It’s going very good. The response from the community has been great,” enthused relay co-ordinator Suzanne Danku. The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #29 Ladies Auxiliary has […]
With the World Health Organization’s 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities now less than a year away, local organizers are heading to the 10th-annual one in Alaska later this month. “The delegates are leaving on the 19th, and I’m leaving Saturday to go there and help set up,” WHO co-ordinator […]
