In the world of horse showing, Donovan Taylor has just captured the highest honour a boy could win. Taylor and his horse, “Chicago,” walked away as champions in the Lead Line class at the World Wide Paint Horse Congress in Wichita, Kan. this past weekend. The top honour is one […]
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While grade three and six students have been tested by the Education Quality and Accountability Office for several years now, 10th-graders across Ontario were tested on their reading and writing skills last week–marking the start of a new requirement for graduation. This year’s test won’t count toward graduation but it […]
A Minnesota lawyer is taking Boise Cascade to court to challenge the company’s decision to make the old bridge tickets obsolete in the wake of the new swipe cards. “I did it. I just thought it was very unfair that the bridge owners sold bridge tickets and refused to offer […]
“The world is dangerous place to live in not because of those who do evil but because of those who watch and let it happen.”–Albert Einstein. These words–written on the final slide in OPP Det. Sgt. Jim Van Allen’s presentation on school violence at the Civic Centre here Monday night–best […]
Besides eating, chatting with friends, and maybe doing a little homework during lunch hour Tuesday, some Fort High students were making a statement by making a promise. Called a “Contract for Life,” students were stopping by the foyer at the high school to sign it, and by doing so, making […]
By Tyler Moffitt
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
Fire safety–and the role it plays in your life–depends on many things, including your attitude. All of us need to learn how to protect ourselves and family members from the hazards of fire. We all need to be made aware of them and reminded to be responsible, to think, and […]
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and with Hallowe’en fast approaching, the organizer of the annual “Scott Street Scare” is hoping to see lots of kids turn out this year. “In the first year I started the program, we had around 600 children downtown and the year after that we […]
Last night, the committee of the whole of council faced an unexpected bill of about $7,000 for the Lion’s Millennium Park fountain here.
It may have been downright cold early Friday morning but by 11 a.m., three judges undoubtedly were keeping warm while savouring the 10 varieties up for grabs during the Times’ fifth-annual Great Chili Cook-off. And when all was tasted and done, it was Phyllis Johnson and Marie Gregory’s “Fabrication Chili” […]
Tax bills to town residents for the final instalment of the year 2000 are now in the mail. After numerous delays as the town and an outside contractor struggled to arrange municipal software to process the bills in compliance with provincial legislation, Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan told council […]
Warm, sunny weather may have been the root of a lower-than-expected turnout Friday and Saturday for the annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce trade show but its future isn’t any dimmer.
On Monday morning, local vehicles stopped one by one at the new toll booth on the U.S. side of the international bridge here as the employee manning the booth instructed them on how to use their new swipe card.
