By Times Staff

Another winner has taken home an impressive pot that is directly helping improve access to healthcare in the district. Riverside Health Care announced that Diane Graham of Fort Frances was the winner of the April 50/50 draw that is helping raise funds for the “Lights, Camera, DIAGNOSIS!” campaign working to […]

By Allan Bradbury
abradbury@fortfrances.com

On Friday, May 8, Flora’s Walk for Perinatal Mental Health will take place in Fort Frances. The Walk aims to raise funds and awareness for maternal mental health in the Fort Frances area. Kaylee Heyens-McMahon is a local therapist and co-owner of Northwestern Ontario Counselling & Consulting. She said perinatal […]

By Liam Oliver Neilson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
lneilson@fortfrances.com

The fate of a vacant piece of land on the river at Webster and Lillie Avenues remains undecided after Fort Frances Town Council requested that a committee considering locations for a dog park look elsewhere. The dog park committee had recommended that the open field southwest of Legion Park would […]

By Ken Kellar
kkellar@fortfrances.com

If you haven’t noticed the vibrant artwork that’s been popping up all over downtown Fort Frances lately, there’s a perfect opportunity to drink it all in this Friday. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Fort Frances BIA are in the middle of their Windows Alive art project, […]

By Liam Oliver Neilson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
lneilson@fortfrances.com

Town council is struggling with the decision to sponsor Rib Fest event in Fort Frances after it led to a cancellation from Burger Wars. Last year, the Town of Fort Frances was approached by a consortium of cross-Canada touring rib trucks inquiring about interest in holding a rib festival locally. […]

By Allan Bradbury
abradbury@fortfrances.com

Toronto-based soul and roots performer Sandra Bouza is starting a tour that will see her play shows from Sault Ste. Marie all the way to western Saskatchewan and back east into Quebec, and she’s got a stop planned for Fort Frances. Bouza, pronounced Bo-zah, says a lot of her music […]

By Allan Bradbury
abradbury@fortfrances.com

Chris McKhool – 7x Canadian Folk Music Award winner, 2026 JUNO nominee for Children’s Album of the Year, and one of the country’s most beloved family entertainers – will be undertaking an eleven-date northern Ontario tour in celebration of his long-awaited new album Little Leaf. Stopping in Fort Frances on […]

By Allan Bradbury
abradbury@fortfrances.com

On Thursday night, at their final passport season show, Tour de Fort announced the lineup for next year’s season series starting in September. The series will kick off on September 16, 2026, with Juno winner and famed Canadian female rocker, Sass Jordan. According to her bio, Jordan has been a […]

By Liam Oliver Neilson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
lneilson@fortfrances.com

The next steps for a proposed Central Avenue roundabout are on hold after a tied council vote to award the design contract pushed the decision, potentially to next year. Talks of a potential redesign for the intersection connecting Central Avenue to 2nd, 3rd and 4th Streets initially sparked in October […]