Duane Hicks The local Alzheimer Society’s annual charitable dinner, “Forget Me Not,” will be held Saturday, Feb. 3 at La Place Rendez-Vous here. The evening will include fine dining, live entertainment by local duo “Entyrely Mac,” and a prize auction. The guest speaker will be Dr. Barry Campbell, medical director […]
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Duane Hicks Fort Frances Lion John Pohanka, Safeway staffer Kairsti Fraser, and Lions Helen Pohanka and Paul Patterson were on hand for the club’s final food draw Saturday at Safeway. Melanie French of Fort Frances won the grand prize of $100 in grocery certificates for a year while Drew Kaliska […]
Submitted Jigging spoons work great for catching walleyes under the ice.
Staff Four new child-care centres will be built in Rainy River District thanks to provincial funding. The Rainy River District School Board and Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board received $6,453,382 from the Ontario government to construct three new child-care centres. They will be located at Robert Moore School […]
Warren Bruyere, 53, of Couchiching First Nation, passed away Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. Cremation has taken place and a private service will be held.
Jeannie Morphet, 92, formerly of Emo, Ont., passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Jeannie was born on Oct. 11, 1925 in Emo to the late William and Jeannie (née Morrison) Tribe. She went into the army at the age of […]
When I was a youngster, I had quite an appetite for absorbing as much fishing information as I could. My Grandpa used to have subscriptions to a few different fishing magazines, so I always was excited about trips over to his place in case he might have a new issue […]
When these words find their way into the Fort Frances Times on Dec. 27, I will be departing Dawson City. Like so many before me, we come in search of gold in its many forms. Many courageous and tenacious people set off to find adventure in Dawson City. In 1898, […]
Press Release Ontario is protecting consumers from losing reward points based only on the amount of time passed since they were earned. Beginning Jan. 1, consumers will be protected against losing reward points they have been saving up for larger purchases, and the change will be retroactive to Oct. 1, […]
Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Mark Richter sent Thief River Falls Norskies’ forward Alec Daman a clear message he wasn’t welcome in goalie Jessie Heisz’s crease during their first-round “Survivor Series” back in March. The Lakers prevailed 3-1 in the best-of-five showdown but the three-time defending SIJHL champs then were swept […]
Muskie Jillian Calder didn’t waste any time getting this shot off against Sioux Lookout Warriors’ goalie Alex Morin during the teams’ best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final back in February. The black-and-gold eventually advanced to the OFSAA ‘A’/’AA’ championship in Stratford, where they were ousted with a 6-5 quarter-final loss to the All […]
Press Release The FFGWHA Novice Ice Devils and Novice Heat, along with the host Emo Express, all went 2-1 in the round-robin portion of a recent tournament there. A tie-breaker put the Ice Devils in the gold-medal final against Emo while the Heat dropped down to the bronze-final versus Kenora. […]
