Lucas Punkari The sophomore campaign for the Fort Frances Vipers U16 volleyball club wrapped up Monday night with a parents-vs.-players fun night in the Fort High gym. However, it wasn’t quite the ending to the year the squad was hoping for. “We were supposed to be in Portage La Prairie […]
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Staff This past week marked the return of shooting action on both sides of the border as the ranges in both Fort Frances and Ranier opened for the 2011 season. The Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club, which holds skeet shooting every Tuesday at 5 p.m., began its season last week. Len […]
the MNR A Quebec man has been fined $250 and also ordered to pay the $5,000 cost of putting out a cooking fire that spread beyond his control. Julien Villeneuve, of Saint-Eustache, was charged under the Forest Fire Prevention Act. He pleaded guilty to failing to keep a fire under […]
Lucas Punkari It’s been a long-term process with many growing pains, but there are signs on the horizon that the Muskie football program again could be a tough one to beat. “It’ll be a few years before we get back on track but there are some good signs of recovery,” […]
Lucas Punkari With a track resurfacing and re-working of the schedules in Thunder Bay meaning they were unable to take part in any meets in the Lakehead this year, the Muskie track squad instead turned its focus on the first-ever Dryden Invitational track and field meet last Wednesday. The 12 […]
Lucas Punkari They still may be looking for their first win in NorWOSSA play as they travel to Dryden today, but the Muskie girls’ soccer team has come a long way from where they were when the season began two short weeks ago. That seemingly night-and-day difference was on display […]
Lucas Punkari New cars, new drivers, and returning veterans are just some of the things district racing fans can come to expect during the 2011 season at the Emo Speedway, which officially kicks off this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (weather permitting). Many of those drivers took advantage of an open […]
Duane Hicks Thanks to a lengthy advocacy campaign involving Fort Frances Power Corporation (FFPC) staff, board of directors, and legal counsel, FFPC customers will receive a sizeable rebate over the next two months. FFPC has successfully advocated that the provincial global adjustment charge should not be applied to the volume […]
Peggy Revell A rare triplet birth has turned this year’s calving season into one for the local history books. “It was a surprise,” said Wayne Flatt, whose farm just north of Emo welcomed healthy triplet Charolais calves to the world back on May 9. “I’ve been farming for some 44 […]
Lucas Punkari For the Muskie senior boys’ badminton duo of Robert Stevens and Spencer Pearce, the biggest thing they took away from their run at the all-Ontarios in Aurora last week was just how good the top competitors in the province are. “The talent level there is so far above […]
The Fort Frances Times garnered first place for General Excellence in its circulation class (3,500-6,400) at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s annual Better Newspapers Competition. Times’ publisher and co-owner Jim Cumming accepted the plaque Friday night in Niagara Falls. “The Fort Frances Times rose to the top of the pile […]
Zoey Duncan Months of careful planning and meticulously-kept spreadsheets have built up to this: the most fun time of the year for a local fly-in fishing company. “All the work you’ve done during the winter is coming together,” noted Peter Giles, maintenance manager for Rusty Myers Fly-In Fishing and Hunting […]
