Staff After 27 hours of non-stop bargaining, CEP Local 324-99 and Ainsworth Engineered LP in Barwick reached a new tentative agreement yesterday. “All I can say right now is the deal includes key language and monetary improvements, and absolutely no concessions,” Stephen Boon, CEP national representative in Dryden, said in […]
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Staff Fifth Street West will be restricted to local traffic only from Portage Avenue to Wright Avenue again tomorrow beginning at 7:30 a.m. That’s because town crews continue to grade, water, and pack the roadway in preparation for the upcoming surface treatment next week. The closure will allow town crews […]
Peggy Revell Grab your guitar, lawn chair, and sunscreen as the Fort Frances Folk Festival is set to take off for its second year this Sunday at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre. “I’m sure that the folk festival is going to be pretty incredible once it happens,” said Jen Krag, […]
Press Release Only halfway through the month, the local Rendezvous Yacht Club has had a busy August, conducting the “Community Sail” program along with the season’s two longest races. Wednesday night races also continued each week. The month started with the Kettle Falls Regatta won by Bob Algie. Then this […]
Staff Saturday was a landmark date for supporters of mixed martial arts in the province. The Liberal government announced it would begin to regulate the sport in 2011, paving the way for the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) to hold marquee events in the province. Canadian UFC events have been popular […]
Staff Changes are coming to the Abzac core plant in Fort Frances. South Carolina-based Sonoco Products Company did purchase the business related to Abzac’s Fort Frances tube and core plant, Roger Schrum, Sonoco’s vice-president of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, confirmed in an e-mail to the Times. “We did not […]
Duane Hicks Are you the type to save a life? District residents once again are being encouraged to give the “gift of life” here next month when Canadian Blood Services (CBS) holds its annual fall blood donor clinic at Fort Frances High School. The two-day clinic will run Wednesday, Sept. […]
Press Release The second-annual Northwest Response Forum will be held Sept. 28-30 in Dryden. This three-day forum also will provide the venue for dialogue, networking, and exploration of partnerships to develop a local and regional disaster management plan. This conference will provide opportunities for anyone involved with, or interested in, […]
Robin McCormick It’s likely everyone’s worse fear that their child, grandchild, or any child goes missing. At the Emo Fair this year, the Masons’ Manitou Lodge (Emo), Ionic Lodge (Rainy River), and Granite Lodge (Fort Frances) are offering a free child identification program that can aid in the finding of […]
Dave Ogilvie Murray and R.J. McDonald have been selected as one of the two finalists in a Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s contest, “Cattle Showcase,” which celebrates the generations working together on the farm! They now need everyone to help them become the winners of this exciting contest. The winning family receives […]
Bob Oak It all started when Lyle Bush and I went to a stock car race in Florida in November, 1949 that was held on a quarter-mile track in a huge, shallow gravel pit. Because of space limitations, the pits were in the centre of the track and that worked […]
Anthony Leek Isolated showers were all over the region Saturday as the Emo Speedway prepared for another weekend of stock car racing in the three classes of WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and Street Stocks. A light rain hit the track shortly after 6:30 p.m. and stuck around until 7:15. […]
