Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said the town was “off to the races” after council agreed to sign the cellular phone service operating agreement between itself, Atikokan, and Thunder Bay. Doug McCaig, chair of the Fort Frances PUC and a member of Northwest Mobility, was joined by Geoff Gillon of the Rainy […]
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The Border Waters Coalition admitted the province’s decision to drop its law requiring non-resident anglers to stay overnight in Ontario in order to keep walleye and sauger was a “finger in the dike”–and one forced upon them after mistakes by Canadian lawyers in 1995. But it was a decision that […]
Taking to the field as a special teams player takes a lot of heart and courage, not to mention physical ability. It also takes a whole different mentality. With players running down the field at full speed, hitting absolutely anything and everything that comes their way, it’s not only a […]
By now, most of you know about the walkout that occurred at the high school last Friday. The walkout was planned by three students who had some legitimate concerns about things which were happening within the school. Those three, in turn, were backed by a number of other students who […]
Before coming to Fort Frances last Friday, all Carol Pirie of North Carolina knew about her great-grandfather, Edward Wellington Backus, was that she had “missed out.” “My sister had told me he was a lumber baron,” Pirie said, adding her sibling then would go on and tell her about the […]
It may have been finished just the day before, and it still needed some touch-ups afterwards, but that didn’t take anything away from the eagerly-anticipated unveiling of the town’s first heritage mural Friday morning. Residents from both sides of the border crowded on Mowat Avenue as they waited for the […]
While Remembrance Day ceremonies can be solemn events as people recall veterans who served in past wars, Dick Bird was all smiles Sunday when he spoke at the blessing and dedication of the new War Veterans and Peacetime Armed Forces Memorial Site at Couchiching. “I couldn’t be happier. The turnout, […]
Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray got a chance to see firsthand what $100,000 in Canadian Millennium Partnership Program funding has done for the Lions Park here, taking part in the official dedication ceremony Friday morning. The area in front of the podium was packed with children from Robert Moore and […]
In the aftermath of Friday’s walkout at Fort Frances High School, administration is working to get students with concerns about their school to make use of its “open door” policy. An ombudsman office also may be formed for students to air issues they may have. “We’re discussing things with students. […]
“I probably don’t deserve it.” That was Times publisher and co-owner Jim Cumming’s reaction yesterday after finding out he had been named the 1999 Citizen of the Year for Fort Frances. “I have worked with a lot of people over the years, and I’ve been only a cog in the […]
They came empty but the three delegates from the Namibian Town Clerks Forum said they are leaving full of knowledge after getting a firsthand look at municipal politics in Rainy River District. Boniface Mutumba, Lukas Muhepa, and Ria Dippenaar left for Toronto yesterday after spending almost a week here as […]
Everything looks good so far for Northwest Mobility to have cellular phone service up and running from Fort Frances to Rainy River for its Dec. 15 target date. Work crews were installing the switches and the back-up batteries in the Fort Frances tower last Friday with the help of a […]
