By Sam Odrowski Concerned citizens packed Council Chambers on Tuesday evening to listen to stakeholders and voice their concerns around the potential sale of Resolute Forest Product’s idle mill here. The district’s stakeholders and community members took to the podium to express their concerns at the special meeting before council […]
Local News
Sam Odrowski Planning for “Pride Week 2019” has begun, with the first meeting drawing a crowd of about 30 people to the Fort Frances Public Library last Wednesday night. Organizers, volunteers, and allies of the LGBTQ2 community reviewed last year’s festivities and Borderland Pride’s finances, brainstormed ideas for new events, […]
Duane Hicks Some local residents have seen far less frequent mail deliveries this winter–sometimes waiting more than a week to get mail–but Canada Post said it’s trying to remedy the situation. “The winter weather has been difficult on our employees. We’ve had days where we weren’t able to deliver and […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Homeless Committee has shifted gears in the recent weeks in order to ensure a warm, safe space is open overnight for the homeless population in Fort Frances. After experiencing a number of delays, along with staffing and location approvals, the committee elected to mirror other […]
Press Release Following a successful conclusion to the construction of the East-West Tie Line, the Common Voice Northwest Energy Task Force now is celebrating a decision by the Ontario Energy Board to correct a historical barrier to getting power to new mines and mills in Northwestern Ontario. For many years, […]
Submitted byFaith Ivall “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” was written by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson in 1955 and 1960. This song is about the missing flowers that young women picked for their husbands who had gone to war. Not returning, the young women placed the picked flowers on […]
Press Release Canada Post has issued a stamp honouring Albert Jackson, thought to be the first black letter carrier in Canada. Jackson earned his appointment to the civil service in 1882 but faced racism from his colleagues, media, and members of the public as he pursued what ultimately turned out […]
Duane Hicks The local Kiwanis Club won’t be holding a Good Friday breakfast for a second-straight year but it is open to passing the torch to any other group wanting to host the event. Kiwanian Diane Maxey said she brought up the subject to her fellow Kiwanians last Thursday evening […]
Duane Hicks With the Fort Frances mill at the centre of recent controversy, Unifor has weighed in on the issue–calling on the province to facilitate talks for the successful sale and re-start of the mill. “Within 450 km of Fort Frances, there have now been 11 permanent mill closures and […]
Staff In a statement to the Fort Frances Times on Friday, local MPP Greg Rickford indicated all parties involved in the potential sale and re-start of the Resolute mill here have to have access to all levels of government and provincial ministries. Rickford indicated the proposed non-disclosure agreement between Resolute […]
Duane Hicks It’s time to cast your vote as to which local performers you would like to see play at the Rainy Lake Square later this year. Seven different solo/duo artists and groups are competing to be a part of 2019 concert series. Online voting opened Friday to determine performers […]
Staff Town council is scheduled to vote on a resolution regarding the idled Resolute Forest Products mill during a special meeting tonight. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will start at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Several stakeholders also are expected to speak in support of […]
