Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Coming in with no expectations a fourth place finish in Group B was an acceptable result says the skip from Stratton who represented Northern Ontario at the Canadian National Men’s Curling Championship in Regina last week. “We went in with no expectations,” he said. “Other than trying to win games […]
It’s a quick turn around for Trevor Bonot coming off an exceptional performance at his first Brier, he and his sister Jackie McCormick will head to New Brunswick this weekend for the Canadian Mixed Doubles Championships. Speaking Monday from back home in Thunder Bay Bonot was back in the office […]
The dumping of snow might have held off until most activities were wrapped up, but the 11th SnOasis, held on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, Rainy Lake Square, Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre and Memorial Sports Centre still brought plenty of winter-y […]
Kim Beaudry’s daughter Tory, had to tell her mom when the final shot got just enough of the button to score. After stealing five in the fifth end it seemed like smooth sailing until Beaudry missed a couple hits in the 8th leaving it open for Crystal Taylor to score […]
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 […]
