The draw for the final 40 openings in the 2002 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will take place tonight live on Channel 11, with 106 teams vying for the coveted spots. The new “double-dip” option, introduced this year to allow both anglers to put their names in the draw, was […]
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Doug Anderson of Fort Frances, chairman of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, has been elected to the Canadian Safe Communities Foundation’s board of directors. “I think the board of directors wanted input from the communities that have been ‘safe communities’ for several years,” Anderson said Tuesday, referring to his […]
Although the Rainy River District School Board’s school closure selection committee is slated to meet Oct. 23, the board is looking to fill a few more seats before the group starts its work. “We required three members from each of the schools identified for closure,” trustee Ron McAlister said in […]
Echoing the oft-heard economic development debates heard at council sessions throughout the area, the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce will push for government programs to assist with development in the north. During its annual meeting in Kenora last weekend, NOACC passed numerous resolutions supporting economic development incentives and enhancements. […]
The 2001-02 season of Kids & Co. is set to kick off Thursday with “Special Blend,” a dancing duo who will perform a mixture of jazz, street, ballet, and break-dancing to lively music at the Townshend Theatre. “It’s a really good show for kids,” noted organizer Gaby Emond. “We’re increasing […]
The Rainy River District School Board is expected to approve its operating agreement with several parties involved in a wireless communications project at its regular meeting here tonight. “This is to make it official,” Stephen Danielson, the board’s systems administrator, said yesterday. “We’ve had a working partnership up until now, […]
No charges have been laid yet against those behind the standoff and hostage situation at the jail here in late June. “[OPP] indicated to me that at this point, no charges have been laid with respect to the June hostage-taking situation at the Fort Frances Jail,” noted Julia Noonan, a […]
As winter approaches, the Fort Frances condominium committee is looking for five more people to sign up to make the project a go. To date, 25 down payments have been made for the 36 condos–just five shy from a target of 30 down payments necessary for the riverfront development to […]
The Muskies were on the wrong end of a seesaw affair in Winnipeg on Friday as the River East Kodiaks came back to bite them 27-22. The black-and-gold surrendered the first score of the game after a blocked field goal attempt by Adam McTavish was recovered by River East for […]
The Borderland Thunder had a successful regular-season debut in the Superior International Junior Hockey League over the weekend, winning two of three games in Thunder Bay. After dropping a narrow 6-5 decision to the Thunder Bay Bulldogs (1-1) on Friday, the Thunder (2-1) beat the Thunder Bay Wolves 6-1 on […]
The Muskie ‘B’ football team came close to winning their first game of the season yesterday, falling 12-6 to the host International Falls Broncos. The Bees (0-3) hung in tough until the last few minutes of the game when their drive for the game-tying touchdown only got as far as […]
They may been rookies to the Great Chili Cook-off, but the Fort Frances Times’ team of Rosanne Kellar and Jennifer Dent managed to woo the judges with their “2001: A Chili Odyssey” at today’s event in the Times’ parking lot. “I knew we had really good chili. But I didn’t […]
