Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Brent Calder has been elected to stand as the next mayor of Fort Frances. In an unofficial reading of voting results shortly after polls closed on Monday, Oct. 26, Calder was revealed to have been voted the mayor-elect, beating out challenger and former councillor John McTaggart. Calder was recorded as […]
The Fort Frances Library is gearing up for another year of safe Halloween activities with the return of the annual “Trunk or Treat.” Started over a decade ago as a safe communities initiative called Project Safe Halloween, Trunk or Treat is held in the library’s parking lot on the evening […]
Sherry Loveday has until Nov. 15 to find a new place to live, and she does not yet know where that will be. “I now know how the homeless feel being put out on the street, because we are,” said Loveday, one of the Rose Manor tenants still in a […]
Fort Frances residents could be skating beneath a new roof at McIrvine Park this winter, with construction of the nearly $1-million rink upgrade progressing towards completion. Travis Rob, the Town of Fort Frances’ Manager of Infrastructure and Growth, told the Times that work on the $994,000 project is progressing well, […]
KENORA — Since Kenora, Keewatin and Jaffray Melick amalgamated in 2000 to form the City of Kenora as it is today, there has never been a mayoral acclamation — until now. That’s according to records of the municipality and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Mayor Andrew Poirier has been […]
Motorists on major Northern routes like highways 11 and 17 shouldn’t be shocked that they’re routinely sharing the road with defective transport trucks often piloted by drivers who have been poorly trained, says a main trucking advocacy organization. “It doesn’t surprise us, because it’s been going on for a decade […]
THUNDER BAY — Mel Hardy sees plenty of opportunity in his part of Ontario. “We have treaties, we have opportunities, and we have the land,” the Northern Superior regional chief of Anishinabek Nation said Wednesday. “And that land is what’s going to give us the opportunities and engagements with the […]
The Manitoba government has announced a U-turn that will ensure its autism strategy covers children and adults alike in response to community backlash. Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine announced Friday that recent amendments to Bill 232 — which would have bolstered disability-related support only for anyone aged 17 and under — […]
Once upon a midnight dreary, while she pondered weak and weary, Fort Frances Museum Program and Events Coordinator Catrina Caira came up with a gruesome idea for a hauntingly good time—an ol’-timely 1920s-themed “ghost social,” but with a modern twist: music, dancing and cocktails. With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe, […]
The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre is heading into Remembrance season with a new exhibit on the Royal Canadian Legion’s centennial and two November evenings devoted to life on the home front. The temporary exhibit “Honouring 100 Years of the Legion” opens with a reception and light refreshments today […]
The OPP have concluded their investigation into a bomb threat made to the Fort Frances High School (FFHS) on Tuesday morning, having cleared the premises with no damage or injuries. No suspect has yet been identified. The Rainy River District Detachment of the OPP received information shortly before 11:30 a.m. […]
The Memorial Sports Centre has received an innovative upgrade with the SmartFlower, a giant high-tech flower-shaped solar panel that tracks the sun’s movement throughout the day. Designed to mimic the natural movements of the sunflower, the SmartFlower solar panel uses a tracking system to keep it facing the sun throughout […]
