Duane Hicks It was an afternoon to share heartfelt appreciation and more than a few laughs. Friends, family members, volunteers, and co-workers gathered Saturday at the New Beginnings Fellowship Church here to give thanks to Teresa Hazel, director of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care and communications officer for Riverside […]
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Duane Hicks The town is looking for community input on a draft of a new “blue box” recycling plan. As such, an open house has been scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the town has received a […]
Staff The ongoing battle against substance abuse is being highlighted this week as district communities and organizations mark National Addictions Awareness Week as well as the Ontario-wide Drug Awareness Week. The week kicked off with Rainy River First Nations holding a community march Sunday afternoon, with those in attendance showing […]
Peggy Revell With Christmas drawing near, Family & Children’s Services here is hoping the community once again will help make the season brighter as its annual “Adopt an Angel” campaign gets underway. “We’re looking forward to everybody adopting an ‘angel’ and making a child’s Christmas happy,” Debra Bruyere said about […]
Staff Renovations at St. Michael’s School here will be up for discussion tonight as the Northwest Catholic District School Board looks at how to accommodate the implementation of full-day junior kindergarten next year. With full-day JK on the horizon at St. Michael’s for the 2011-12 school year, the board has […]
Duane Hicks Tickets for the “Acts of Kindness Benefit” coming up on Dec. 3 will go on sale tomorrow at many locations around town, including the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce office on Scott Street. They cost is $30 each or $265 for a VIP table. A VIP table seats […]
Staff Another e-mail scam is making the rounds—this time claiming to be from the billing department at Bell Canada. A local woman contacted the Times on Wednesday after having received an e-mail purporting to be from Bell Canada and claiming that due to a problem with a recent bill payment, […]
Duane Hicks The town is going to take another look at how it can reduce the incidents of motorists cutting into the traffic line heading to the U.S. border crossing. The request to do so came from the Police Services Board (PSB) at Monday night’s council meeting. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, […]
Town council agreed Monday night to a request from the local Salvation Army to participate in its 2010 Christmas kettle campaign. Also at Monday’s meeting, council: •referred a resolution from the Police Services Board, recommending to council that the Traffic Safety Committee examine all aspects of traffic flow at the […]
Duane Hicks Best known as being a driving force in getting the new public library built here, Joyce Cunningham was named as the town’s 23rd “Citizen of the Year” at Monday night’s council meeting. In an interview yesterday, Cunningham said she was honoured and surprised by the honour. “I know […]
Peggy Revell With big eyes filled with curiosity, young ones gathered around Aldin Foy yesterday morning as he showed them the medals he was awarded for his military service to Canada. With Remembrance Day nearing, the local veteran was making a return visit to the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start/Best Start […]
Duane Hicks In response to concerns about parking and traffic safety at the new Robert Moore School and Education Centre, the town will be implementing changes to help protect students going to and from the building. At its regular meeting Monday night, town council approved a report from Planning and […]
