Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team made it clear Tuesday night that it’s not just a one-girl squad. With leading scorer Annalise (CC) Hayes knocked out of the game in the second period with a shoulder injury, Fort High banded together and pulled out a 3-2 overtime victory against […]
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Nicholas Donaldson In January, 2007, Dan DeGagne opened business and began what is now Sunset Protection Systems. “I was working for my dad at the time at DeGagne construction,” he explained. “People would call and ask if I could fix their camera, or a door lock, or still get parts […]
Staff An information session on grain marketing is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Emo Inn. John Prodaniuk, a grain merchant from Winnipeg, and Jim Doggett, an operations supervisor from Thunder Bay, will lead the presentation. Both work for Richardson International, Canada’s largest agri-business. Kim-Jo […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce it has enhanced its Public Library and eBook Initiative for all kindergarten-Grade 12 students. With a successful implementation of the Co-operative Library Program in 2015-16, roughly 1,500 students were registered and a total of $50,000 put into ebook […]
Duane Hicks The town will be moving out of the tourist information centre here after this summer. The province charges a lease rate to occupy the building and for the last couple of years, that cost has been shared with the Sunset Country Tourism Association, economic development consultant Tannis Drysdale […]
Staff Fashion and fundraising will come together at the Beauty Show 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Copper River Inn. Running from 6:30-9 p.m., this evening will be filled with a runway demonstration of the latest trends in bridal and graduation fashion with updated hairstyles, makeup, and formal attire, […]
Duane Hicks It’s budget time and town council once again has asked for a review of its services to possibly cut costs. Mayor Roy Avis said during Monday’s budget meeting that council wants to see if the town can operate with the same amount of tax dollars as last year. […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce won’t be getting as much money for its tourism marketing efforts this year. As part of the 2017 budget process, the Chamber had requested $8,500 from council. During its budget meeting Monday, council agreed to give the Chamber its one-third share of […]
Press Release The latest report to emerge from the Northern Projections Human Capital Series by Dr. Bahktiar Moazzami and James Cuddy offers several recommendations for Rainy River District, which already is experiencing major demographic and labour market shifts. “This new report, a partnership between the Northern Ontario Workforce Planning Boards […]
Staff The Fort Frances Times is striving to bring community news to its readers but we can’t be everywhere at once. That’s where you come in. It’s now easier than ever to submit your photos and stories to the Times thanks to a new feature on our website. Go to […]
Press Release Local MPP Sarah Campbell, the NDP’s culture critic, issued the following statement in response to the announcement TVO will decommission eight over-the-air transmitters on July 31: “New Democrats are deeply concerned that Liberal government cuts to TVOntario have resulted in this short-sighted decision to eliminate broadcast transmitters to […]
Duane Hicks Town council is undecided if the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service should get a sixth full-time firefighter. During a budget meeting Monday, Fire Chief Tyler Moffitt said the addition of the full-time firefighter would allow both the Captain of Fire Prevention and Investigation and the Captain of […]
