Northwestern Ontario needs an MP ready to work for sustainable industries, strong environmental policy, and fairness for the north, says local federal NDP candidate John Rafferty. Rafferty was acclaimed by local party members at a nomination meeting here last Thursday night, with two more meetings held in Atikokan on Friday […]
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FORT FRANCES—The $1.6 million pledged to the new local library by the Ontario Ministry of Culture will prove a benefit to the entire community, the Fort Frances Public Library board believes. “We’re so happy that the minister of culture had definitely realized the importance of libraries in a community, and […]
FORT FRANCES—Following up on the inaugural community summit held here back in January, 2005, a second one is slated for Tuesday, March 6—with the focus again being on various issues affecting Rainy River District. Times publisher Jim Cumming, who is organizing the summit along with Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale […]
FORT FRANCES—They were looking for one thing—and found another. MetalCORP geologists working on the North Rock property, located in Watten and Halkirk townships, were trying to uncover copper when they discovered a significant high-grade platinum mineralized zone on the property’s east zone. What made the discovery even more astonishing is […]
FORT FRANCES—Rainy River District School Board trustees heard updates on various programs aimed at student success at its regular meeting here Tuesday night, including the Learning to 18 Lighthouse Projects at three board schools. At Fort Frances High School, the board built a commercial-quality kitchen last year to offer students […]
FORT FRANCES—After having been involved in promoting safety across the district for a number of years, Hugh Dennis recently was named new co-ordinator for the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team. “I applied for the job because I’ve been a part of the community for years and I want […]
It’s their fourth-annual production and has been deemed “the funniest” play students at Donald Young School in Emo have ever staged. “It’s got a lot of old Hollywood humour—a lot of clichés,” explained director Katherine Williams of “Bugsy Malone,” a children’s gangster musical loosely based on events in Chicago during […]
With a “telephone blitz” on the go to garner participation for next week’s public consultation on agriculture, it’s expected there will be a good turnout. The consultation on the “Next Generation of Agriculture and Agri-Food Policy,” sponsored by the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, will be held this Monday (Feb. […]
The upcoming Borderland Soccer Association’s season could be cancelled if the club doesn’t find several volunteers to fill positions on its executive committee soon. The association currently is without a president after Shane Beckett resigned earlier this month. To make matters worse, the women’s division vice-president and secretary positions, which […]
Local curler Raymond Roy took the lessons he learned during last year’s senior men’s provincial playdowns in New Liskeard to heart. The Fort Frances skip struggled in the early going of the provincials a year ago and finished with a 2-3 record. Roy said the team’s lack of consistency was […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team finished second at a tournament hosted by St. Patrick’s (Thunder Bay) over the weekend. The black-and-gold battled a familiar opponent in the final, with predictable results. The NorWOSSA-leading Dryden Eagles continued their mastery of the Muskies by sweeping the best-of-three final by scores of […]
Lorne Jackson’s Fort Frances rink fell to 1-1 after losing 9-6 to Al Harnden (Sault Ste. Marie) last night at the Northern Ontario men’s curling championships in Sudbury. Harnden took a commanding 4-0 lead through three ends before Jackson cut the deficit in half thanks to a deuce in the […]
