Staff This year’s Canada Day celebrations here once again will feature the popular Mini-King and Mini-Queen crownings, with parents having until June 12 to sign up their child for the event. Organizer Melissa Gushulak said the event is open to boys and girls aged four-seven as of July 1. Starting […]
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Staff The local Salvation Army’s “Red Shield” campaign got underway earlier this month but is well short of its target. As such, donations desperately are needed as soon as possible. This year’s campaign goal is $15,000 but only abut 20 percent of that has come in so far, Capt. Angel […]
Duane Hicks Council has changed the date of its next meeting from Monday, June 13 to Monday, June 6. That’s so Mayor Roy Avis, local economic development officer Geoff Gillon, and as many members of council as possible can attend a regional economic planning session of the Northwestern Ontario Joint […]
Staff With fires continuing to burn in Alberta, the Ministry of Natural Resources was dispatching an additional 82 forest fire staff there today. It will bring the total Ontario staff in that province to 191. The Northwest Region is supplying half of the resources, with FireRanger crews being deployed from […]
Melissa Fletcher Fort Frances High School spent last week celebrating aboriginal heritage and culture while appreciating the diversity in our community. Aboriginal Celebration Week is an annual event that’s not just wild rice soup and bannock burgers in the cafeteria. Students also had the chance to visit a job fair […]
Press Release The phone message system at La Verendrye Hospital, the Emo Health Centre, and the Rainy River Health Centre, as well as at Rainycrest Long-Term Care and both the clinics in Emo and Rainy River, continues to experience problems. At this point, if you call 274-3266 or 274-3261, your […]
Duane Hicks The Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, Seven Generations Education Institute, and Fort Frances Family Health Team have teamed up to plan a health symposium. Entitled “For the Health of It,” the event will take place next Thursday (June 2) from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous here. It […]
Zoey Duncan The Heart & Stroke Foundation’s “Big Bike” scooted through town last Thursday afternoon, carrying with it a variety of local residents who collectively raised nearly $6,000 for the cause. Money raised will go towards promoting health initiatives locally, as well as supporting advances in medical procedures such as […]
the OPP Second man still missing On Monday at 9:30 p.m., the OPP received a complaint of overdue boaters on Lake on the Woods in the Morson area. Two males out fishing in a 16-foot boat had not come off the lake before dark as expected. The OPP Marine Unit […]
Staff A potential strike by Canada Post workers will mean a delivery disruption for some subscribers of the Fort Frances Times. Those who receive the Times via postal carrier, P.O. boxes, RR#1, RR#2, and going eastwards in the district from Fort Frances (i.e., Mine Centre) will not get their paper […]
Press Release Confederation College board chair Marilyn Gouthro last week announced to employees that Jim Madder has accepted the position as the new president, succeeding outgoing president Patricia Lang. Madder is a visionary and collaborative leader who has extensive experience in Canadian college education. He taught in a range of […]
Press Release Ontario is creating a registry of personal support workers (PSWs) that will better recognize the work they do for Ontarians while helping to better meet the needs of the people they care for. PSWs will have the opportunity to sign up with the registry and provide key information, […]
