Staff Town council held its final regular meeting of 2017 on Monday evening, during which Mayor Roy Avis took a moment to review some highlights of the past year. “I feel that council has done a tremendous job in making sure this community runs in a proper manner,” he remarked. […]
Local News
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum will be getting a new intern. Curator Sherry George received notice late last month that the town’s application to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) for an intern position was approved. Town council granted the museum permission to start the hiring process for […]
Staff Christmas came a little early for the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service. Union Gas is supporting the fire department with a $1,000 grant to purchase public fire safety education materials. “We make it a priority to support important and much-needed safety initiatives,” Duane Harris, Union Gas utility service […]
Staff No changes will be made to the winter control policy for snow removal in the downtown core. The issue has been a hot topic over the years, and recently reviewed yet again by the Operations and Facilities executive committee after a request from local resident Carole Mackintosh to remove […]
From the OPP The eighth-annual “Stuff-A-Cruiser” initiative was held Saturday across Rainy River District. Members of the Rainy River District OPP, Canadian National Railway Police, Rainy River District Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Treaty #3 Police Service, and Canada Border Services all were with emergency service vehicles loading up items in […]
Duane Hicks Just in time for Christmas, a second Iraqi refugee family is due to arrive here next Thursday (Dec. 21). The local “Families for Families” committee has started getting ready for the family, which consists of Rami Canoon, his wife, Fivyan Shamoon, and their two daughters, Fbaana, six, and […]
Press Release In honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Unifor and the union’s Social Justice Fund donated $2,000 to Hoshizaki House in Dryden. This is part of a total of $146,000 distributed to 73 women’s shelters across the country. “Twenty-eight years ago, misogyny […]
Duane Hicks The town will take a closer look at its bylaw that allows for designated parking areas downtown. Council last night approved a handicap parking zone for Service Canada, as well as a private parking space in front of H&R Block. But then it instilled a moratorium on any […]
A cutline that appeared in Friday’s Daily Bulletin contained incorrect information supplied to the Times. It should have read Taliah and her mom, Jenny Tucker, were among the children and parents who attended a candy house-making night Tuesday at the Fort Frances Nursery School. The Times regrets any confusion or […]
Staff The Point Park will be the site of a military training exercise next month. Town council will receive a recommendation from the Operations and Facilities executive committee to allow use of the park from Jan. 26-28 for an exercise by the 116th Independent Field Battery of the Royal Canadian […]
Duane Hicks Move over, Fort Frances Choraliers–there’s some “new kids” in town. The “Hallett Hall Choraliers,” a singing group comprised of Rainycrest residents, will perform their third-annual Christmas concert there this Wednesday (Dec. 13) at 2 p.m. Director Diane Maxey said the group, which has been practising once a week […]
Duane Hicks Only about a month after the arrival of an Iraqi refugee family to Fort Frances, a second one is due here Dec. 21. The local “Families for Families” committee has found a place for the family–consisting of Rami Canoon, his wife, Fivyan Shamoon, and their two daughters, Fbaana, […]
