FORT FRANCES—While they still have to approve a $1 million loan to buy the clinic, Fort Frances town council clearly supports the ideas of a community-owned clinic and Family Health Team operating model as the way of the future here. With Fort Frances facing a severe doctor shortage, and the […]
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The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 in Emo is struggling desperately to make ends meet and is requesting assistance from the municipality. “We want to get some relief to help retain the costs of maintaining the building,” Kay Nichol, secretary of the Legion executive, told Emo council at its meeting […]
Sheets of ice, the unique “thunk” of rocks making contact, and shouts of “Hurray, hard” probably were the last thing on Tom Fry’s mind the moment he heard he’d been named the Canadian Curling Association’s Volunteer of the Year. “I was totally surprised when I heard. I was on the […]
FORT FRANCES—The Times received unconfirmed reports Tuesday that Abitibi-Consolidated’s board of directors has approved the bio-mass boiler project for its Fort Frances mill. Natural Resources minister David Ramsay has confirmed, however, that he will be here Thursday at 10 a.m. to make an important local forestry announcement. He will be […]
The roller-coaster ride that was the NorWOSSA playoffs ended on a high for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as they clinched their third league title in four years with a win over the host Dryden Eagles on Sunday. After a sloppy, albeit successful, start to the post-season, the black-and-gold stepped […]
The Muskie boys’ curling rink defeated Westgate 4-3 in a playoff yesterday afternoon to capture the NWOSSAA championship at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay. Tied at 3-3 in the eighth and final end, Muskie skip David Kaun drew to the four-foot to score one and give his […]
For 12 weeks they concentrated on the three M’s—mind, mouth, and muscle. And these nine women, members of the Rejuvenate Fitness Club in Emo, were able to lose a total of 12.3 percent body fat and 25 inches. “It’s not by weight, but by how you feel,” explained club owner […]
Local junior bowling teams will make up half of the contingent representing Sunset Country at the provincial round of the “4 Steps to Stardom” this weekend in Sudbury. “They did exceptionally well because three of [our] five teams are going to provincials,” Plaza Lanes manager Jamie McKenny remarked. “They said […]
FORT FRANCES—“It takes critical mass to do something. That’s why small communities have to work together.” That’s the message Dr. Mark Partridge, a professor in rural-urban policy at Ohio State University, relayed during his talk, “Resource Communities in Transitions: Building a Prosperous Northern Ontario,” to about 60 district residents who […]
Fort Frances property owners’ bi-monthly sewer and water bills will be a little higher in 2007 after town council approved a two percent rate increase at a special meeting Friday at noon. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown noted this will equal an increase of $14.16 for the average residential […]
FORT FRANCES—Windsor West MP Brian Masse spoke about border and tourism issues with a crowd of people, including a number of local tourism operators, during a public forum hosted by the federal NDP at La Place Rendez-Vous here last Thursday evening. Masse is the NDP’s critic for industry and border, […]
Local student Jamie Petrin recently returned from a week in Ottawa, where she had a chance to take in the sights of the city, as well as learn about the workings of Canadian government, thanks to the program “Encounters with Canada.” Each year, the program offers about 3,000 Canadians aged […]
