Bryce Forbes Despite not cracking the top 20 at the Miss Teen Canada World pageant over the weekend in Toronto, Emo resident Felicia Schmutz still is proud of the one title that can’t be taken away from her: Miss Teen Northwestern Ontario. “It wasn’t that [disappointing] because after a while […]
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Duane Hicks Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship each year and with “Bass Week” now underway here, organizers still are looking for anyone willing to lend a hand to make this community event a success once again. “It’s never too late to volunteer,” FFCBC summer […]
Bryce Forbes With less two days to go until the kick-off for the nighttime entertainment portion of “Bass Week,” there still are tickets available. “The ticket sales are going well, but there are still quite a few left,” said FFCBC director Anthony Mason. “People can still come out and buy […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) is hosting two information sessions on the Canada Student Loans Program and the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant this Thursday (July 22) from noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m. at the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The sessions will provide […]
Staff Local residents should be wary of phone calls from friends and relatives requesting money as an “Emergency” or “Grandparent” scam has appeared in the area. A local senior citizen told the Times this morning that she received an early-morning phone call from someone posing as her grandson. He claimed […]
Staff The sight of fire trucks rushing around town was a little more frequent than usual in recent days as the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded to five calls over the weekend. The most recent was at a commercial property on the 300 block of Church Street (Gillons’ […]
the MNR It was a quiet weekend for Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters, with no new fires reported in the West Fire Region. The forest fire hazard currently is listed as “low” to “moderate” across Northwestern Ontario. There currently are 13 active fires in the northern part of the region, […]
Staff Traffic flow on Third Street East between Mowat and Portage Avenue returned to normal today as emergency repairs to the sanitary sewer line there wrapped up. The section was put back into service around 10 p.m. last night, reported the town, with the crew cleaning along the sidewalk and […]
Press Release Mosquitoes and bobcats and bears, oh my! Nine years after Aaron Burnett’s first kids’ CD, “Call of the Wild,” earned a Juno nomination for its howling good time, the library’s favourite is back with “Canadian Critters,” another musical walk through Canada’s wilds. With a bluegrass beat and a […]
Staff Block remains closed to traffic Temporary traffic conditions remain in place on Third Street East, between Mowat and Portage Avenue, as emergency repairs of the sanitary sewer system there continue. The main sanitary sewer line was repaired by 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, “however, it took some time […]
Press Release The Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) and the CNIB Eye Van, in partnership with Valley Diabetes Education Centre, will be at Rainycrest in Fort Frances on July 14-16 and July 19-23 from 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1:3-4:30 p.m. each day. Specialized diabetes educators will be on site to provide […]
Peggy Revell With intense storms in early July flooding basements, the underpass, and areas throughout Fort Frances, residents were warned at Monday night’s council meeting that sump pumps for their homes need to be directed into the storm sewer system. “Basically, we had two events that were extreme events,” Operations […]
