Duane Hicks Robin Wright purchased a stack of chairs during a “cash and carry” sale Saturday morning at F.H. Huffman School. The Rainy River District School Board was selling off surplus desks, chairs, clocks, shelves, and other items before the property is handed over to its new owner, the Town […]
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Duane Hicks Livia Lundon, left, of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee, presented Teresa Hazel with a gift during an appreciation tea for her Saturday at the New Beginnings Fellowship Church. Hazel, who served as director of the Riverside Foundation for more than 11 years, recently started […]
Dan Falloon Newly-acquired forward Ryin Allison tried to work his way around Wisconsin Wilderness defenceman Christian Belobaba on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Allison was held pointless in his first game as a Laker but the squad came away with a 4-3 shootout victory. The Lakers play […]
Press Release The board of directors meeting of the La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary was held Tuesday, Nov. 2, with Noreen Robertson presiding. Gift shop manager Marg Kircher advised the meeting that a lobby sale will take place at the hospital on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Members […]
Staff Another e-mail scam is making the rounds—this time claiming to be from the billing department at Bell Canada. A local woman contacted the Times on Wednesday after having received an e-mail purporting to be from Bell Canada and claiming that due to a problem with a recent bill payment, […]
Peggy Revell Representing the Land-Royal Canadian Army, Cde. Roy Legarie laid a wreath during yesterday’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the Fort Frances cenotaph. The service, which included various prayers, the laying of wreathes, and a recitation of “In Flanders Field,” was followed by lunch at the Legion.
Peggy Revell Scheherazade (Melissa Fletcher) let her little sister, Dinarzade (Emma Kunkel), know that she would live to tell another one of her fantastical stories as King Raynah (Mike Nelson) looked on during the opening night of “Scheherazade” yesterday evening. The Muskie Theatre production, which tells the stories of “The […]
Staff Matthew Krahn seems to have a firm grip on the role of starting goalie for Canada West at the World Jr. ‘A’ Challenge in Penticton, B.C. Krahn made 31 saves as Canada West edged Sweden 3-2 to advance against the U.S. in the semi-finals tomorrow. Nolan Kaiser notched the […]
Dan Falloon It’s a game Blake Boaz likely won’t forget anytime soon. The Fort Frances Lakers’ forward scored the tying goal to force overtime, then notched the shootout winner as the hosts edged the first-place Wisconsin Wilderness 4-3 here Tuesday night. With the Lakers trailing 3-2 after coughing up a […]
Duane Hicks The town is going to take another look at how it can reduce the incidents of motorists cutting into the traffic line heading to the U.S. border crossing. The request to do so came from the Police Services Board (PSB) at Monday night’s council meeting. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, […]
Dan Falloon The secret to NorWOSSA success for the Muskie junior court teams? Play a pair of games. Both the boys’ volleyball and girls’ basketball teams had finished second to the Dryden Eagles at the end of the regular season, meaning they had to win a morning semi-final in order […]
Peggy Revell Jaiden VanDulmen reached up to place a poppy plate on the gymnasium wall yesterday morning at St. Francis School as students participated in the first Spirit Day of the year. It’s theme was “Peace” to tie into Remembrance Day observances.
