A red kettle you can see from a block away, and the familiar jingling of bells, once again will be part of the holiday season here as the local Salvation Army launches its Christmas kettle campaign next Wednesday. “We’ll be doing it for 10 days, like we’ve done in the […]
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The Rainy River District School Board has to leave old Fort Frances High School standing until it can raise enough money to demolish it. The issue was prompted by a Nov. 19 letter from the Town of Fort Frances inquiring about the board’s plans for the First Street East property […]
The progress of the newest swim club in Fort Frances is running well ahead of schedule. The Cyclones will send a season-high 11 swimmers, including seven making their debuts, to this weekend’s sprint meet in Atikokan hosted by the Nakokita Swim Club. The expanding total has Cyclones head coach Debbie […]
High school hockey fans were shocked Tuesday to learn Glen Edwards had stepped down as head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team in the midst of his 23rd season with the squad. Assistant coaches Ken Christiansen and Shane Bliss will take over the reins for the duration of the […]
The Town of Fort Frances recognized its retirees and employees who have reached 25 years of service, as well as “Citizens of the Year” Jean and Lin Boileau, at its annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. “I had fun,” Jean Boileau said when talking about the dinner […]
A former Fort Frances Times carrier made another kind of delivery Nov. 18 in Tillsonburg, Ont. Sean Parker helped his wife deliver their first child, Maia Kaarli T.H. Parker, on the floor of a Tim Horton’s washroom (yes, the T.H. stands for Tim Horton’s). The couple, on their way to […]
Woodyatt resident Don Smith may file an appeal of his conviction and sentence last week with the Ontario Court of Appeals. “We’re going to seriously consider an appeal, particularly as far as the definition of obscenity that was used here,” Smith’s lawyer, Darren Sawchuk, said after Madame Justice H. Pierce […]
The Rainy River District School Board held its regular monthly meeting here last night, with the re-election of Gord McBride as chair and Dan Belluz as vice-chair topping the agenda. The board also heard from the “Envirothon” team from Fort Frances High School, which had represented the Lake of the […]
As administration and council continue to wade through the 2003 budget process, it’s unclear whether it will be finalized by the end of the year—and if residents will end up seeing a tax hike. “I’d say we’re three-quarters through the process,” Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach said Tuesday. The committee […]
The number of units that remain to be sold at the River Walk condominium on Front Street has risen back up to 15 after some buyers opted not to go through with purchasing them. “Recently, we’ve had three people at the table that have stepped down for various personal reasons,” […]
The 2003 Rainy River Festival of Performing Arts (running March 31-April 13) will mark its 70th anniversary. And to mark the milestone, association president John Jankiewicz dug out the original ledger from the first festival in the spring of 1933 at the group’s monthly meeting Monday night at the library. […]
“Holly Daze” activities, organized by the Emo Chamber of Commerce, are all set to go up at the fairgrounds this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 6-7), where an outdoor rink has been completed with the help of the weatherman. Emo’s municipal maintenance crew, led by Danny Wilson, certainly got what they […]
