The drivers roared back into action Saturday night, refreshed after a week off. Even though some drivers choose to spend their off week racing at the Dinner Jacket Classic at Lake of the Woods Speedway in Kenora, it is always exciting to get back to racing at your home track. […]
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The average family has three children, but she has more than 20 sons in Canada and the world. Jane Johnstone, 76, has been a billet mother since 2008, giving her spare room to Lakers players and providing them meals and love. “I loved being a billet,” Johnstone said. “I’ve been […]
By Merna Emara
memara@fortfrances.com
memara@fortfrances.com
Brad McRae, a renowned skeet shooting champion, made a visit to Fort Frances where he shot at the Sportsmen Club range. McRae left town in the early 1990s, and it was not until 1998 that he started shooting recreationally with friends in Ottawa. “After I graduated from university, one of […]
By Ken Kellar
kkellar@fortfrances.com
kkellar@fortfrances.com
It’s a milestone for the ages as Wing Night at La Place Rendez-Vous turns 30 this year, and there’s a fitting party planned to cap off the week. Since its inception in August 1991, the weekly feature has become the go-to place for Thursday nights in Fort Frances, bringing crowds […]
By Merna Emara
memara@fortfrances.com
memara@fortfrances.com
When you are young, the thought of leaving our home town and moving somewhere new is exciting. Other times, it reminds us how strong our roots are. This is the case with Jeremy Strain and Jilayne Jolicoeur. Jolicoeur and Strain are from Fort Frances, but left town to attend the […]
By Ken Kellar
kkellar@fortfrances.com
kkellar@fortfrances.com
It’s not without controversy in the region and elsewhere, but what exactly is the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) plan for used nuclear fuel in Canada? As part of an information campaign making stops across the north, the NWMO’s Mobile Learn More Centre was in Fort Frances last month to […]
By Jack Elliott
Rainy River Correspondent
Rainy River Correspondent
At 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 7, the Pros and the Duffers were lining up for tee times at Kreger’s Putter Paradise in Rainy River. Earlier in the day, staff was was still busy putting the final touches on the mini putt operation on 4th Street. But the Pro Shop […]
By Jack Elliott
Rainy River Correspondent
Rainy River Correspondent
After a couple years dormant, the BIG TENT is going up again. The Rainy River Walleye Tournament is forging ahead with plans for this year’s Tournament and that includes the BIG TENT. However this is no small undertaking. It takes an army of volunteers on the day of the erection […]
By Elizabeth Donaldson
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
We are having a hot dry summer such as we have had before. Since agriculture is a mainstay of our district we will all feel the effects of poor hay crops from the lack of rain. Years ago we did not know about Humidex or UV Index or percentage chances […]
The public is being invited to take part in the Emo Fair Queen competition, by voting for their favourite Letter to the Editor. The reader favourite will be awarded a special prize at the crowning ceremony. To cast your vote, visit https://buff.ly/3CB07tp. Limit of one vote. I’m Only 17!?! by […]
Press release
The Ontario government is delivering immediate assistance for livestock farmers impacted by drought conditions in northwestern Ontario by committing provincial funding for AgriRecovery. This funding is in addition to the $2 million already announced for feed, water and fencing. Financial support is being made available through the federal-provincial AgriRecovery program, […]
(Fort Frances, ON) Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a Thunder Bay man with Impaired Driving offences over the weekend. In the early afternoon of August 8, police received a report of a possible impaired driver on Kings Highway 11 west of Fort Frances. Police located […]
