Peggy Revell After almost two months of public input and deliberation, the Atikokan Crisis Centre finally has a new name: the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope. As first reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, the centre’s board of directors announced its decision Monday after collecting names and logo suggestions […]
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Peggy Revell Aiming to promote healthy lifestyles and sobriety, dozens of people turned out to march last Thursday from Couchiching First Nation into Fort Frances to mark National Addictions Awareness Week. Covering a distance of roughly 6,300 footsteps, the march was held to encourage Mino-Bimaadiziiwin (Ojibwe for “Living the Good […]
Staff After almost two months of public input and deliberation, the Atikokan Crisis Centre finally has a new name: the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope. The centre’s board announced its decision yesterday after collecting name and logo suggestions from people across the district in September and October. Credit […]
Staff Work on Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project will be done for the year by the end of this week, with only a few finishing touches to go in the spring. Reconstruction of the refurbished lookout tower is now complete, with the final sections of railing put in […]
the OPP OPP officers and emergency crews responded to an accident involving a school bus and pickup truck around 3:40 p.m. yesterday. The pickup truck was southbound on Minnie Avenue when it failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection with Second Street East. The collision occurred as […]
Staff Town council will be treated to a trio of presentations by the winners of the essay contest held in conjunction with Local Government Week (Oct. 18-24). The winners include Grade 10 Civics class student Carly Pruys, and Grade 5 students Maddison Krikke (Robert Moore) and Emma Noga (St. Francis). […]
the OPP The OPP recently has received complaints of off-road motor vehicles being operated within the town limits of Fort Frances. Police would like to remind motorists pursuant to the Town of Fort Frances municipal bylaw 35/79, an “off-road” vehicle means any two-, three-, four-, or more wheeled vehicle designed […]
Press Release Hospitals frequently tout that they are doing everything possible to better serve patients. Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. here is proving it. Riverside is one of a select group of hospitals from across Canada and the United States that has been named an OR Benchmarks Collaborative (ORBC) top […]
Staff The driver of a tractor-trailer faces two charges stemming from a single-vehicle accident yesterday morning at the junction of Highway 11 and Highway 502. A police investigation revealed the 53-year-old male driver from Burlington, Ont. was southbound and not familiar with the highway he was travelling. As he approached […]
Staff The parishioners of St. John’s Anglican Church will be holding their annual St. Andrew’s supper next Friday (Nov. 27). St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the dinner will feature traditional Scottish fare, such as haggis and neeps, prime rib and all the trimmings, and dessert. The […]
Staff With Christmas now only a little over a month away, Santa and Mrs. Claus, along with all of the elves, eagerly are awaiting wish lists from district children. And once again this year, the Fort Frances Times wants to make sure they get them on time. Kids of all […]
Duane Hicks After staging a successful concert Saturday evening in Emo, director Diane Maxey said she wants to bolster the ranks of the Borderland Children’s Choir over the winter and get a larger core group in place to perform in the spring and beyond. Maxey first put out a call […]
