of Laurel Beager Minnesota Lt.-Gov. Tina Smith (centre), surrounded by members of the local airport commission, enthusiastically cut the ribbon to officially open the new terminal at Falls International Airport last Tuesday.
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Instructor Jeff Ogden had the attention of his class as he explained some drills last Thursday during a Hockey Canada Skills Academy class at the Ice For Kids Arena. This is the first year of the program being run by the Rainy River District School Board, which gives Grade 7 […]
Duane Hicks At long last, the first refugee family from Iraq should be coming to Fort Frances by mid-November. “They have received information from the Canadian embassy that they will be coming in the middle of November,” Kathy Mueller of the “Families for Families” committee told the Times on Friday. […]
Duane Hicks Tickets now are on sale for “Novemberfest,” the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s sixth-annual fundraiser gala slated for Thursday, Nov. 2. Available at the museum and From the Grind Up, they cost $30 each in advance and $35 at the door (if there’s any left). “It’s going […]
Nicholas Donaldson Dr. Dan Pierroz and the staff of the Nor-West Animal Clinic had just enough time for a photo last Thursday as they already were in full swing at their new location on McIrvine Road behind Canadian Tire (the former farmers’ market building). The new building opened last Tuesday […]
Dear editor, Lots of coverage has been devoted to Prime Minister Trudeau’s trip to Washington, D.C. last week and what that means for the future of NAFTA, however, little attention has been given to the dramatic NAFTA lawsuit here in Canada. Lone Pine Resources is using NAFTA’s Chapter 11 to […]
Duane Hicks Sherin Hagen, left, of the Fort Frances Friends of Animals was happy Candi Stevens, right, decided to adopt “Kiwi” after falling in love with the puppy Friday afternoon at Sunset Country Ford. As part of its “F150 Fridays” event this month, Sunset Country Ford donated $25 to Friends […]
Duane Hicks Danielle Spuzak admired an autographed photo of Winnipeg Jets’ winger Kyle Connor while she perused the silent auction tables during the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual fundraiser gala Saturday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The event, entitled “Making Magic for Health Care,” raised $36,000 towards the purchase […]
Duane Hicks Janet Drennan, left, and Elaine Fischer pulled roots out of a garden bed during the season-end clean-up of the Fort Frances Community Garden on Monday evening. Gardeners were required to remove all materials from their plots in preparation for year-end tilling. The work bee was followed by a […]
Duane Hicks Since 1997, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care has raised more than $11 million for district health care. After Saturday night’s “Making Magic for Health Care” fundraiser at La Place Rendez-Vous, it can add another $36,000 to the total. “We feel that things went very well, and once […]
Nicholas Donaldson Some local students now are able to say hockey is their favourite subject at school. The Rainy River District School Board’s inaugural hockey skills academy has begun, with 28 Grade 7 and 8 students at Fort Frances High School (10 girls and 18 boys) enrolled for the 2017-18 […]
Mike BehanEditor World silver-medalists. It’s a title Stratton siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick now hold following the world mixed curling championships last week in Champéry, Switzerland. “I don’t think it has truly sunk in yet,” Bonot admitted yesterday in an e-mailed response to the Times. “It was such a […]
