Zoey Duncan “Wow, how’d you end up all the way out here?” It’s the line I’ve been asked a dozen times since arriving in Fort Frances in late April to be the summer reporter at the Times. And it’s a valid question, I think, which tends to follow my announcing […]
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Peggy Revell The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is ready to blow out the first candle on its birthday cake to celebrate its one-year anniversary. And with numbers rolling in for library usage since last June, the new building appears to be a hit with the public. “In our […]
Lucas Punkari Every Tuesday evening, weather permitting, of course, the routine is the same for the skeet shooters at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club. They make their way down to the range, located by Frog Creek, converse about how things are going, and then try to outdo one another as […]
Lucas Punkari After two race nights at the Emo Speedway, WISSOTA Modified driver Gavin Paull is making the task of muscling his car around the 3/8-mile oval look absolutely easy as he swept the show both times. But for the 29-year-old from Fort Frances, while the wins are always nice […]
Lucas Punkari It may be the time of year for rest and relaxation, but it certainly has been anything but that for the Fort Frances Lakers. Ever since the local Junior ‘A’ squad was eliminated from the SIJHL semi-finals by the Dryden Ice Dogs back in March, Lakers’ head coach/general […]
Lucas Punkari With his junior hockey career now in the books, Fort Frances native Kyle Turgeon is eying his options as to where he’ll go next following a two-year stint with the Portage Terriers. But at the moment, the recently-turned 21-year old is doing what most people his age do […]
Lucas Punkari They were the top two athletes at Fort High this year, but both Chelsea Hill and Justin Anderson seemed stunned to receive the athlete-of-the-year crowns at the Muskie athletic awards banquet last Wednesday evening at the Townshend Theatre. “I wasn’t expecting anything other than a Letterman award,” Hill […]
Heather Latter Local artist Lindsay Hamilton sketched a portrait of Evan Woodlawn during “Market Thursdays” last week in front of the Fort Frances Museum on Scott Street. A handful of booths took part, with the event scheduled to run each Thursday through September. The BIA is encouraging all artisans, musicians, […]
Heather Latter Isabella Campagna, four, checked out her graduation certificate with resource teacher Laurel Basaraba during the Fort Frances Nursery School’s graduation ceremony last Thursday at the Legion Park. The wind-up picnic featured activities, a penny table, and delicious food. The pre-school program, for children aged two-five, will start up […]
Zoey Duncan Destiny Sadewasser (left), Casey Oster (centre), and Summer Leonard inspect a tikinagan—a traditional baby carrier—as part of Weechi-it-te-win Family Services’ Cultural Teaching Days yesterday at its new property on McTavish Road in La Vallee. The three-day event was an opportunity for elders to pass their knowledge to youth, […]
Lucas Punkari Rick Johnson took aim as the target came flying into his sightline during a round of skeet shooting at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range here last Tuesday. See story on B8.
With more chairs having to be brought in to handle the overflow crowd which turned out for the information session on area mining projects last Wednesday at La Place Rendez-Vous, it’s obvious that interest is high in the local business community about these operations and the potential spin-offs they offer. […]
