Maybe you can’t go home again, but you can do well to represent your old stomping grounds. So goes the tale for Stratton native Trevor Bonot, now based out of Thunder Bay, who is in a four-way tie for second place at the eight-team Northwestern Ontario Curling Association junior boys’ […]
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They were the toast of the NorWOSSA curling circuit last year, but a different and more difficult task awaits them. Skips Amy Nielson and Adam Bolen will lead their respective teams down a mostly unfamiliar road this weekend in Keewatin and Geraldton, respectively, as part of the Northwestern Ontario junior […]
If the Muskie boys’ hockey team isn’t the best team in NorWOSSA this season, they’re waiting for someone to prove to them otherwise. The black-and-gold stamped themselves as the squad to beat after coming through with a 3-1 win against the host Dryden Eagles last night to run their league […]
The Wildcats still are queens of the jungle, but they’ve got some decent competition on their tail. With the season well underway, the Wildcats are proving they’re a force to be reckoned with in the weekly Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League as they sit in top spot with 17 points. […]
It was akin to watching the Kentucky Derby favourite lead the entire race, only to trip over its own hooves down the home stretch. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team was the thoroughbred of the field during the round-robin portion of the Santa Claus Classic in Dryden last weekend, going […]
Council passed a motion Monday night to name citizen appointees to various town committees for the term running Dec. 1, 2003-Nov. 30, 2006. The various committees, including the council reps previously named at the Dec. 1 inaugural meeting, are: •Accessibility Advisory Committee— Laurie Lundale, Joanne Davis, Lawrence Catherall, and Jennifer […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. announced late yesterday that all people visiting hospital patients in Fort Frances, Emo, and Rainy River must wear masks. “There are reports of ’flu in the community and we want to do what we can to keep it from spreading into the hospital,” said Mary […]
Shaw Cable will introduce highspeed Internet to Fort Frances in the new year, regional system manager David Inglis said. “Plans are to launch Internet service in January,” he said, adding it most likely would be in mid to late January although no specific date has been set yet. The high-capacity […]
Joseph William Puszynski, 79, passed away suddenly Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born Oct. 17, 1924 to Sophia and Michael Puszynski. He had lived all his life in Fort Frances. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944-45, first […]
Wal-Mart Canada said its new store here won’t be open until mid- to late-January, not in time for Christmas as some talk around town has suggested. “It looks like we will be open for business in the new year,” Kevin Groh, manager of corporate communications, said Monday from Toronto. Store […]
Dear editor: Hi, here I am again with some arcane knowledge which may, or may not, interest your readers. Your editorial in last week’s Times about the Canadian at NORAD who ordered the shutdown of the skies over North America during the 9/11 crisis reminds me that Canadians have always […]
Rob Shubat doesn’t have anything personal against Kenora, but he’s okay with missing out on this particular road trip. The Thunder Bay curler already made a round-about journey by signing his team up with the Atikokan Curling Club so his rink could take part in last weekend’s Zone 7 men’s […]
