By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Fort Frances High School Muskies put in a solid day’s work to put away the Dryden High School Eagles by a score of 47-7 on Friday. Both defense and offense were firing on all cylinders as the team recorded multiple sacks and forced fumbles. After the game head coach […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s president McKenna Begin has been named Governor-Elect for the Western Canada District of Kiwanis, and will be governor starting in 2024-2025. She’s since discovered that she’ll be the youngest governor Kiwanis has ever had. “This is overseeing all of Western Canada, so it’s from about […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

After winning last spring’s Emo Walleye Classic, with a two-day total of 23.19 Lbs. long-time partners Doug McBride and Steve Ballan are hoping they can have a repeat performance this weekend in the Rainy River Walleye Tournament. Ballan says this is the pair’s 30th year fishing in tournaments together and […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre was adorned with poppies and Forget-Me-Not flowers on Friday as an exhibit opened honouring the fallen military members of the Rainy River District across four major military conflicts. The poppy is the traditional flower for remembering fallen soldiers but the Forget-Me-Not has been […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

After review, it was decided that the 10-year-old plaque at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre (Manitou Mounds), 21 km west of Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) needs a change in language as many things have changed over the years since the plaque was installed. Jessie Richard, grant manager and archivist at […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Fort Frances Curling Club has changed its public facing name to be known as the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre (CFCC). Similarly the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay was rechristened as the Port Arthur Curling Centre. The Sudbury Curling Club changed its name to Curl Sudbury in […]

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From left Sandra Weir, Sandra Tibbs, Travis Rob and Becky Andrusco, all members of the Make A Big Splash Spray Park Committee and Fort Frances Royal Canadian Legion president Jane Hayes get splashed by the big bucket at the new splash pad in Legion Park last Thursday. The spray park […]

–Allan Bradbury photo

The bright lights of the midway shine on fairgoers waiting to ride the Ferris wheel on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at the Emo fairgrounds. Thousands of peo- ple from across the district visited Emo at some point between last Thursday and Saturday to ride the rides, taste the food, take […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

Last Wednesday, a group of health care sector workers and other community members were invited to the former Fort Frances mill site for a presentation by BMI Group on the immediate next steps for the site. Last June, the Times reported that BMI was poised to redevelop the former mill […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Fort Frances Salvation Army has been working hard this summer, as usual, to provide needs for the community through a number of different programs. Ryan Daw is a services co-ordinator with the Salvation Army in Fort Frances and has been working with different community groups this year. “We had […]