Staff If you hesitated about buying a passport for the 2017-18 “Tour de Fort” season, you’ve lost out. “Tour de Fort” sold the last remaining passports it had available on Thursday–the final day of its early-bird pricing of $100 (as opposed to $125). Since all available passports have been sold, […]
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Nicholas Donaldson The Rainy River District School Board will hear a presentation regarding the Supervised Alternative Learning program during its first regular meeting of the new school year tonight. The report will be given by Superintendent of Education Al McManaman. “The primary purpose of Supervised Alternative Learning [SAL] is to […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency is anticipating heavy traffic volumes at ports of entry in the region this Labour Day holiday weekend and would like to remind travellers to plan their border crossing to avoid delays. Beat the border rush by crossing at a non-peak time. Regardless of […]
Press Release As we enter the Labour Day long weekend, Unifor continues to expand across the region. Fifty employees at Weechi-it-te-win Family Services last night voted to join Unifor. These employees provide family support services and operate a residential treatment facility serving 10 First Nations’ communities across the Rainy River […]
Staff Put the clubs back in the bag. Organizers of the night golf fundraiser, which had been scheduled for tonight at Kitchen Creek Golf Course, have decided to reschedule it to next Friday (Sept. 8). The decision to postpone was due to the weather forecast for this evening, which is […]
Staff The opening concert of the “Rainy Lake 150 Series” was cancelled at the last minute yesterday afternoon. The Orville Councillor Band had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances, Rainy River Future Development Corp. consultant Tannis Drysdale noted yesterday. She told the Times a new show won’t be rescheduled in […]
Staff Five new forest fires were reported in the Northwest Region by late afternoon yesterday. All occurred in Sioux Lookout District and remain active as of last report. They range in size from 0.1 to three hectares, with three confirmed to have been started by lightning. The forest fire hazard […]
From the OPP On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., members of the OPP received a call of a possible drowning at Bruin Lake in MacNicol Township. Members of the Marine and Trails Unit attended the scene and learned a male and female’s kayak had capsized. The male survived but the female […]
Duane Hicks Are you ready for some pasta? The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is taking a break from the chili cook-off format with its first-ever “Pasta Palooza” next month. “We’re giving the chili cook-off a break for this year because it’s been done for so many years now,” Chamber […]
Staff This long weekend will be your last chance to visit the local heritage sites or get hard ice cream while visiting the La Verendrye Parkway. The “Hallett” and lookout tower along the riverfront will be open each day through Monday, but will be closed for the season after that. […]
Duane Hicks The search is on again for new Crown Attorney here. Colleen Hepburn will step down as the Crown Attorney for Rainy River District, effective Sept. 15, the Times learned yesterday from the Ministry of the Attorney General. “The ministry has begun the recruitment process for a permanent Crown […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 16-year-old youth from the Fort Frances area. Blade Lemieux was last seen yesterday in the Town of Fort Frances. He is described as indigenous, 5’9″ and weighing 150 pounds, with short black hair and […]
