Duane Hicks An appeal last month for donations to the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope’s “From Our Home To Yours” program has been answered. Now the shelter is seeking out local woman in need who might require the items. “We’ve had a phenomenal response,” outreach worker Laura Bailey […]
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Duane Hicks The Easter season isn’t over just yet. The Fort Frances Choraliers will perform their Easter cantata, this year entitled “Champion of Love,” this Sunday (April 23) at 3 p.m. at the New Beginnings Fellowship. Choir director Diane Maxey said she has a solid group of 55 women and […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter After six years of writing, local author Sara Kellar recently published her second book: a collection of short stories and poems entitled “Full of Words.” The anthology is composed of Biblical re-tellings and allegories, each with a devotional thought following it, she said. Her goal with the […]
Press Release When adoptive parents open their hearts and homes to children not born to them, they’re sometimes faced with unexpected challenges. An excellent new adoptive parent training program called “Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children who have Experienced Trauma & Loss,” hopes to make these challenges easier to understand […]
Duane Hicks With the Riverside Foundation for Health Care celebrating its 20th year, its annual “Canada Day Cash Lottery” will feature more chances than ever to win. “For our 20th anniversary, we are doing a bigger ‘Canada Day Cash’ than we ever have,” said Foundation director Samantha Manty. “We’re doing […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River “Best Start” Hub teamed up with the recreation centre and local volunteer Kristine Brown to host its annual Easter egg hunt. The morning began with a pancake breakfast, which you could enjoy while also participating in crafts and face-painting. Everyone then moved outside to […]
Press Release The “Forest of Reading” is Canada’s largest recreational reading program! This initiative of the Ontario Library Association offers eight reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. The “Forest” also helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors, and illustrators. More than 250,000 readers participate […]
Duane Hicks Town council hasn’t yet made a decision on the 2017 budget. While the majority of council has no problem with a zero percent tax levy increase this year, some expressed concerns with certain aspects of the operating budget at yesterday afternoon’s budget meeting. “We’re at the point where […]
Staff An Iowa man who police suspect shot and killed his girlfriend Saturday night was arrested at the border here yesterday. Abraham Roberts, 38, was stopped in International Falls and taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials who recognized his car from a press release issued by […]
Joey Payeur The return of the Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and auction to Fort Frances looks to be on its way to being a rousing success. Tickets are available at the Fort Frances Times office for $50 each or two for $90. “Things are going well and tickets have been […]
Duane Hicks The bids for the Rainy Lake Square are in–and it looks like the design will have to be pared down to bring the project cost within budget. Tenders for the job, which also includes replacing the sidewalk bricks on the 200 block of Scott Street and at the […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is looking to build a new eight-plex unit in the east end of town, but one councillor doesn’t think it’s a good idea. At Monday night’s regular meeting, the majority of council–except for Coun. John Albanese–agreed to allow the local […]
