Duane Hicks Some may call it a miracle. Local resident Samantha “Sam” Pearson, 24, is making a remarkable recovery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute after she experienced heart failure two weeks ago, and could be coming back to Fort Frances in the next couple of days. “She is […]
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Duane Hicks Council gave the go-head at Monday’s budget meeting to take part in a solar panel project to generate electricity to sell back to the grid and generate income for the town. The town put out a request for proposals today to get bids on the solar panel project. […]
Peggy Revell The merger between the region’s Children’s Aid Societies is moving ahead now that provincial funding has been confirmed. While April 1 was the original merger deadline between Kenora-Patricia Child and Family Services and Family and Children’s Services of the District of Rainy River, the process was stalled as […]
Staff In response to an article in last week’s Times, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board said uploaded savings have been used to offset budget increases for other programs since they first began in 2008. In a press release to the Times, DSSAB administration said they have analyzed […]
Duane Hicks The NCDS Transition Centre, which opened last April at 242 Scott St., closed its doors Thursday after the province did not renew funding for the one-year pilot project. The Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills program here was one of 33 in Ontario launched last year. Last February, NCDS […]
Duane Hicks There’s good news for boaters who have had trouble getting under the Canadian National Railway lift bridge at Ranier—the bridge will be manned 24 hours a day from May 1-Oct. 15. A U.S. Coast Guard regulation received federal approval last week, which will ensure that CN man the […]
Staff Town council is done working on its 2011 budget, with residents facing a 2.55 percent levy increase. However, due to a decrease in the education tax rate, as well as changes in the assessed values, some property owners will see an increase in levy but a decrease in the […]
Staff Rainy River District School Board trustees will revisit the issue of breach of privacy involving senior administration contracts at their monthly meeting here tonight. A 4-2 vote at the board’s March meeting found that trustee Dave Kircher had breached the Trustee Code of Conduct by sharing with members of […]
Staff The Moffat Fund committee likely will have its work cut out deciding which applicants get a share of the $37,500 the town once again has received to redistribute to local worthwhile causes. As of Friday afternoon’s deadline, the town received a total of 19 applications from local groups and […]
The Times would like to inform readers that the article, “Hi-tech tactics could help nab ‘dog doo’ offenders,” which appeared on the front page of the Friday, April 1 edition of the Daily Bulletin was, in fact, an April Fool’s Day prank. Rest assured, there is no Canine Associated Security […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances has been asked to enter an agreement with Canine Associated Security Systems, a Toronto-based animal CSI group. “Friends of the Parkway,” a newly-established local group dedicated to keeping the La Verendrye Parkway area free of doggie doo and urine, have been in contact with […]
Melissa Fletcher With the Fort Frances High School art class trip to New York City finally here, students are finding it difficult to contain their excitement. The 23 students have been fundraising for this trip since around this time last year. “We have held yard sales, students have been stocking […]
