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“Go Local” is marking its sixth anniversary next week with a gift card giveaway. Starting Monday (March 25), every time a customer uses their points card at a “Go Local” business, they will earn a chance to win a $25 gift card. Every “Go Local” member business will issue at […]

Fort Frances is among the 405 small and rural communities in Ontario that will benefit from one-time funding totally more than $200 million in all. The town will be getting $689,030 this year, Mayor June Caul told the Times this morning.She had received a letter from Municipal Affairs minister Steve […]

Staff A presentation on video gaming addiction, designed to educate parents on its potential harm, has been re-scheduled. Originally slated to be held next Thursday (March 28) at 7 p.m. in Conference Room ‘A’ of the Rainy River District School Board office on Second Street East here, it now will […]

Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak will not be running in the fall federal election after all.Rusnak announced Sunday that he’s decided to withdraw his name as the Liberal candidate and instead will take more time to spend with his young family. “It’s been four years since I began one […]

While the 2019 budget process is not over yet, the financial picture is looking clearer–and somewhat rosier–than two months ago. The operating budget deficit, which started out at $795,277 during the first committee of the whole budget meeting held back on Jan. 21, has been reduced substantially. At the March […]

The 2019 federal budget is good news for Northwestern Ontario, according to Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak. He highlighted a $6-billion investment into a national plan to increase high-speed internet access to 100 percent of Canadians by 2030 as proof of this government’s commitment to the needs of rural […]

Summer Company 2019 is now open and accepting applications! Summer Company is an Ontario government program delivered by the Northwest Business Centre. It helps youth aged 15-29 start and run their own summer business by providing funding, advice, and services. Students accepted into the program receive an award of up […]

Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is looking at revitalizing the “Garden of Life” located in front of La Verendrye General Hospital. The garden, a dream of liver recipient Patti-Jo Reid, had its sod-turning ceremony in 1999. It was developed to symbolize the chance of new life through […]

Sam Odrowski Fort Frances has been rallying over the past few months to get the idled paper mill here restarted. On Monday, many were upset to learn that Resolute Forest Products sent a letter to Mayor June Caul saying the company had rejected the bid from Rainy River Packaging Inc. […]

Ken Kellar The risk and cost of a flood outweigh the possible side effects of lower lake levels this summer. That’s the message that came out of a public meeting held last Tuesday night by the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board’s Water Levels Committee at the Rainy River […]