My name is Yuk-Sem Won, and I am the NDP Federal Candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River in this election. You may remember me from my campaign in 2019, when I introduced myself to the region just two short summers ago! I grew up in Hearst, a small northern community of […]
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I currently live in Nipigon. I currently don’t live it the riding but due to my prior experience, I still have a strong connection with it. I lived in Fort William from 1973 to 1977 and then from 1980 to 1991. I have worked throughout the riding, especially in the […]
Newspapers were once the only place you could read about what was going on in the world. Now you can get updates from your smartphone, but what you can’t get is the sense of community a physical newspaper brings. According to recent data from Local News Project, between 2008 and […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
It’s not too late to get in on a town-wide scavenger hunt and a chance to win some prizes before the month is out. The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre has been running the All Around Town Scavenger Hunt since Monday, August 16, and even though the end date […]
After a hiatus, the Logger Competition made a successful comeback at the Emo Fair. What could be a better way to get the blood pumping on a Friday morning than by taking in the return of the Logger’s Competition at the Emo Fairgrounds as part of the Rainy River Valley […]
A new reign has begun, with the crowning of the 2021 Emo Fair Queen. Aynsley Teeple, second from left, took the crown in the Thursday evening ceremony. Her talent submission was a humourous demonstration of prepping her 4-H cow. Georgia Romyn, far left, won the Dorothy Bonot Award. Her talent […]
After a one year hiatus, the Emo Fair returned last week, to the delight of the region. The midway may have been missing but there was still plenty of activity through- out the three day fair. The grounds hosted a parade, show and shine, 4-H cattle show and steer auction, […]
Press release
The Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management is sponsoring a multi-agency international full-scale exercise set for Thursday, Aug. 26. This exercise will provide participants with an opportunity to test response capabilities plans, policies, procedures and training. It will focus on decision-making, coordination, and integration of resources with other jurisdictions […]
Darren Derendorf
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
While drivers, crews, and volunteers spent all week preparing for racing Friday and Saturday night, Mother Nature had other plans. With the rain that had fallen throughout Friday finally coming to an end, at 6:00pm track officials decided the track could still be race-able if drivers were willing to help […]
This week we spoke to the driver of the #41 Wissota Modified, Ron Korpi. What is your favourite race track food? My favourite race track food has to be smokies. When did you start racing? 1968, back then there was only one class, similar to the Emo Street Stocks today. […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Toronto’s mayor is expressing anger after a city mosque was vandalized over the weekend. John Tory called Monday for anyone with information on what happened at the Baitul Jannah Islamic Centre to contact police. “There’s evidence, from what you can see, that the people who did this may have been […]
