Fort Frances Time Online Edition - June 15, 2016

Several Komatsu 830E trucks were busy hauling clay and rock from the New Gold mine site north of Barwick last week. General manager Grant Goddard is pleased with the progress of the mine development, as well as other areas of the Rainy River Project, such as the building of the processing plant, which is set to be commissioned next June. Turn to A5 for the full story.

With recent successes in attracting doctors here, the local physician recruitment committee’s coffers need replenishing—ideally with the help of more district municipalities or perhaps even the province.

Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. CEO Ted Scholten is developing an annual budget that will include anticipated recruitment revenue from the town, Emo, and Riverside.

Town council is fuming over the inaction of former Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur to get a new Crown Attorney for Rainy River District.

Now it’s hoping newly-appointed Attorney General Yasir Naqvi will be more receptive to the district’s plight.

Anne Jean, left, along with Tyler VanUden, Rachel Jean, and Cam Gushulak were all smiles while posing for pictures at Seven Oaks prior to Fort High’s annual prom Saturday. After taking part in “grand marches” at Rainycrest and the Townshend Theatre, the soon-to-be graduates gathered for supper in the high school gym.

As the school year nears a close, Fort Frances High School students are growing weary of the negotiation impasse between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B and Rainy River District School Board.

Teachers have opted for a full withdrawal of services one day a week since April 27—and students feel this is hindering their education.

The labour relations issues between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B and Rainy River District School Board remain, with both sides seemingly firm in their position on the specific issue regarding redundant teachers and qualifications.

Sylvia Lehman, left, and her sister, Susanna, signed their names on candles which later would be added to the 125th “birthday cake.”

The Fort Frances “Relay for Life” is gearing up for its annual event, which will take place June 25 from 11 a.m.- 11 p.m. at the Sorting Gap Marina, in conjunction with the fifth-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival.

Montana Plasky of Team Germany (right) was quicker to the ball than her Team Spain opponent during Division 4/5 action as part of the Fort Frances Youth Soccer windup Saturday at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. Team Spain had the last laugh, though, rolling to a 6-1 victory over a short-handed German squad, which only had seven players available.

The death of the man known as “Mr. Hockey” shook this puck-loving nation, and the hockey world in general, to its core.

Nobody was affected more than the family of Gordie Howe, the Hall-of-Famer and long-time Detroit Red Wings’ superstar, with one of those relatives having an indirect connection to Fort Frances.

If Cole Tymkin makes the cut this fall, he won’t be starting the next stage of his hockey career on the ground floor but rather in the penthouse suite.

The 17-year-old Fort Frances resident signed an OHL Standard Players Agreement last Wednesday with the newly-crowned Memorial Cup champion London Knights for the upcoming season.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The United States and Canada produced record amounts of maple syrup this year, thanks to the weather and more people getting into the business or expanding their operations.

U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics released this month show the U.S. produced 4.2 million gallons, the greatest amount since record-keeping began in 1916.

TORONTO — Several of Canada’s biggest banks are upping the fees that they charge customers even as they continue to rake in hefty profits, and experts say Canadians are likely too complacent to do much about it.

LONDON — The World Health Organization’s research arm has downgraded its classification of coffee as a possible carcinogen, declaring there isn’t enough proof to show a link to cancer.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The search continued Wednesday morning for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney’s upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, authorities said.

The effort was still considered a “search and rescue operation,” said Jeff Williamson, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

BRUSSELS — NATO agreed Tuesday to make cyber operations part of its war domain, along with air, sea and land operations, and to beef up the defence of its computer networks.

This Atlantic Beach Pie recipe comes from Bill Smith, long-time chef of Crook’s Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. When I first tasted it, I went into a pie-induced trance. I have a fuzzy memory of finishing the pie, sharing it with my dinner companion, forks nudging each other for the final bites.