District residents will get more use out of their “Blue Boxes” than previously expected after the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association decided Friday to delay handing its business over to a Thunder Bay company. “We’ll keep everything going as it is for the next six months,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, […]
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Starting Dec. 1, the Ministry of Natural Resources district office at Fort Frances no longer will provide aerial photographs for viewing. If aerial photographs are required, individual may come to the office, choose the photos from a map posted at the front counter, and fill out order forms for purchasing […]
Tickets are still available for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas gala coming up Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Red Dog Inn. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7. “The Chamber created the gala five years ago for small- to medium-sized business owners who can’t […]
Written that letter to Santa Claus yet? Well, fret no more over how much postage is to the North Pole because the Fort Frances Times has learned you can send your wish list directly to Santa Claus by e-mail. “Ho, ho, ho! I’m finally joining the 21st century,” ol’ St. […]
The local Business Improvement Area is looking to get a jump-start on the holiday season this Saturday with its inaugural “Winter Wonderland.” “It’s looking pretty good,” said BIA chair Ted DeBenetti. “We’ve had a lot of good response from the businesses. A lot of people are participating. “With the way […]
In conjunction with “National Drug Awareness Week,” the district Substance Abuse Prevention (SAP) team and the local chapter of Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving have planned several activities to spread their message. Entitled “Just Say Me,” a pair of magic shows are slated for local elementary students (grades four-six) tomorrow […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will take time at its regular meeting tonight to see just how its grade three and six students did with this year’s Education Quality and Accountability Office testing. The detailed results—specifically, which percentage of students passed the reading, writing, and math tests back in […]
Four people died in a fiery collision Saturday evening when two pick-up trucks collided head-on on Highway 17 about 30 km west of Kenora. The two vehicles were heading in opposite directions around 8:20 p.m. when the accident happened near Rush Bay Road. The severity of the collision caused a […]
It looked like the Borderland Thunder were well on their way to snapping a six-game winless streak Saturday night against the visiting Iron Range Yellow Jackets. With a 4-2 lead and a five-minute power play with nine minutes to play, it was all mathematical, right? Well, not exactly. The Yellow […]
The Trevor Bonot rink of Stratton finished in sixth place with a 3-4 record at the junior men’s district playdowns at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay. Bonot, along with third Adam Bolen, second Brendan Loney, and lead Matt Neilson, wrapped up play Saturday on a positive note […]
With the deadline for suggestions being this coming Friday, Canada Safeway staff likely will pick their charity for 2002 sometime next week. “The response has been pretty good,” manager Mike Scott said this morning. “We got about 10 letters from various organizations. But as we know from last year, it’s […]
The FFHS Music Department is presenting its annual musical revue Nov. 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Townshend Theatre. The theme of this year’s revue is “$Money$” and the production boasts a cast of roughly 45 talented singers, dancers, and musicians. The show includes tunes from a wide variety of […]
