Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Choraliers wowed the crowd with their powerful performance of the Easter cantata, “The King is Coming,” on Sunday at the New Beginnings Fellowship here. The choir, directed by Diane Maxey, will hold an encore performance this Sunday (April 10) at 3 p.m. at the Zion […]
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Joey Payeur Pierce Dushenko was in prime playoff form Sunday night as he racked up 47 saves to help the Fort Frances Lakers to a 4-2 victory over the visiting English River Miners in Game 2 of their best-of-seven semi-final series.
There aren’t many district events that can boast a 75-year plus history. The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is among those few—getting underway today for the 76th time and running through April 22, with the annual “Highlights” concert set for Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at […]
Randy Crampton Dear editor: Please let me start off with stating how proud I am, as a Canadian, and how much I agree with the decision that our new federal government made regarding providing the many thousands of Syrian refugees a safe and healthy place to call home and raise […]
Nathalie Donaldson Dear Mike: Although the Rainy Lake Market Square Advisory Committee already has decided against the fort-themed market square, I would like to clarify the, perhaps misconstrued, intent behind this idea. In gathering public input for the project, I have heard from numerous people working in tourism and retail […]
Dave Erwin Dear editor: I was disappointed to see your article in the March 30/16 edition of the Times in which Lindsay Strickland and Cathie Sinninghe made a plea for a family change room at the Sportsplex. I found it sad that one of the excuses trotted out was the […]
Terri Galusha Dear editor: In response to Duane Hicks’ March 30 article, it is good to hear the Fort Frances Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee continues to work on getting more doctors to our area. Yet funding ideas for recruitment and retention were limited to suggesting that locum physicians, coming […]
Joyce Estella Silander (nee Westover), 84, peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. Joyce was born Feb. 10, 1932 in Barwick, Ont. to the late Milton and Ida Westover. Joyce was united in marriage to Leo Silander on […]
Mary Barnard (Melnick), of Fort Frances, Ont., peacefully went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Saturday, April 2, 2016 with family by her side. Mary was born Oct. 25, 1925 in Sintaluta, Sask. Mary was joined in marriage to James Barnard and they had six children, Shirley (Jerome) […]
By Jill Lawless And David McHugh The Associated Press LONDON — Iceland’s prime minister became the first major figure brought down by the leak of millions of records on offshore accounts as the scrutiny intensified around officials from other countries, including Ukraine’s president. Icelandic leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson stepped aside […]
By Linda A. Johnson The Associated Press The biggest U.S.-based drugmaker, Pfizer Inc., will stay put thanks to aggressive new Treasury Department rules that succeeded in blocking Pfizer from acquiring rival Allergan and moving to Ireland ‚Äî at least on paper ‚Äî to reduce its tax bill. As analysts and […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Survivors of Canada’s notorious residential school system have the right to see their stories archived if they wish, but their accounts otherwise must be destroyed in 15 years, Ontario’s top court ruled in a split decision yesterday. At issue are documents related to compensation claims made by […]
