A new season of Border Concerts was launched last Monday (Sept. 25) when Westwind Brass appeared at Backus Auditorium in International Falls. Hailing from San Diego, Calif., this brass quintet has achieved critical acclaim and won several international brass competitions. Monday’s concert was titled, “Americana,” and featured a diverse set […]
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Matt Mutz of Devlin plays chess well. That was confirmed last Thursday during the sixth-annual Corel’s Northwestern Ontario Schools’ Chess Championships at St. Francis School here, where the nine-year-old topped his age division and garnered the only perfect score of the day. The tournament attracted 33 youngsters, with Mutz and […]
Adding a pharmacy to the Canada Safeway store here will mean the end of tobacco sales there by the end of next month. Instead, those sales instead be made through Safeway’s new gas bar, which is currently under construction on the corner of Armit Avenue and Church Street. “Provincial legislation […]
If you ask Rebecca Spencer about her thoughts on the fifth-annual Great Chili Cook-off, be prepared for an enthusiastic reply. Spencer, an investment advisor with Holmlund Financial Services here, not only is a die-hard fan of the event–slated for Friday, Oct. 6 in the parking lot of the Times–but is […]
A preliminary report recommending which schools should be renovated, closed, or amalgamated will be presented to the Rainy River District School Board during its regular meeting next Tuesday. The report comes after several meetings of the Fort Frances Elementary Facilities Review Committee since May. And while the committee is working […]
Local commuters crossing the bridge between Fort Frances and International Falls will face new rates, a one-way toll, and swipe cards beginning this Sunday (Oct. 1). The bridge tickets currently used by commuters no longer will be accepted after Saturday. And in fact, the new swipe cards already are being […]
Business owners within the “807” area code now have a directory of their own on the World Wide Web thanks to an innovative idea spearheaded by the Electronic Publishing (EP) department at the Fort Frances Times. The new website–nwontario.com–will be launched at the Times’ booth at the annual Fort Frances […]
The Muskies are getting pumped up for Homecoming 2000 this Friday against Kenora and there’s no denying it. “We will be juiced,” enthused Mark Mercure, a defensive back on the football team and president of the student executive council. “It is just a big fun day for the football guys […]
Alex Parent knows the importance of research. That’s why he’s reading the biography, “Terry Fox–His Story.” And come the end of the month, the 11-year-old Fort Frances resident will share what he’s learned with his grade six classmates at St. Francis School when he gives a book report on his […]
The collection of the second instalment of taxes for the year 2000 here has been set back another month. The latest due date for tax bills to be returned has been pushed back to Oct. 31 as the municipal computer system is adjusted to accommodate the province’s 10-5-5 cap of […]
Local support for cancer research was visibly strong Sunday afternoon as some 150 participants took to the streets here and raised at least $8,500 during the annual Terry Fox Run. As of Tuesday afternoon, the total was $8,540 but organizer Joan Pearson, executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, […]
After being on hold for four years, Confederation College’s practical nursing program is off the ground here again thanks to Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. With an enrolment of 18 students, the program now is being conducted in a lab modified by staff at La Verendrye hospital–a partnership commemorated during […]
