There weren’t enough chairs for the crowd which showed up at the Fort High band’s spring concert last Wednesday night but those forced to stand along the walls didn’t seem to mind. Heather Keeler and Kim Badiuk wowed the audience with solo vocal performances, while guitarist Jena Pirie and pianist […]
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The local public school board will decide next Tuesday whether it’s worthwhile to go ahead with a summer school program for grade eight students in July. Just 28 students from Rainy River to Atikokan had been enrolled in the summer school as of Friday. The board had said it needed […]
“Every day I’m going home.” That’s the outlook of 41-year-old Dana Jeffrey who, since mid-April, has been en route to Prince Edward Island from Edmonton, Alta. by canoe with fellow paddler Doug Finch. Jeffrey and Finch, a native of London, Ont., stopped over in Fort Frances on Monday night before […]
Students and parents packed into the J.A. Mathieu Auditorium on Monday night to watch almost 200 students receive awards for excelling in the academic, executive, athletic, and musical fields. Despite the high heat in the jam-packed gym, no one seemed to mind as teachers and staff recalled stories of the […]
Former Fort Frances native Tom Beechinor paid a nostalgic visit to the Portage Avenue entrance at Fort Frances High School earlier this week to reflect on the “Muskie” mural he painted on the wall there more than 30 years ago. The mural will be one of several archives left behind […]
Some skills can only be learned on the job and that’s just the road James Easton is taking as the first apprenticeship placement in the district with NCDS Career Works here. For more than a month now, Easton has been working with D&A Construction, helping build everything from decks to […]
An environmental assessment report, commissioned by CN and obtained by the Times, stated two houses on Central Avenue here are well above soil contamination levels set by the Ministry of the Environment. The MoE considers 1,000 parts per million (ppm) as contaminated. The report said soil samples taken from the […]
A subdued NDP leader Howard Hampton called his victory “bittersweet” after he handily won the new amalgamated Kenora-Rainy River riding last Thursday but watched as his party only won nine seats across the province. The Tories under Mike Harris won a second majority government with 59 seats while the Liberals […]
To say Liberals in the new Kenora-Rainy River riding were expecting a closer race between NDP leader Howard Hampton and Liberal incumbent Frank Miclash would be an understatement. Miclash himself admitted he was feeling “comfortable” going into the election–especially since the latest poll done by Oracle/MCTV showed him with a […]
As Mayor Glenn Witherspoon addressed those on hand at yesterday morning’s sod-turning ceremony on the arena grounds, he referred to the new indoor ice surface as a “great addition” to the community and future of Fort Frances. A small but enthusiastic crowd of about 30, representing a wide cross-section of […]
Tammi Shoemaker and Gordon McTaggart were the big winners at the annual meeting of the Rainy River Future Development Corp. here last Wednesday. Shoemaker captured the Women in Business Excellence Award for outstanding committent to business, family, and community. Shoemaker, who owns Tammi’s Flowers, Cards and Gifts here, said winning […]
With the heat of summer comes the tourism season–and an estimated $1.2 billion in tourist dollars into the Northern Ontario economy. By most accounts, this season looks promising. “I think overall it looks as good as, if not slightly better, than the last few years,” said George Blanc, co-owner of […]
