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The Fort Frances Times has captured the stories and the history of the town of Fort Frances and the Rainy River District for over 125 years, one of the longest-running businesses in the region. With many hundreds of employees, tens of thousands of papers, and millions of inches of award-winning writing, the Fort Frances Times has been an integral part of the community in many, many ways, and has evolved over the years to offer a wide gamut of print services and products, and later, ground breaking, industry-leading web development design and hosting. Locally owned for almost its entire existence, the Times was purchased from the Cumming family in 2019 by London Publishing, but continues to be a truly community-based newspaper and publishing company. Source
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| Country | Canada |
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Search ArticlesRiverside Health’s Lights, Camera, DIAGNOSIS! campaign hits $1.6M goal
A loud round of applause filled the clubhouse at Kitchen Creek Golf Club on the afternoon of Saturday, July 11, as Holly Kaemingh, Riverside’s Director of Fundraising, announced that the health provider’s inaugural fundraiser golf tournament had helped the Lights, Camera, DIAGNOSIS! campaign across the finish line to its $1.67 million goal to bring the first-ever MRI machine to the Rainy River District.
New fires cause evacuations, highway havoc as Northwestern Ontario designated a restricted fire zone
All of Northwestern Ontario has been designated a restricted fire zone by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), as a recent eruption of fires across the region has prompted evacuations, shut down highways and shrouded some areas in thick orange smoke. The MNR announced on Tuesday that the restrictions would come into force as of 12:01 a.m. this morning.
Emo officially welcomes new doctors Pearce and Ahmed: “It’s a big deal.”
Emo’s two newest doctors have received an official welcome to the community by the township and chamber of commerce, including gift baskets put together by the businesses that make up the chamber. “It’s a way of expressing our gratitude and support,’ Paul Koomans, an Emo Chamber of Commerce representative, told The Times.
Lakers start to build core for next season with key players set to return
The Fort Frances Lakers have started announcing players who are expected to return in the 2026-27 season, looking to finish the job of bringing the Bill Salonen Cup back to Fort Frances. On Thursday, July 9, the Lakers announced the return of top point-getter Tie Schumacher, who led the team with 44 points in 47 regular-season games and was an SIJHL all-star selection.
Be Prepared, Rainy River District—Local dad looking for volunteers to help bring Scouts back to the region
If there’s enough local interest, Fort Frances could end up being home to its very own branch of Scouts Canada, thanks to a father who was looking to enroll his son in some extracurricular activities where he could learn new skills, but found there was no branch of the organization in the district. Jared Morelli was disappointed to learn that while Thunder Bay, Dryden and Kenora already have established scout branches, the Rainy River District does not.
Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau says partnership with town critical to keeping doors open
The treasurer of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (FFVB) says a partnership with the Town of Fort Frances is the only option that will allow it to continue delivering social programs out of the former train station.
From war-torn Ukraine to a new life in Fort Frances: A pastry chef’s journey to peace
Elvira Flynn is a strong and courageous woman who has endured much along a journey that has taken her from the front lines of war-torn Ukraine to a new home in Fort Frances. Now, she is embracing her skills as a pastry chef in her new home, with plans to expand her budding business and share it with the district. Elvira, 42, her daughter Sofiia, 12, and her mom Marina, 64, fled Ukraine in 2022 because of the war that had started on Feb. 24 of that year.
Hot and cold running bass: How the recent weather could shape the 2026 tournament
The Canadian Bass Championship is arriving in Fort Frances just as the Rainy Lake District begins to cool down from a punishing stretch of heat and very little rain. The lake will still be holding the warmth of those 30‑plus days, but by mid‑week the atmosphere will start to shift with temperatures forecast to fall back into the mid‑20s and clouds moving in as a more unsettled pattern takes shape. It’s the kind of weather that will force competitors to adapt on the fly.
Simulation and simulacra to the left, engagement and experience to the right
In 2024, historian and essayist Christine Rosen (who has written at great length about ethics and consequences of technological innovation) wrestled with a simple question: “What happens to human life when more and more is experienced by means of screens and less and less is experienced directly?” In her book The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World, Rosen shares that while innovation can be a positive (and while technology isn’t a negative in itself), it often comes...
Canadian bass: A national fishing championship built by a community
It was back in 1993 that a fisherman brought up the idea of holding a bass fishing tournament on Rainy Lake. It was kind of a far-fetched idea because no one really fished for that species. Kenora had already established the Kenora Bass International, and it was attracting professionals from across North America. The idea was put forward to the Ministry of Natural Resources, and their fish biologist let it be known that Rainy Lake was a great bass fishery.