Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances now has a policy to address pregnancy leave or parental leave for a member of council. The policy allows mayor and councillors to take pregnancy or parental leave of their municipal duties for 20 consecutive weeks or less, making the prospect of younger […]
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Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service is reminding the public that working smoke alarms truly do save lives. Firefighters responded to a house fire on the 900 block of Smith Avenue here shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday. The home sustained heavy damage to the living room […]
Duane Hicks NCDS is asking town council for its support for it to remain a provincially-funded agency that manages and delivers Employment Ontario programs here in Rainy River District. The Northern Partners committee, consisting of more than 30 Employment Ontario agencies in the north, came together over a mutual concern […]
Staff Mayor and council unanimously passed an amended version of a resolution at its regular meeting Monday night and now has issued it to Resolute Forest Products, Premier Doug Ford, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford, provincial Opposition leaders and critics of natural resources, and all Rainy River District municipal and […]
Duane Hicks Water and sewer bills will be a little higher here this year. Town council approved an across-the-board 3.8 percent increase to 2019 water and sewer rates at its regular meeting Monday night. Coun. Michael Behan, who is vice-chair of the Operations and Facilities executive committee, said the committee […]
Duane Hicks Coming into compliance with provincial Bill 68, Fort Frances council now has a Code of Conduct. During Monday night’s regular meeting, town clerk Lisa Slomke explained the code is “intended to demonstrate a commitment to the public that members of council, [and] local boards and committees of council, […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre is looking for submissions of original artwork reflecting the theme of climate change. From April to June, the museum’s exhibit will be “Taking Back Our Natural World” and curator Sherry George wants this artwork to a part of it. George said […]
Sam Odrowski A non-disclosure agreement between Resolute Forest Products and Repap Resources Group has not yet been signed regarding the potential sale of the idled mill here. But local MPP Greg Rickford told the Times on Friday that the two parties actively are trying to finalize the agreement, and that […]
Press Release The annual Linda Johnston Memorial Dinner was hosted by the Red Hat Society, in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts, on Feb. 16 at the Rainy River Legion. The dinner was a great success, raising $2,386. Just shy of 100 people attended the event, which […]
Submitted Myra Mainville, left, got tips from Jane Trivers during the second session of a two-part capote (blanket coat) making workshop this past Saturday at the Seven Generations Education Institute (Nanicost building). The workshop was led by Trivers and Caren Fagerdahl, and was the third in a local series of […]
Submitted Marlene McNally, left, and Pam Pearson enjoyed a tasty meal of roast beef during the annual Linda Johnston Memorial Dinner at the Rainy River Legion. McNally has organized the penny table for many years but was unable to do so this year because of an injury. She “escaped” from […]
Submitted Grade 3 students Sarah Fedorak, left, Ava Smith, Paisley Riches, and Logan Neurinski got into the spirit of the ’80s last Wednesday at Robert Moore School. Students of all ages went retro for the school’s latest Spirit Day.
