Press Release The International-Rainy Lake of the Woods Watershed Board has announced its new Water Levels Committee. The committee consists of co-chairs Col. Samuel L. Calkins and Gail Faveri, Kiley Shebagegit of Emo, Nolan Baratono of International Falls, U.S. Engineering Advisor Scott Jutila, and Canadian engineering advisor Matthew DeWolfe. The […]
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Duane Hicks Members of town council offered their two cents last week to a representative of the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) as to how health care could be improved here. Jessica Logozzo, director of Health System Development and Integration for the North West LHIN, spoke to council […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter The Watten fire department here has been struggling with funding recently and will hold a flea market at the fire hall/community centre there next Saturday (June 10) to help fundraise. Besides the department’s operating costs, Watten also needs money for a new fire rescue truck. Its existing […]
Staff Fort Frances, Emo, and Chapple last week received federal and provincial funding through the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund to ensure residents continue to have access to clean water. Local MP Don Rusnak was at the Civic Centre here last Thursday to announce Fort Frances has been approved for […]
Nicholas Donaldson Erica Lemelin topped the annual district speech contest last Wednesday evening with her passionate and humourous entry entitled “The Hill.” Ten students from eight schools delivered their speeches in the Robert Moore School gym to judges, parents, classmates, and community members. In the speech, Lemelin, a Grade 8 […]
A cutline on page C3 of last Wednesday’s Times incorrectly stated the 8.79-pound fish defending EWC champs Ted Heyens and Kelvin Caul were holding up was the second-largest in tournament history. In fact, Rick Thompson and his brother, Darwin, hold the mark for the second-largest fish in EWC history with […]
Staff If you’re a Fort Frances Power Corp. customer and you get a phone call threatening to shut off your electricity, ignore it. It’s a scam. President and CEO Joerg Ruppenstein told the Times the FFPC was made aware that Ontario was being targeted by a phone scam, in which […]
Duane Hicks Two members of the local fire department have been recognized for their long-time dedication to their calling. Dave Crichton yesterday was presented with an Ontario Fire Services 25-year service medal by Fort Frances Fire Chief and Chief of Emergency Management Tyler Moffitt, who himself received a 25-year service […]
Here are the award winners from the 77th Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts, which were presented during the annual “Highlights Concert” held May 9 at the Townshend Theatre: Drama •Joan Miller Award (best stage presence, Grade 4 and under)–Zoey Bruyere •Board of Education Award, Elementary (most promising […]
From the OPP Shortly after 6 p.m. last Thursday, members of the Rainy River District OPP, along with a member of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from Fort Frances, conducted a traffic stop and subsequent investigation on Highway 11B in Atikokan. Officers located and seized a substance suspected to […]
Duane Hicks The 12th-annual “Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides,” organized by the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, raised $1,000.04 on Sunday. The local event saw a small but dedicated group of nine pooches and 15 people walk from the Sorting Gap Marina to the base of the overpass, where […]
