Lucas Punkari Fort High students Carly Taggart, left, Jessica Coran, and Amy Penner were among the first people who greeted visitors to the high school yesterday evening during Parents’ Night, selling tickets for a quilt raffle. The quilt, which was made by the Grade 10 Family Studies Class, will be […]
fftimes
Lucas Punkari Muskie girls’ hockey coach Scott Clendenning read one of the winning tickets that Shane Bliss drew at Fort High last night for the team’s annual “Hat Trick” cash raffle. The $7,500 first prize was won by Greg Johnson of Fort Frances while Bob Nault of Atikokan took the […]
Tina Roth and Helen Wensley of Fort Frances were among the $40 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for March. Other winners include Rosemary and John Laevens (Rainy River), King Johnson, Gloria Smith, Valerie Tilley, Seija Van Haesendonck, and Phyllis Bauldre (Dryden), Lucille Dickey, […]
Lila Andy (Nahnahbush), 89, of Big Grassy First Nation, Ont., passed away suddenly at her home on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born May 29, 1923 in Big Grassy First Nation to the late Tom and Mary Adams. Lila is survived by her son, Colin Andy; sister, Annie Rodegard; […]
Lucas Punkari Brett Kenny of the Fort Frances Firemen took control of the puck while Chandler Pollard of Green’s Countrywide Furniture gave chase during the second game of the house league PeeWee final at the Ice for Kids Arena last night. When the dust settled, it was Green’s who took […]
Duane Hicks Local artist Lindsay Hamilton worked on her team’s snow sculpture, entitled “Building Bridges,” yesterday afternoon at the site near the old Huffman School. Teams have until Sunday to complete their creations.
Duane Hicks Teams have begun working on their snow sculptures near the old Huffman School as part of the “Snoasis” community event—and there’s no better time for people to come out and see what they’ve been up to than during a family fun day set for this Saturday. Slated from […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers won their 11th-straight game in dramatic fashion last night in Dryden, rallying to edge the Ice Dogs 4-3 in overtime. Trailing 3-1 early in the third, the Lakers tied things up midway through the period on goals by Merritt Rysavy and Jon Carlson. In a […]
Van Morrison is singing “School of Hard Knocks” as I stare at my laptop screen dumbfounded at the blank page that is idea-deprived. I do have material to call upon for inspiration, including “Better than Sex–Chocolate Principles to Live By,” followed by the tried and true Mark Nepo and Melody […]
This past week, MPPs debated a Progressive Conservative bill that would impose an across-the-board wage freeze on all public-sector workers. I am not opposed to the concept of wage freezes, in the right situation. But they need to be fair, make financial sense, apply equally to all, and be done […]
I went to a fiction-writing workshop this past week. I sometimes wonder why I go. It’s not as though I think the workshop leader will say something profound, and I’ll leap out of my chair with my arms thrown over my head and shout, “Oh, if only I had known.” […]
Inside retail businesses, the inventory is changing. There’s still snow on the ground but swimsuits and colorful skirts, tops, and shorts are finding their way into store windows. In hardware stores, barbecues are popping up right in front of you as you walk through the doors, as are seed stands. […]
