Borderland Thunder backup goalie Tom Iwaniec only needed one strong game to capture Superior International Junior Hockey League player-of-the-week honours. In his lone appearance of the week, Iwaniec made 37 saves in blanking the Thunder Bay Snowplowing Wolves 5-0 in a game played Jan. 6 in Atikokan. His league-leading third […]
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The Ice Box Days Open bonspiel will return to the Fort Frances Curling Club tomorrow for an eighth year with its biggest field yet. Some 36 rinks will compete, including 19 rinks from the district. “This is the first time the number of [rinks] have been over 30. It’s grown […]
With its annual awards banquet coming up at the end of March, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce once again will be looking to get people thinking about exemplary businesses and individuals. “I’m hoping we’ll be able to make the nominations forms available as soon as possible,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn […]
The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists club elected a new executive at its annual meeting Wednesday night. Bill Morgenstern was named president of the local group that promotes conservation and wise use of the environment. Rounding out the executive are Tom Shumaker (vice-president), Gus MacDonell (treasurer), Henriette Verhoef (secretary), and […]
There are seven people running for chief and 24 candidates seeking a seat on council for next month’s band election at Couchching. Yesterday was the final day for people to withdraw their names from the nomination list. Incumbent chief Chuck McPherson is running again in the Feb. 14 election. He’s […]
Nuinsco Resources Ltd. is set to resume drilling tests this month once temperatures return to normal. Winter conditions are needed to permit drill crews to access swampy areas. “Everyone’s waiting for the mother lode,” said Doug Hume, Nuinsco’s chief investor. “People in the area have been very supportive. “We’re planning […]
Dear sir: I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped me when I was involved in a car accident on New Year’s Eve. Thanks to the off-duty firefighter who just happened to be passing and who stayed in the car with me until the ambulance arrived. […]
Dear sir: Calling all square and round dancers—past and present! The Eastern Manitoba Square and Round Dance Association is celebrating 50 years of dancing with a special evening of fun, friendship, and dancing on April 6, 2002. You are invited to join us for this 50th-anniversary dance party at the […]
Dear sir: The recipe featured on the Times’ Web site Jan. 4, 2002, re over-ripe banana bread, brought to mind a recipe my mother, Myrtle Muckle, used on many occasions during hot spells at the Pither’s Point pavilion in the 1930s. The bananas were purchased as a “tree,” hung from […]
Dear Mike: We would like to make people, parents of young children in particular, aware of the dangers of sliding near the water tower in the west end of town. This past Saturday, our three-year-old son nearly slid into the river, stopping only a couple of feet away on the […]
Should town council pass a bylaw to make our community smoke-free? That’s what the Northwestern Health Unit will be asking residents through a petition being mailed out next week. And there’s no doubt which side of the issue the health unit is on, claiming such a bylaw is needed to […]
Fort Frances minor hockey had its chance to shine under the national spotlight Saturday. And while that spotlight barely lasted a minute, parents and coaches alike gave the afternoon a hearty thumbs up. “It’s a totally worthwhile event for the community,” said hockey parent Rick Chambers. “The kids will get […]
