East Coast folk artist Dave Gunning entertained the audience last night at the Townshend Theatre to wrap up the 15th season of tour de Fort. The show also featured Canadian artists Mike Stevens and Matt Anderson, who impressed the crowd with skill and songs. Passports for the 2008-09 season, which […]
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Members of the Muskie boys’ hockey team loaded equipment onto a bus yesterday morning in preparation for their trip to Ottawa for their fifth-straight appearance at the all-Ontarios, which run April 2-5. The eighth-ranked Muskies will open the tournament Wednesday against the Ancaster Royals.
Mike Badiuk (left), Sean Murray (centre), and Mitch Seguin (right) helped along this stone in the first end of the ‘A’ final of the Alexander Keith’s Men’s International Bonspiel yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Badiuk’s foursome became the first junior squad to ever capture the title.
Winnipeg North MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis was the guest speaker during the three Thunder Bay-Rainy River nomination meetings held over the weekend. Party members were able to vote in Fort Frances, Atikokan, or Thunder Bay for candidates John Rafferty or Betty Kennedy. Rafferty emerged as the winner.
Trish Wilson, left, registered dietitian with the Valley Diabetes Education Centre, talked with Oryn Albanese and his grandmother, Allison, about the difference between muscle and fat, and the health risks of eating fatty foods, during the inaugural chronic disease management symposium Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. A variety […]
Buzz Lightyear would be proud. Two members of the Border Skating Club’s CanSkate ‘A’ crew don their finest “Toy Story” superhero garb during Saturday night’s performance of “Disney Magic” at the Ice for Kids Arena. The club staged a second show yesterday afternoon.
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will vote to adopt the 2008-09 school calendar for submission to the Minister of Education at its regular meeting tomorrow in Dryden. The board, in co-operation with the Rainy River District School Board, the Kenora Catholic District School Board, and the Keewatin-Patricia District School […]
District residents who receive a letter telling them they’ve won the lottery, but have to pay a deposit to get their share of it, had best call PhoneBusters—it’s a scam. A Devlin woman contacted the Times yesterday to let them known about the letter, which she received in the mail […]
Head coach Shane Bliss has been behind the bench of the Muskie boys’ hockey team long enough to know that approaching the OFSAA tournament with anything more than cautious optimism may be a bad idea. “These teams are all champions of their leagues, and they’ve all earned the right to […]
For the third-straight year, Knox United Church will host a church fundraiser concert on Mother’s Day (May 11) featuring Canadian fiddling champion Scott Woods. The concert, slated to begin at 7 p.m. and run for about two hours, is being held to raise money for church-related projects. Refreshments will follow […]
Those who received a “Healthy Living Food Box” last week are being advised not to eat the cantaloupe included with it as it may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. The Northwestern Health Unit started contacting food box recipients yesterday, advising anyone who received a cantaloupe in their food box to […]
Kirk Nelson, of the Fort Frances Power Corp., drilled a hole in a new 45-foot hydro pole erected yesterday along the 100 block of Fourth Street West. Crews have been working since Tuesday, and will continue to work into next week, to get new poles up on that block and […]
