From Aug. 5-7, 2025 Fort Frances residents Carey Gosselin and Canadian Champion Les Baker travelled to Sudbury to compete in the Ontario 55+ Summer Games’ 8-Ball Pool Championships. Gosselin defeated the Baker in round-robin play then had to face him again in the first round of the playoffs. Gosselin won […]
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Sheila Medwechuk retired on October 28, 2025, after 40 years of employment as an insurance broker. Sheila was employed by Gillons Insurance which became Westland Insurance about ten years ago. Sheila has always worked out of the Rainy River Branch of the insurance company. Sheila fondly remembers her many years […]
By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lake Indian Day School, written by settler-Anishinaabe historian Dr. Jackson Pind, is a powerful offering of Two-Eyed Seeing, a methodology that mixes Indigenous knowledge with Western practices. Pind uses oral Indigenous history and western archival analysis to chronicle the lesser-known story […]
By Jacqueline St. Pierre
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Manitoulin Expositor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Manitoulin Expositor
OTTAWA—In the sterile fluorescence of a Senate committee room, where legislation usually trudges along at a bureaucrat’s pace, history cracked open on November 17, and two women from Manitoulin—one in the gallery, one waiting at home—felt the ground shift beneath them. When senators voted ten to one to amend Bill […]
Tonight will be mainly cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of -10 C (14 F). Tomorrow will see cloudy skies with a chance of flurries during the day and cloudy periods with a continuing chance of flurries overnight with a high of -6 (21) and a low […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
The Fort Frances water tower was slowly unveiled after several months’ work on Monday. In addition to interior work, the water tower has been given a facelift. The scaffolding will be removed over next few weeks revealing a surprise new design, hinted at between floors of scaffold.
By Andrew Flynn
In a bid to inject some youthful enthusiasm into municipal politics, Fort Frances has established a new position for a Youth Councillor who will sit in regularly on council meetings. The new position, enacted at Monday’s council meeting, is open to any full-time student enrolled in Grades 9 through 12 […]
By Andrew Flynn
Town Council is considering the adoption of a new formal Public Art Policy that would help it choose, buy, install and maintain public works of art that would enhance the town’s beauty, providing opportunities for local artists to create meaningful and diverse artwork for the community. “Public art has been […]
By Times Staff
Correctional Services Ontario will hold a career day in town this Thursday to showcase jobs and opportunities in a wide range of careers across Northwestern Ontario. Recruiters from the provincial agency will be at Northern Community Development Services at 304 Scott St. for Corrections Day on Nov. 27 from 9:30 […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski will be maintaining his office in the western part of his riding after all. There was speculation that Powlowski would have to close the office after he was unable to find a part-time staffer, but someone will be stepping into the role and the […]
By Times Staff
An excessively long wait period associated with getting criminal record checks done has prompted The Northwest Catholic District School Board (TNCDSB) to temporarily change its requirements for criminal record and vulnerable sector checks to help fill staffing shortages. The issue was included on the agenda as a report at the […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – Northern Ontario’s living wage has risen from $20.30 to $21.10 per hour this year, according to a new study by the Ontario Living Wage Network. Craig Pickthorne, director of communications for the network, says the average living wage increased across the province from 3 per cent to […]
