Heather Latter Registration for this year’s Fort Frances Community Garden is underway and plots still are available for those interested. “We have many of our returning gardeners signed up and ready to go,” noted Elaine Fischer, health promoter with the Northwestern Health Unit, which helps co-ordinate the garden each year. […]
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Duane Hicks With the “Fight the Blight” campaign shaping up for next month (May 9-19), the public is asked to give the town a call if they want junk picked up or if they’d like to volunteer with the clean-up. Residents are encouraged to call the bylaw office (274-5323) ahead […]
Heather Latter Former NHL’er Mike Allison read “We’re All Friends Here” during the “Blue Spruce Celebrity Storytime” at the Fort Frances Public Library on Saturday. The book is one of the nominees for the Blue Spruce Award, which is part of the “Forest of Reading” program currently taking place across […]
Heather Latter After adjudicating the vocal division of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts last week, Sarah Hall, an adjunct professor of music at Brandon University in Manitoba, gave a group of music students some singing tips during an informal workshop Friday evening at Knox United Church. […]
Heather Latter The Robert Moore School boys’ choir filled the gymnasium with their voices as they sang “Going Home” and “Danny Boy” during the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts last Thursday. The Vocal division wrapped up Friday, with the Drama division running until tomorrow, followed by Piano […]
Joey Payeur Katrina Slomke of the host J.W. Walker Wildcats wasn’t interested in sharing the basketball, at least when it came to Robert Moore Mustangs’ defender Julia McManaman, during the Wildcats’ 28-12 win in round-robin play at a Grade 8 girls’ basketball tournament Saturday.
Duane Hicks With town council mulling the feasibility of parking meters for downtown Fort Frances, social media reveals some local residents feel they’re not necessary. On online poll at fftimes.com found 81 percent of the 452 respondents feel parking meters are not needed while 16 percent say they are. Three […]
By J.M. Hirsch THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HYDE PARK, N.Y. — As hauntingly good recipes go, anything with parsnips as the main ingredient seems an unlikely candidate. Except for this one. During a recent meal at Pangea, a so-called “vegetable forward” student-run restaurant on the campus of The Culinary Institute of […]
Heather Latter The tender for a new classroom wing to be built at Donald Young School in Emo was awarded to Finn Way General Contractor Inc. of Thunder Bay after being approved by the Rainy River District School Board at its regular meeting last week. “We’re off to the races […]
Joey Payeur The coaching staff of the Fort Frances Lakers must feel more like travel agents lately with all the extended vacations they’ve had to plan. Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan first had to deal with a 12-day stretch between the Lakers’ last regular-season game and its first […]
There’s been a lot of buzz on social media this past week over the actions of some U.S. states directed against same-sex couples and the LGBTQ community in general. The moves prompted plenty of backlash, including concert cancellations by big-name rockers like Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams in North Carolina […]
Cathie Sinninghe Dear editor: I am asking for people to let their voices be heard regarding the important issue at our Memorial Sports Centre. This is regarding an accessible change room for families of special needs or handicapped children, as well as those with young children. As was so eloquently […]
