Heather Latter Seth Hyatt, left, and brother, Landon, enjoyed tasty “shamrock shakes” during St. Patrick’s Day activities yesterday at the Fort Frances Best Start Hub. Several children had fun making crafts as well as searching for gold coins left by a “leprechaun.”
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Staff Town council will have to give further thought as to what to do with the old Rainy Lake Hotel property after no one submitted a tender for it during a tax sale last month. According to a report from tax administrator Tara Redford, council can decide on any of […]
Staff Those wanting to attend next month’s presentation by Margaret Trudeau here should purchase their tickets as soon as possible since they are selling quickly. “We have about 60 left,” Tana Langtry, community liaison worker with the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, said this morning. “They are […]
Heather Latter Decked out in his St. Patrick’s Day attire, Maverick Hatfield painted shamrocks during activities in the pre-school room at the Fort Frances Day Care this morning.
Duane Hicks Melissa Hughes, left, and Kassidy Morrison learned how to cross-stitch from Olive Friesen (not pictured) during March Break activities yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. Youngsters next will be making papier maché masks there today and tomorrow from 1-3 p.m.
Heather Latter Larissa Desrosiers performed a song yesterday evening during an “open mic” night for teens as part of March Break activities at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The event, the first held in the new facility, saw a good turnout of teens showcasing their talents. Refreshments also […]
Press Release Programs for all divisions (Piano, Vocal, Drama, and Instrumental) of this year’s Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts are now available online at ff-festival.com Hard copies may be purchased at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre and Cloverleaf in Emo. The festival will run April […]
Staff Although the Rainy River Future Development Corp. has seen a dramatic decline in the use of its events tent in recent years, it will not sell the tent quite yet and instead hold on to it for two more years. “After carefully reviewing the comments we received from participating […]
In last week’s edition of the Times, a story concerning proposed changes to the Rainy River District School Board’s transportation policy included comments from a parent whose children actually attend school in the local Catholic system. The RRDSB wishes to clarify that any changes to its transportation policies only will […]
the NHU Since 2009, meningococcal conjugate quadrivalent vaccine has been publicly-funded to protect against four strains of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), which includes meningitis or blood infections caused by types ACYW-135 Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. (This replaces the previously funded Men C, which provided protection against C strain only). The Northwestern […]
Staff AbitibiBowater in Thunder Bay will be providing more clean power and adding 56 permanent jobs thanks to help from the McGuinty government. But local MPP Howard Hampton is asking where the provincial aid for other Northwestern Ontario mills was? “I am happy for workers at the AbitibiBowater mill in […]
Staff The Fort Frances Legion is gathering stories from locals who have served to ensure they’re included in a future Military Service Recognition Book. The book actually is the second one being put together by the Royal Canadian Legion’s Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario Command that’s meant to commemorate those from […]
