The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team travelled to Kenora over the weekend for the “Winter Blast 2008” tournament and faced stiff competition all day during the round-robin—gaining only one win in eight sets. This sent the Muskies to the ‘B’-side, where they defeated the Red Lake Rams in two sets […]
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Their backs against the wall after a crushing 6-4 loss to the Fort William North Stars here Friday, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres needed to come up with a big game Saturday night to eclipse the SIJHL’s reigning dynasty. And boy, did they ever. Ryan Faragher stopped a whopping 53 […]
New Year’s Eve—the famed night of parties and celebration—and there was nothing to do here in Fort Frances. My friends and I, all legal age so the opportunities should have been boundless, just sat there practically watching the clock. We didn’t want to sit around and waste what should have […]
The Rainy River District OPP has a new public relations person. Cst. Anne McCoy took over as Community Services Officer (CSO) on Jan. 3 when Cst. Doug Irish went back to regular patrol duties. Cst. McCoy, a 15-year veteran with the OPP, is looking forward to her new duties, which […]
Dear editor: I thank my father-in-law for sending us an annual subscription to the Times. It helps us stay in touch with the community we still love and lived in for years even though we have now been gone for more than a decade. I couldn’t help but write and […]
Dear editor: There have been many items in the news and the community in recent times, some of which are the new library, a re-designed truck route, the international bridge, and the Fort Frances Clinic. It all begins with thought. There is no doubt a library building constructed in 1914 […]
Dear Mr. Editor: I read with interest the column, “From the Publisher’s Pen,” regarding the shopping in Fort Frances and in particular downtown. People usually will shop where they think it is most advantageous to themselves, and no amount of campaigns to shop at home will help very much. However, […]
Dear editor: I heard that the water tower will be refurbished and that is great. However, what is not great—and what surprised me the most—was the town is considering selling space on that water tower for advertising! You must be kidding me! We are bombarded with advertising everywhere we turn. […]
