Lucas Punkari It may have been a quarter-of-a-century since a local rink represented Northern Ontario at the Canadian senior curling championships, but watching the field at this year’s provincial playdowns in Fort Frances brought back a flood of memories for Walter Avis. “To win a championship, and to be able […]
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Lucas Punkari They were the top two teams in the SIJHL during the regular season and come Friday night, the Wisconsin Wilderness and Fort Frances Lakers will be going at it once again. The squads will be battling it out in a pair of two-game, total-goal series over the next […]
Lucas Punkari With the NorWOSSA champion Dryden Eagles already having earned a berth to the all-Ontarios thanks to their silver medal-winning performance at last year’s ‘AA’ event, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball squad had a second chance to advance the provincial championship as they squared off with the St. Ignatius […]
Lucas Punkari With the bitter taste of last year’s 51-50 loss in Game 3 of the NWOSSAA final to the Sir Winston Churchill Trojans still etched in their memories, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was looking to avenge that loss against the Superior Gryphons in Thunder Bay this past […]
Heather Latter In order to promote big-game hunting in Northwestern Ontario, the Sunset Country Travel Association has teamed up with Times’ Web Design to create a new website targeted specifically to hunters, which was launched late Friday. Entitled “Hunt Sunset Country,” the website can be found at www.huntsunsetcountry.com But this […]
Heather Latter Carla Harris’ Grade 1 class at St. Michael’s School here was the winner of the “Winter Book Challenge” held there through January and February. The goal was for the students to read 2,011 books collectively, but they exceed that amount by reading a total of 2,991. Harris’ class […]
Heather Latter Rod Davis worked on cleaning an old family marriage certificate Thursday night during the “Preserving Your Family Heirlooms” workshop at the Fort Frances Museum while his wife, Veronica, looked on. Eight people took part in the hands-on workshop, learning to preserve their own family treasures they had brought, […]
Heather Latter Wab Kinew entertained a full house Saturday night during the “Hometown Heroes” concert at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Organized by the United Native Friendship Centre’s Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth program as a trip fundraiser, the concert also featured performances by comedian Ryan McMahon, as well as singers […]
Lucas Punkari Barbara Ward (Port Arthur Curling Club) yelled out commands to her sweepers during the fifth end of Sunday night’s final at the 2011 Northern Ontario senior women’s provincial playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Ward’s rink defeated Barb McEwen (Port Arthur) 7-1 in seven ends to advance […]
The decision by the Rainy River District School Board to find David Kircher had breached the Trustee Code of Conduct was a necessary one—but it reeks of hypocrisy. As anyone who lives in a small town knows, actions and discussions which take place behind closed doors inevitably leak out at […]
If one year ago a clairvoyant would have told me that my life was about to change, and change in ways that would not sit well with me but that I would muck through, I would have believed it because I know how resilient I am. But if one year […]
My husband and I don’t own a television, so all the talk about Sunday night’s Academy Awards has me feeling disconnected—something like the dipstick bracket that broke off our snowmobile on Saturday. I can’t even pretend to engage about what gowns were worn at one of society’s most glamorous events. […]
