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2019 proved to be an interesting and varied year for Fort Frances, from an economic point of view.Economic development officer Tannis Drysdale presented Fort Frances town council with a review and highlights package of the economic development of the town for 2019 at Monday night’s council meeting. Drysdale spoke to […]

The article “Loads of fun events planned for Family Day” in Wednesday’s edition of the Times stated that the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre would be open for activities on Family Day (Feb. 17). According to library staff, while this was originally the intention, due to unforseen circumstances, the […]

The Family Centre–located in the Volunteer Bureau on Fourth Street–has expanded to the entire hall, where it hosts people throughout the day in need of warmth, a hot meal, and adequate clothing. The Centre, which is separate from the Warming Centre at the Apostolic Way Church, is well attended and […]

Family Day is almost here. Time to pack up the kids, and have some fun together throughout the Rainy River District. This year, the holiday lands on Monday, Feb. 17, and a variety of local groups have been busy organizing events and activities. On the calendar this year are: The […]

It’s time to celebrate your local businesses. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will be holding its 23rd annual Business Awards tonight at the Copper River Inn. The night is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails, with dinner being served at 7:00 p.m. The event will also feature […]

Work is progressing well on the new indigenous-led child care centre in Fort Frances, according to United Native Friendship Centre executive director Sheila McMahon. Work began on the $3.2-million building in August of last year, which is located on McIrvine Road across from the sports field, and McMahon noted that […]

A local First Nations organization is working to create more allyship in the fight for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Mandi Olson of the Binesiwag Centre for Wellness in Couchiching delivered a presentation to town council during Monday night’s meeting where she spoke about how indigenous females […]

Thank the weather or thank the commitment made by those who care; either way it made for a successful event focused on raising awareness and money to combat homelessness in Fort Frances. “That was an awesome turn out,” said Fort Frances’ Homeless Committee co-chair Jamie Petrin of the Coldest Day […]

Without a case worker or assessment, a four month old native girl was involuntarily removed from her family by Fort Frances Catholic Children’s Aid in the late 60s Renee Linklater, now 50, who’s a member of Rainy River First Nations (RRFN), is one of the roughly 22,000 Indigenous people who […]

While the town struggles to create economic opportunities at the shuttered paper mill in 2019, council has a strong path going forward to bolster the local economy. Fort Frances recently secured provincial and federal funding for a land-use and economic development feasibility study at the Shelvin Wood Yard and Nurses […]