Sarah Pruys After returning home from the University of Manitoba, I only worked for a week here at the Fort Frances Times before I headed to Costa Rica for a volunteer trip through the ‘Come Alive’ program—the culminating event following months of volunteering in Winnipeg. Our small group began programming […]
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Heather Latter Jennifer Horton has been busy renovating the downtown location of 334 Scott St. (formerly Border Travel) and tomorrow will open her new business, “Curvy Chick,” which will offer an assortment of intimate apparel for women. “I have been doing the boudoir photography for over a year now,” she […]
Duane Hicks While the town will go ahead with a road reconstruction project on Second Street East and Mowat Avenue this summer, it may have to foot more of the bill than it had planned. The town had been hoping to get funding from the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative capital […]
Staff Mayor Roy Avis said Monday that he feels the Riverwalk Condominiums project was “a good investment” by the town that is now reaping rewards. The mayor was responding to a letter to the editor in last week’s Times, which called the town’s involvement in the condo project a “fiasco” […]
Duane Hicks Union Gas is directing plumbers and municipalities to call “Ontario One Call” for a free sewer safety inspection prior to using motorized or water-jetting tools to clear a sewer blockage. Duane Harris, regional utility manager for Union Gas Ltd., spoke to council Monday night about the company’s utility […]
Sarah Pruys Come Aug. 1, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church will have a new priest after Fr. Victor De Gagné, who was born and raised in Fort Frances, was appointed to serve here. He currently is the associate pastor at St. Dominic Parish in Thunder Bay, Fr. De Gagné, who […]
Lucas Punkari Although he had won the Emo Walleye Classic in its first year of existence in 2002 with Harvey Cochrane, it had been a decade since Morson’s Oliver Gibbins had tried to win a second crown after finishing in 29th place back in 2003. However, when long-time contender Les […]
Lucas Punkari It’s starting to become bit of a familiar road for the Muskie boys’ soccer team. After finishing atop the regular-season standings for a second-straight year, the black-and-gold can win their third-straight NorWOSSA title this afternoon in Dryden when they face either the host Eagles or Kenora Broncos in […]
Sarah Pruys Curran Strachan and Larissa Desrosiers made their way across the stage in the Townshend Theatre and past the crowded cafeteria Saturday evening as they participated in Fort High’s annual Grand March. About 200 students were dressed up for the event, which included the dinner/dance at La Place Rendez-Vous […]
Duane Hicks McKenna Begin, left, teamed up with mom, Dana Lyn, who is both a Kiwanian and works for RBC Financial Group, to help clean up the riverfront here last Thursday evening. RBC staff were fulfilling their pledge to the RBC Blue Water Project, a commitment by the company to […]
Lucas Punkari A little bit of mud wasn’t going to stop Matthew Drazecky (#613) and Cole Chernosky on Saturday afternoon as they roared around the Emo Motocross track during a race in the Junior MX-3 division. A total of 101 riders took part in the season-opening event for the Superior […]
Les Morrison, left, and his partner, Oliver Gibbins, were overjoyed Saturday afternoon when they realized their total weight of 20.16 pounds was enough to take home the 2013 Emo Walleye Classic trophy during the final weigh-in at the Emo/La Vallee Community Centre.
