It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Ruth Alexa, 67, of Kingsford Twp. peacefully on Sunday, April 17, 2022, at the La Verendrye Hospital. Ruth was born on July 18, 1954, to parents Lillian and Nicholas Ogier. Ruth worked at various jobs over the years but […]
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The death of Orla Thomassen occurred in Brandon, Manitoba, on April 20, 2022. Orla will be lovingly remembered by his wife Margaret; daughters Cate (Jack Schaub), Susan Finley (Ron), Brian and Jill Kayes, Meir Serfaty, Jess Parsons; grandchildren Christian, Reed and Jillian; and great-grandchildren Valkyrie, Ronin and Arabella. Orla was […]
VOCAL MUSIC DIVISION – Adjudicator: Elizabeth Rotoff SOLO First: Joelle Bruyere, Alexis Latter, Adrianna McCoy (Honours), Madison Anderson (Honours), Colby Ashworth Cassandra Armstrong (First Class Honours), Lilly Wyder (First Class Honours) SECOND: Alasha Perrault AND Adriana Lesk (Tie) SECOND: Madison Anderson, Lilly Wyder (Honours), Harper Woolsey, Joanna Empey DUET FIRST: […]
Heavy rains and quickly melting snow resulted in widespread flooding and washouts across the District over the weekend. Clockwise from above, water washes over Hwy 602, east of Fort Frances; LaVallee Road North was closed to traffic due to washout conditions; water levels in ditches and fields along Highway 11 […]
It’s the end of April and we’re still talking about snow and winter weather. It just doesn’t seem right. Maybe this week, we’ll start to see some sun and warmer weather? Late last week a few friends invited me on a road trip to head west to Saskatchewan to spend […]
Now what? Now that Guy Lafleur is gone, who will be next to catch the torch that is symbolically passed from the greatest of Montreal’s French Canadiens? For the first time in eight decades, there is no active nor retired player ready to be that “legend of legends.” Since Lafleur’s […]
By Bob Tkachuk
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
After a two year Covid hiatus, four Sunset Country Squash Club members travelled to the Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club to compete in the 2022 Qualico Manitoba Open Squash Tournament, along with Fort alumni Anika Alexander. The tournament took place from April 28-24. Josh Councillor in Men’s B division ended with […]
Born to Jake and Danielle, nee Blanchette- Trepanier, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Leni, weighing 6 lbs 11 oz on April 6, 2022 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
