Press Release Sunglasses are widely considered a wardrobe essential along with shoes and handbags, but it’s easy to forget they also serve a more important purpose: to protect our eyes from the harmful rays of the sun. “UV rays have a cumulative effect over time and can lead to serious […]
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the Voyageur Lions Club The sixth-annual Purina Walk for Dog Guides will be held Sunday, May 29 at 1 p.m. at Pither’s Point Park. This national fundraiser for the Lions Foundation of Canada’s training school in Oakville, Ont. has become an anticipated event in Fort Frances. More than 200 communities […]
Duane Hicks Voting ended Friday for the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s 2011 Customer Service “People’s Choice” Online Challenge, with the top 10 winners to be named next Wednesday (May 25). Since May 3, the public could go to www.rrfdc.on.ca and vote once for their choice of the top three […]
Peggy Revell The public will have a chance to reminisce and wax nostalgic about Mine Centre School as part of a celebration set for May 26 to mark the closing of the old school and the opening of a new one. “Basically, it gives people an opportunity to walk through […]
Melissa Fletcher Co-op students at Fort Frances High School are excelling at their work placements this semester. Co-op is a course that gives local high school students the opportunity to learn and participate in the workplace environment. It also offers them a chance to spend time in a workplace while […]
Clara Stainke The Legion Ladies Auxiliary Br. #29 held its general meeting on May 11, with 38 members present. Jane McLeod won the attendance prize while the birthday draw was won by Lorraine Gosselin. The charter was draped in remembrance of Marlene LaFreniere, who served the auxiliary with 23 years […]
the MNR A Quebec man has been fined $250 and also ordered to pay the $5,000 cost of putting out a cooking fire that spread beyond his control. Julien Villeneuve, of Saint-Eustache, was charged under the Forest Fire Prevention Act. He pleaded guilty to failing to keep a fire under […]
Duane Hicks Thanks to a lengthy advocacy campaign involving Fort Frances Power Corporation (FFPC) staff, board of directors, and legal counsel, FFPC customers will receive a sizeable rebate over the next two months. FFPC has successfully advocated that the provincial global adjustment charge should not be applied to the volume […]
The Fort Frances Times garnered first place for General Excellence in its circulation class (3,500-6,400) at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s annual Better Newspapers Competition. Times’ publisher and co-owner Jim Cumming accepted the plaque Friday night in Niagara Falls. “The Fort Frances Times rose to the top of the pile […]
Zoey Duncan Months of careful planning and meticulously-kept spreadsheets have built up to this: the most fun time of the year for a local fly-in fishing company. “All the work you’ve done during the winter is coming together,” noted Peter Giles, maintenance manager for Rusty Myers Fly-In Fishing and Hunting […]
Heather Latter The local “Respect Campaign,” vying for $10,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project, currently is sitting in 33rd place—two spots ahead of where it was two weeks ago. As such, the Celebrating Diversity Committee, which initiated the project, is urging the community to continue voting for its cause. “We […]
Zoey Duncan As the price of gasoline ticks perilously closer to the $1.40/litre mark, many locals are choosing to grin and bear it—and perhaps walk to work once in a while. “It adds up a lot,” Christina Olson while filling up her truck’s tank at the Husky station here last […]
