Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In January of this year, Mayor Andrew Hallikas, Interim CAO Travis Rob and Coun. John McTaggart attended the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference 2024, during the conference they had the opportunity to make delegations to four different provincial government departments. Their first delegation was with the Solicitor General they met […]
It’s been an odd winter, weatherwise. Last week when the Times spoke to a member of the Friends of the Museum there was no snow at all, yesterday we had a snowstorm and yet the snow may have all melted by Saturday when SnOasis 11 takes place in Fort Frances […]
Another meeting about the increased price of tolls to use the International Falls Bridge was held a few weeks ago. The meeting resulted in the formation of two working groups. Fort Frances Mayor Andrew Hallikas says after the first meeting went as well as it did those present were keen […]
As their first season gets closer to wrapping up, the Rainy Lake Gymnastics Elite team has come home from their first ever meet with several top finishes across various events. Elite team head coach Stephanie Mann was very pleased with the group’s performance. “Overall I think they did really well,” […]
It made for an exciting if anticlimactic ending to the Fort Frances High School hockey teams’ seasons this year as NorWOSSA changed playoff formats to a four-team single game elimination tournament over the course of two days. On Friday night both teams played semi-final games against the Sioux North Warriors. […]
Starting on Wednesday the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre will host 16 curling teams from across Northern Ontario for the Northern Ontario Curling Club Championships. “These Championships cater specifically to club-level curlers who may not have the time or resources to compete at the professional level but who have the […]
Minnesota has long been a hotbed for curling in the United States, 2018 olympic gold medalist John Shuster is from a few hours south in Chisolm. But what do you do when you don’t have a curling rink? In the case of the International Falls Curling Club, you hop across […]
Last Thursday night the Town of Fort Frances Recreation and Culture department held an open house for residents to be able to contribute to the ongoing construction of a recreation master plan. The town has engaged consulting firm RJ Burnside to assist with creating the plan. Town staff as well […]
Adam L’Hirondelle and Emma Tucker will take to the ice in Thunder Bay Feb. 24-26 as part of the second weekend of competition at the provincial winter games, the pair have only started curling as a mixed doubles team over the last few months in preparation for the event. Both […]
Both ‘52 Canadians and Ice for Kids rinks were busy with girls hockey last weekend. Fort Frances Red and Fort Frances Black were up against teams from Thunder Bay, Kenora, International Falls, and Warroad in the U11 tournament. Every- one played hard and had a good time. The home teams […]
Over the course of the weekend, Lakers hockey parents and billet families were hosted by the team, treated to a meet and greet at The Hallet Brewery as well as dinner at Flint House. The team played a couple of good games against the Dryden Ice Dogs over the weekend. […]
Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre (Manitou Mounds) is hosting an open mic café evening in the coming weeks. It had orginally be scheduled for this Saturday but will be moved to a new date after a death in the Manitou Rapids community. The event is slated to be a casual evening of […]
