Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Fort Frances Mayor June Caul announced the Moffat Family Fund recipients last week during the Committee of the Whole meeting. The fund, organized and given by the Winnipeg Foundation, allocated $93,750 to organizations in the community with the aim of supporting and advancing the economic, social, physical and intellectual well-being […]
The Fort Frances Senior Centre is finally opening their doors next Monday after they have been closed since last March due to COVID-19 mandated restrictions. The centre will officially welcome patrons back on Monday with an open house followed by a Christmas in July session. Cindy Noble, manager of the […]
It’s been years – even decades – in the making, but the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) has moved into its new building and is hard at work turning it into the home the centre has always dreamed of. UNFC executive director Sheila McMahon gave the Times a special behind-the-scenes […]
Most 13-year-olds are busy playing sports or thinking about when they can hang out with their friends next, but Candace Sinclair, at just 13 is biking 300 km to raise money for childhood cancer. Sinclair registered for the Great Cycle Challenge Canada where people of all ages across Canada set […]
He knew from a very young age that he wanted to have a job where he dealt directly with people on a daily basis. Jeff Gustafson, 28, a Fort Frances local, is now locuming back home as a family doctor. Gustafson just finished his two-year residency at Mount Sinai Hospital […]
Those with a keen eye might have noticed an unusual sight in the parking lot of the Memorial Sports Centre last week. Those curious enough to stop and check it out were able to experience a hands on learning environment that is tied directly to a major industrial project that […]
Deck-lid, fender, cowl screen, hubcap and valance. To the average person, these words might as well be another language, but to automobile enthusiasts like Brayden Hogan, 19, these words are used in his everyday life. Being passionate about everything to do with cars, Brayden knew that he wanted to work […]
The Fort Frances Council had their meeting for the month on July 12. During the meeting, a presentation was given from Boundary Waters Forest Management Corporation (BWFMC) president Mike Willick, the short-term fate of a new truck route was approved and it was decided that the Fort Frances Senior Centre […]
Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan begins tomorrow, and with it, a new slate of services will open to the public. It also brings an easing of gathering restrictions, with gatherings of 100 allowed outdoors, and 25 indoors. Restaurants will no longer have table limits, and their capacity is […]
A presentation was given to the mayor and council Monday evening to formally answer questions that Fort Frances Mayor June Caul posed to the Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC) on the Sustainable Forest License (SFL) and the Boundary Waters Forest Management Corporation (BWFMC). The mayor requested answers to eight […]
Fort Frances Mayor June Caul said she met with MPP Greg Rickford to discuss the provincial and federal governments taking over the sale of the International Bridge, make it a public asset and cancel the tolling fee. “Councillor [John] McTaggart and I met with minister Greg Rickford,” Caul said. “We […]
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in Fort Frances welcomed Charlene Strain, the new CEO who assumed her new role on July 1. Strain is not new to the organization. She has been a member of CMHA since 2011 when she was a court diversion and support worker. She then […]
