Submitted byGregory Peters The 4-H United Beef Club, featuring 13 members, held its first meeting of 2017 on Wednesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. Our club leaders this year are Ken and Mary-Ann Haw and Neil and Angela Haw. Our youth leader is Morgan Haw. We opened the meeting by […]
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Duane Hicks With Canada Day only 23 days away, local residents can start getting fired up about this year’s celebrations. Fun in the Sun committee chair Cynthia Donald said yesterday that plans are shaping up nicely, with something new this year being “key log rolling,” which features 65-pound synthetic logs. […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board had a chance to show off newly-renovated, accessibility-friendly apartments at Green Manor here last Thursday. Local contractor Ed Kaun & Sons made two one-bedroom units more accessible, as well as converted three one-bedroom units into a pair of two-bedroom accessible […]
Nicholas Donaldson Sage Morin visited Fort Frances High School last Thursday morning to speak with students about her tragic story involving the death of her son and the changes she wants to drunk-driving laws. On May 19, 2013, Morin’s two-year-old son, Geo Mounsef, was struck and killed by a vehicle […]
Press Release Ontario is increasing access to mental health and addictions services for First Nations’ communities in Northwestern Ontario with a new mental health and addictions wellness centre in Fort Frances. In partnership with the federal government, the province is investing in a new program called Mino Ayaa Ta Win […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Rainy River District School Board will hold its last regular meeting of the 2016-17 school year tonight at 7 p.m. in the Education Centre here. Trustees will vote to approve the Strategic Plans Goals for 2017-22, a required plan that is reviewed annually and provides direction to […]
Staff Want to learn about funding programs and business services available in the district–and how to access them? A small business service provider open house is slated for June 14, courtesy of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise, and Northwest Business Centre. The free event […]
Duane Hicks Road construction season in Fort Frances is getting underway. Bay City Contractors will be reconstructing Second Street East from Mowat Avenue to Portage, as well as Nelson Street from the Mosher Avenue intersection to 100 metres westward, this summer. A pre-construction meeting for property owners on both streets […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board has hired Andrew Harris, of the Durham District School Board, as its new superintendent of education. Currently the principal of Frenchman’s Bay Public School in Pickering, Ont., Harris also has worked as a principal at Uxbridge Public School and Athabasca Street Public […]
Duane Hicks The Huffman Court subdivision here has been hopping lately. Of the 16 lots once available, only two remain unsold, Fort Frances clerk Lisa Slomke told the Times. A total of 11 lots have been sold and ownership transferred while three have a signed agreement of purchase and sale, […]
Nicholas Donaldson The fifth-annual dinner for former paper and kraft mill workers here was held Thursday evening upstairs at the Fort Frances Legion under its new name, The Mill Alumni. About 100 guests attended the social hour and dinner formerly known as the Quarter-Century Oldtimers’ Club. This is the first […]
Atikokan ProgressDawn Lessard Almost 40 people attended a community consultation meeting held May 18 at Atikokan High School to hear more detailed information and provide feedback about the potential amalgamation of Atikokan’s public schools into one K-12 facility. The accommodation review committee, consisting of school, parent, and student reps from […]
