Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis is positive that the town’s new brand, Fort Frances Boundless, marks the start of a new era for the community. “The identity we adopt today is not just a new logo; it is the promise of a renewed spirit in our community,” Mayor Avis said […]
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The Town of Fort Frances has adopted a new brand which knows no limits. See more at https://fftimes.com/node/268690
Winter is raising her icy fist around the country as we Canadians of the middle-aged variety—and beyond—tune into The Weather Network with dreadful regularity. Storms and records of cold and snowfall fascinate us it seems; winter’s entertainment. Here in Nova Scotia, we have had an unusually early winter with dumps […]
What does Christmas mean to me? It means joyfully witnessing the tornado that is the unwrapping of gifts by my grandchildren, who annually justify my belief that spending 10 minutes to wrap a gift in picture-perfect style is pointless when it takes children what seems like one-10th of a second […]
When I was young, I met many delegates to the Mississippi Parkway through good friends of the family, Kate and Bill Noden, who were my third set of grandparents. For many years, Fort Frances and area promoted crossing the border and proceeding north to Dryden as an extension of the […]
Staff The Rainycrest Auxiliary will celebrate its 60th anniversary next Wednesday (Oct. 2) with a tea from 2-3:30 p.m.—and all are welcome to attend. Admission is $4 and annual memberships will be available for $5. There will be a variety of delicious home baking for purchase in the Activation Room, […]
Heather Latter The 2012-13 Education Quality and Accountability Office results, released last week, identified that school boards across the province need to focus more on mathematics—and the local ones are no exception. “With every year, we see that we celebrate our strengths and certainly our strengths have been in our […]
Staff Parents, caregivers, and guardians are encouraged to attend the “Kiss ’N Ride” program information sessions being held on Tuesday evening. “They are going to be a half-hour in length,” noted OPP Cst. Anne McCoy of the Fort Frances Traffic Safety Committee, who initiated the program in conjunction with the […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is continuing to conduct routine marine patrol. As a result of recent patrols, the following charges were laid: •On July 14, a 53-year-old male from White Bear Lake, Mn. was charged after officers stopped a vessel on Rainy Lake and found there was […]
Duane Hicks Traffic on the Noden Causeway has been slowed down considerably recently. Due to concrete placement on the bridge deck, traffic is restricted to 10 km/h to minimize vibrations. The speed reduction will continue 24 hours a day until Thursday (June 13). Some motorists have reported delays of 45 […]
Staff Construction on the Noden Causeway resumed last week, marking the start of another year of work on the project, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2014. George Armstrong Co. Ltd. will be strengthening the pilings supporting the three structures along the causeway. Toronto Zenith Contracting […]
The family of Agnes Vera LaRocque is sad to announce her passing on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at the age of 96, at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Vera was born Sunday, April 16, 1916 in Crozier, Ont. to Arthur (Ted) and Mary Lavinnia (Gadd) Sexton. She was […]
