Some 100 students walked out of classes at Rainy River High School on Monday to protest the lack of extra-curricular activities there this year. Numbers dwindled by yesterday afternoon, and today everyone was back in class, prompting principal Don McBride to say the situation was now under control, citing “communication […]
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Adding a pharmacy to the Canada Safeway store here will mean the end of tobacco sales there by the end of next month. Instead, those sales instead be made through Safeway’s new gas bar, which is currently under construction on the corner of Armit Avenue and Church Street. “Provincial legislation […]
If you ask Rebecca Spencer about her thoughts on the fifth-annual Great Chili Cook-off, be prepared for an enthusiastic reply. Spencer, an investment advisor with Holmlund Financial Services here, not only is a die-hard fan of the event–slated for Friday, Oct. 6 in the parking lot of the Times–but is […]
“This would be my fourth Northern Networks Trade Conference that I’ve attended and it was an overwhelming success,” said NorFab general manager Brian Hagarty, who was one of more than 100 business and community reps who attended the two-day conference last week. “It’s an opportunity for people to get together, […]
A preliminary report recommending which schools should be renovated, closed, or amalgamated will be presented to the Rainy River District School Board during its regular meeting next Tuesday. The report comes after several meetings of the Fort Frances Elementary Facilities Review Committee since May. And while the committee is working […]
Local commuters crossing the bridge between Fort Frances and International Falls will face new rates, a one-way toll, and swipe cards beginning this Sunday (Oct. 1). The bridge tickets currently used by commuters no longer will be accepted after Saturday. And in fact, the new swipe cards already are being […]
As funeral services for long-time Emo doctor John O’Sullivan were held yesterday at the Legion Hall there, many residents and co-workers shared their thoughts on the loss of a pillar of their community. “I can remember when he first came here,” said former Emo reeve Brian Reid, who was still […]
With a combination of solid beef prices across the country, the new scale, and more than $500,000 recently handed out by the local co-operative group, this weekend’s cattle sale in Stratton is expected to be a good one. “The sale price . . . will be strong and comparable with […]
Area residents who’ve thought of buying a scooter to help them stay independently mobile and active will have the chance to try one out when they visit the Shoppers Home Health Care booth at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Trade Show this Friday and Saturday. “It’s going to be […]
Business owners within the “807” area code now have a directory of their own on the World Wide Web thanks to an innovative idea spearheaded by the Electronic Publishing (EP) department at the Fort Frances Times. The new website–nwontario.com–will be launched at the Times’ booth at the annual Fort Frances […]
Nearly 120 golfers, all sporting handicaps of 16 and over, showed up at Kitchen Creek Golf Course on Sunday to tear up the links in the annual Frog Creek Open–literally. “Everybody enjoyed the day. The weather was great, the beer was cold, and the golf was secondary,” laughed club pro […]
Organizers have been very busy getting things ready for the second-annual Rainy River and District Chamber of Commerce live-release walleye tournament this Saturday and Sunday.
