OTTAWA —The numbers are in and new information from the 2006 census shows Fort Frances has experienced a decline in population over the last five years. Statistics Canada released the first data from last year’s census today and it showed the population of Fort Frances has decreased by 2.5 percent […]
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Iowa Stars’ defenceman Mark Fistric took Fort Frances Times Tigers’ forward Hunter Calder out of the play yesterday morning during a scrimmage at the Ice for Kids Arena. The Tigers won the right to skate with the AHL squad after bidding $1,324 at a recent auction in support of the […]
Town council will be asked to financially contribute to several groups and events at its regular meeting tonight. The first request is from the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition regarding 2007 per capita funding in the amount of $.50 per capita. This money would be used “to help sustain the […]
Andrea Schram, right, along with Aynsley Williams and Matraca and Madeline Adams, worked on rolling snowballs to make snowmen Friday following the Sturgeon Creek School winter carnival. The students enjoyed a pancake breakfast and a number of activities to celebrate the last day of school before the March Break. —Heather […]
International Women’s Day did not go unobserved in Fort Frances this year. Although the day has been celebrated in the past, the event has gone unrecognized in recent years. This year, however, the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario hosted a dinner at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau to mark […]
Beta Sigma Phi’s annual “Daffodil Day” will be held Friday, March 30. The local sorority began organizing “Daffodil Day” in 1975. Between 2000 and 2005, the local chapters have raised just under $50,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society with the support of residents across the district. This year’s theme, “You […]
Entertainers aged 50+ from across Ontario are invited to audition for the 2007 RBC Seniors’ Jubilee. For five days (Aug. 13-17), Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto will be filled with the sound of music, laughter, and applause as the Jubilee celebrates 19 years of bringing the best in entertainment for […]
Robin McCormick spoke about the importance of everyone finding their talents and making the most of them in an address to women gathered for an International Women’s Day dinner at the Volunteer Bureau last night. —Melanie Béchard photo
FORT FRANCES—Abitibi-Consolidated officially announced Thursday morning it has approved the $84.3-million biomass boiler for the local pulp and paper mill, and is getting a boost from the McGuinty government in the form a $22.5-million grant under the Forest Sector Prosperity Fund. The formal press conference, held at the mill’s training […]
Three skaters from the Border Skating Club travelled to Sault Ste. Marie to compete at the Festival of Stars—2007 Skate Canada Northern Ontario STARSkate Championships this past weekend. Sophie Potvin-Begin, Michael Nelson, and Jillian Bobczynski each made the trip in hopes of qualifying for the Trillium STARSkate All-Ontario Championships. All […]
Natural Resources minister David Ramsay pointed to where the new biomass boiler will be located, flanked by Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff, left, Michel Maillé, vice-president of commercial printing papers for Abitibi, Herman Pruys, head of the mill council and IAM 771 president, Doug Murray, Northwest regional manager for […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff spoke to students at Fort Frances High School on Monday to teach them a bit about the political process and to encourage them to make a difference in their own way. He quizzed the group of Grade 10 students assembled in the Townshend Theatre […]
