Helen Audette, 74, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. She was born May 16, 1939 in Fort Frances to mother, Lena, and step-father, Nick Budko. She lived in Fort Frances all of her life. She was united in marriage to Andre […]
fftimes
Heather Latter Kaleb Firth, job developer with Seven Generations Education Institute here, was one of more than 130 people who stopped by New Gold’s open house yesterday at La Place Rendez-Vous, which was held to share the details of the Environmental Assessment report for the Rainy River Project located north […]
Joey Payeur Lisa Penner, left, and Kris Sinclair had their brooms blistering the ice in high-speed fashion during the final of The Dominion Curling Club Championship women’s club playdowns here Tuesday. Penner and Sinclair, along with Teresa McFayden, were part of defending provincial champion Kathie Jackson’s victorious rink, which downed […]
Staff With the Couchiching band council election coming up in March, three dozen names will be on the ballot. Seven are running for chief, including Joanne Bruyere, Richard R. Bruyere, Armand Jourdain Sr., Shawn “Jordy” Jourdain, Sara Mainville, Patrick Morrisseau, and Ed Yerxa. Meanwhile, 29 are running for the six […]
Joey Payeur By all rights, the Fort Frances Lakers should have been out of the game three periods earlier. So it was probably justice that the Minnesota Iron Rangers pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory Tuesday night in Hoyt Lakes. Austin Frank scored at 3:53 of the extra session to […]
Joey Payeur After being blanked by their cross-border rivals less than 24 hours earlier, the Muskie girls’ hockey team was working with a short fuse. The Kenora Broncos provided the match yesterday—and the result was an offensive explosion. Shelby Tymkin racked up five goals to pace Fort High to a […]
Duane Hicks Ontario is increasing the minimum wage from $10.25 to $11 per hour on June 1, 2014—a move which the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president said is “positive.” “It’s going to put some more pressure on some of the businesses but it definitely should inject more money back […]
I am a big fan of knitting. Do you knit? I taught myself to knit when I was 20. I call it therapy—perfect therapy—but at 20, I didn’t know it was therapy. I thought it was just a bunch of stitches cast on that took a few tries to get […]
My childhood home was the second one built on the 800 block of Third Street East in Fort Frances. Art Debenedet had built the first home, which stood at the corner of Third and Frenette Avenue. There was another home at the corner of Third and Shevlin without any between. […]
Ice fishing. I tried it for the first time two weekends ago, and all I’ve thought about since is how much fun I had and “When can we go again?” Where have I been all my life that I didn’t try ice fishing until now? I live in Northwestern Ontario […]
This past week, NDP leader Tom Mulcair wrapped up his tour across Canada that focused on consulting with individuals, families, small businesses, and local governments to find ways to make life more affordable for Canadians. Let me explain the kind of things we heard during his stop in Thunder Bay—and […]
Since arriving in Florida about a week ago, I have been following the weather back home and it looks like things still haven’t really shaped up. Although I’m not going to complain about the weather here in Florida, I can tell you it’s been anything by tropical here, as well. […]
