Heather Latter Anna Peters, left, and Samantha Korzinski were two of the guests at Community Living Fort Frances and District’s 50th anniversary dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous last night. The evening included a presentation from guest speakers, Joe Dale and Mark Wafer, the presentation of service and recognition awards, a […]
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the MNRF Three new fires were confirmed by yesterday afternoon in the Northwest Region—and more reports were coming in. The new fires were in Woodland Caribou Park in Red Lake District. There currently are 16 active fires in the region. Most of these are “being monitored,” and those fires with […]
Staff If stormy weather brings out this kind of performance in Boston Pizza, they’ll be praying for cloudy skies every Monday and Wednesday evening from now on. Ignoring a two-goal deficit in the first half, the newest team is the Borderland Soccer League’s women’s division rallied to gain its first […]
Staff Before he gets to the Ivy League, Francois Lemelin will try to take the rest of the SIJHL to school. The 19-year-old from Timmins is the newest acquisition of the reigning two-time champion Fort Frances Lakers, who picked up the forward from the Kindersley Klippers (SJHL) for a player […]
Staff About 600 Fort Frances Power Corp. customers in the east end of town experienced a brief power interruption yesterday afternoon when a switch failed on a pole near Rose Manor. The outage occurred at 3:55 p.m. and lasted for less than 10 minutes for most customers. The exception were […]
Staff The occupancy rate at the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope was down a bit from the previous year. “[It] was at 78 percent, which is a slight decrease from last year at 79 percent,” executive director Donna Kroocmo noted in her report at the shelter’s annual general […]
Heather Latter Robert Moore School students will be involved—in a small way—in the upcoming Pan Am Games (July 10-26) and Parapan Am Game (Aug. 7-15) being held in Toronto. Some 100 students, including some Grade 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 classes, were able to send their well wishes to […]
Cameron Penney When Fort Frances High School’s Class of 2015 heads off to pursue their post-secondary education this fall, many of those students won’t be far apart. Several have chosen to attend institutions close to home, such as Confederation College in Thunder Bay or the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. […]
Lindsay Campbell Forty-four students graduated from Confederation College’s Rainy River District campus last Wednesday, including many who have overcome struggles. “This [graduation] represents a significant crossroad for our students,” said college president Jim Madder. He noted the graduating class at the local campus is unique in that a number of […]
Staff The Times has learned that Rainycrest administrator Darryl Galusha no longer is in his position. Just what transpired remains shrouded in secrecy. Ted Scholten, president and CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., refused to shed any light on the situation when contacted by the Times on Monday. “No […]
Lindsay Campbell The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club is gearing up for its fourth-annual festival here on Saturday, June 27. Club president Jennifer Greenhalgh said the turnout of paddlers has picked up since the first practice, but she still is hoping for more entries. “We’ve been practising since the second […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances’ website has been re-launched with an intuitive interface and a clean, modern look that brings it in line with its “Boundless” brand. “It is completely on-brand, technically smart, and I think it’s super cool, as well,” Tannis Drysdale, a consultant with the Rainy […]
