When John Moran of Fort Frances joined the armed forces in 1941 at the age of 19, he was “gung-ho” to fight on the front line. But a hunting accident just prior to his enlistment changed all that. “I went to New Glasgow, N.S. to take basic artillery training. I […]
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When Pvt. Ray Martin of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 stood in front of the cenotaph on Remembrance Day last year and, despite failing health, proudly saluted the war dead on behalf of the Korean Veterans’ Association, the emotion on his face was enough to make me cry. It […]
Three delegates from Namibia, Africa will be arriving in Fort Frances tomorrow to get a firsthand look at Canadian municipal politics–not to mention a good portion of Rainy River District. Boniface Mutumba, Lukas Muhepa, and Ria Dippenaar of the Namibian Town Clerks Forum (NTCF) will be the town’s guests Nov. […]
In addition to dropping its NAFTA trade challenge over the border waters fishing dispute, Minnesota has agreed to reduce its catch limit for walleye/sauger on the Lake of the Woods. But limits on Minnesota’s side of Rainy Lake will remain the same. Dennis Stouffer, with the Minnesota Department of Natural […]
Five points was all that separated the local 4-H team of Courtney Calder, Joe Sletmoen, Simone LeBlanc, and Jen Sletmoen from advancing to the semi-finals at the “Go for the Gold” provincial showdown Saturday in Toronto. Six teams competed in the event, held in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural Winter […]
It’s been a busy summer for Stacey Bruyere and her staff at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Interpretative Centre but things aren’t going to slow down too much over the winter as work continues on the exhibits. Bruyere said they’ve been running non-stop since the centre officially opened to the public in May. […]
In loving memory of Shirley (Sam) Butler, 66, of 347 Third St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Sam is survived by her sisters, Joyce MacKintosh of Dayton, Ohio, Sharon Ritchie (Ron) of Kelowna, B.C., and Nina […]
With several players out of the lineup for various reasons, last Friday’s game here against the Kenora Broncos definitely was gut-check time for the black-and-gold. It was their toughest test of the NorWOSSA campaign so far–and they passed it with flying colours. The Muskies capped off a perfect regular season […]
Life couldn’t be any better for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team heading into the final game of the regular season today against Kenora. They go into it having already clinched first place and a bye in the NorWOSSA final next week. They also sport a perfect league record–their latest […]
Playing in their first tournament of the season, Mine Centre 1 showed they were in mid-season form as they cruised to the championship title of an eight-team tourney at Robert Moore on Saturday. Mine Centre 1–made up of players in grades seven and eight–put the finishing touches on a solid […]
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team are looking at today’s final regular-season match against the Kenora Broncos here as a springboard to the playoffs. The team will finish in second-place regardless of today’s outcome, and meet the third-place Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA semi-final up there Nov. 12. The winner […]
Gib Tucker has stepped forward to put in his application to coach the local Midget “AA” Canadians hockey team this season, the Times learned yesterday morning. The team, to begin its second season, was left without a coach after Dave Allison resigned to accept a position behind the bench with […]
