Nicholas Donaldson The 1964 film may be a classic but the leads in this year’s musical staged by Fort High students have decided to refrain from watching “Mary Poppins” until their own show is over. “I’ve never seen it but I’ll wait until after so it doesn’t change my character,” […]
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Nicholas Donaldson J.W. Walker students had the rare honour of witnessing a 25-year-old time capsule being opened on Monday in the school gym. Following an assembly on the topic of perseverance, students watched Dianne DeBenedet and Judy Johanson open a peanut butter jar that had been closed since 1992 when […]
Nicholas Donaldson Rainy River District School Board trustees will receive the 2017 summer works update at tonight’s regular monthly meeting, which takes place at 7 p.m. in the Atikokan High School. Summer projects for all facilities across the district will include fire alarm and sprinkler inspections, boiler and gas system […]
Duane Hicks Rainy River District has a new Crown Attorney. Colleen Hepburn started on April 21 after being selected by the Ministry of the Attorney General to fill the permanent Crown Attorney position left vacant when Crown Attorney Robert “Buster” Young retired more than a year ago. Hepburn, originally from […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce reported a much better year financially in 2016 than the year before. “It was a good year for the Chamber,” treasurer Mike Canfield told members attending the annual general meeting yesterday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. Canfield noted one major factor was the […]
Duane Hicks Turn up the volume when you talk about mental health next week. The Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has a multitude of activities planned for “Mental Health Week” (May 1-7), the theme of which is “Get Loud.” “We really wanted to put ‘Mental Health […]
Press Release The Fort Frances High School Class of 2007 reunion will be taking place Saturday, Aug. 19 at La Place Rendez-Vous. The supper and evening of merriment are the only things set in stone at this point, though plans for daytime activities currently are underway, as well. Tickets for […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Power Corp. is at the head of the class when it comes to electrical conservation. It was presented with the 2011-14 Conservation Target Achievement Award on Friday during the 2017 Business & Community Expo at the Fort Frances Curling Club. “Each Local Distribution Company [LDC] […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business and Community Expo had a successful two days at the local curling club. Chamber director Jennifer Soderholm said it was a steady event, with continuous traffic similar to last year’s for both Friday and Saturday. Forty-two vendors set up […]
Duane Hicks Town council might have to consider kicking in upwards of $380,000 toward the future Rainy Lake Square project–or start cutting key components. After the project tender closed April 11, it become apparent that the tenders all were over-budget, with the lowest one (RML Contracting Ltd. of Thunder Bay) […]
Nicholas Donaldson Loretta LeBlanc was the lucky winner of the first “Catch the Ace” draw. Held Saturday at Rainy River Meats in Emo in conjunction with other “Spring Fever Days” events, organizer Steve Loshaw told the Times that 990 tickets were sold for $2 each, for a total of $1,890. […]
Duane Hicks The 2017 budget process is all but finalized after town council gave it the nod at their regular meeting Monday night. The $34.5-million budget includes a zero percent tax levy increase–meaning the town will not be collecting any more tax revenue than it did last year. But Mayor […]
