Staff Everyone knows someone who has donated their time and effort to the community over the years. Now is the time to let the Town of Fort Frances know about it! The town is looking for more nominations for its 30th “Citizen of the Year” award to be given out […]
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Press Release The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is launching a public education campaign surrounding the issue of homelessness in the district in partnership with the United Native Friendship Centre, Rainy River District Victim Services Program, Salvation Army, and the Women’s Shelter of Hope. The DSSAB will be […]
Duane Hicks At long last, the first refugee family from Iraq should be coming to Fort Frances by mid-November. “They have received information from the Canadian embassy that they will be coming in the middle of November,” Kathy Mueller of the “Families for Families” committee told the Times on Friday. […]
Duane Hicks Tickets now are on sale for “Novemberfest,” the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s sixth-annual fundraiser gala slated for Thursday, Nov. 2. Available at the museum and From the Grind Up, they cost $30 each in advance and $35 at the door (if there’s any left). “It’s going […]
Duane Hicks Since 1997, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care has raised more than $11 million for district health care. After Saturday night’s “Making Magic for Health Care” fundraiser at La Place Rendez-Vous, it can add another $36,000 to the total. “We feel that things went very well, and once […]
Here’s some highlights for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care over the past 20 years, starting with its incorporation on Sept. 25, 1997. The founding board of directors included Clare Brunetta, Joan Allison, Doug Anderson, Dave Berry, Larry Cousineau, Jim Gartshore, Jack McTaggart, Irene Meades, Wendy Frattolin, and Paul Brown. […]
Duane Hicks Caribou Coach has suspended its bus service from Fort Frances to Thunder Bay indefinitely–and it likely won’t be coming back. “The bottom line is ridership,” owner Sandy Smith told the Times last Thursday. “We had three people on Tuesday [Oct. 10]. It has been an ongoing thing,” he […]
Duane Hicks The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary once again has given a boost to local health care. The auxiliary presented the Riverside Foundation for Health Care with $22,500 during its annual fall tea Saturday afternoon at the New Beginnings Fellowship here. “Today I am pleased to call on Bill Gushulak, […]
Press Release Local MP Don Rusnak hosted an event at his Thunder Bay constituency office last Thursday to recognize the winners of the “Thunder Bay-Rainy River Through Your Lens” photo competition. As part of the “Canada 150” celebrations, Rusnak put a call out to constituents back in February to submit […]
Falls JournalLaurel BeagerEditor, Int’l Falls International Airport’s new terminal was celebrated last Tuesday (Oct. 10) with a ribbon-cutting that included Minnesota Lt.-Gov. Tina Smith. Smith expressed congratulations to the community and relayed the same message from Gov. Mark Dayton. “The new Falls International Airport terminal will support additional trade and […]
From the MNRF A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty and been fined $1,500 under the Public Lands Act for leaving a boat on Crown land. Randolph MacDonell of Grand Rapids was fined $1,500 for depositing a boat, outboard motor, paddles, and boat seats on Crown land, south of Dryden at […]
Press Release The Rainy River District Library Co-operative (RRDLC) has been awarded the Ontario Library Service’s North Technology and Innovation Award. The award recognizes initiatives that promote library services in Northern Ontario through the use of technology. The RRDLC has made eBooks available to all students in the district through […]
