A five-year-old boy was hospitalized after nearly drowning Saturday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre pool. On-duty staff responded to the incident around 7 p.m., reviving the child and administering the necessary first-aid. The boy then was taken by ambulance to hospital for further monitoring. His condition has not been […]
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Arson among children is a real problem, but the Fort Frances Fire Department and its partners aren’t going to let it get out of control thanks to a new program called TAPP-C (The Arson Prevention Program for Children). “With my previous job as well as my time here, we have […]
The Trevor Bonot rink of Stratton earned their first win at the junior men’s district playdowns at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay. After losing their first two games yesterday, Bonot got on the winning track this morning with a convincing 11-5 win over Greg Doran (Port Arthur). […]
Weeks of practising and preparations all come to a head for young figure skaters here as the Borderland Skating Club hosts the Sunset Country regional testing today through Sunday. Skaters in the junior, primary senior, black intermediate, and gold high skill level will test in one of three categories (dance, […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team will see their first on-ice action of the season at the annual “Scrimmagefest” in Warroad on Friday and Saturday. About 20 Minnesota high school squads will join the Muskies for the weekend used by coaching staffs to make their final cuts before their respective league […]
While many district people have read Crime Stoppers’ re-enactments of crimes in the newspaper or seen them on television, it always seems the crimes in question are in communities outside the area. That’s about to change. “We want it so that people from Fort Frances and the Rainy River District […]
With the deadline for applications coming up next Wednesday, five town committees continue to have vacancies, including the 2003 centennial committee. “It says in the ad [in yesterday’s Times] that we need so many members, but really, we can never have too many,” committee member and town CAO Bill Naturkach […]
Joining the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee at yesterday’s weekly meeting was Jane Gillon, local representative of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The topic of discussion was the availability of funding for consultant costs. She and Geoff Gillon, local economic development officer, helped to identify sources of funding available […]
John McTaggart was approved as “Citizen of the Year 2001” by the committee of the whole Tuesday night during the regular council meeting here. The decision came after a recommendation was made by the “Citizen of the Year” selection committee, consisting of Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, Coun. Deane Cunningham, and two […]
“In all of our communities, there are success stories and potential.” That’s how Tannis Drysdale, president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, summed up “The Great Rendez-Vous,” a two-day meeting last week in Thunder Bay of more than 120 municipal leaders and those concerned with economic development from […]
They may not have captured the “gold” but the district 4-H “Go For the Gold” team pulled off a fourth-place showing during the provincial trivia competition held Nov. 3 during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. “The team did very well. In the preliminaries, they were tied for second,” […]
As if this glorious weather was not sufficient to raise our real estate values and make us forgetful of regular complaints, we have again reverted to the joys of old Atlantis with a pre-Christmas gaiety of spirit brought on by a community schedule unmatched anywhere! Anyone from elsewhere in the […]
