I find myself thinking of those whose hearts are aching; who are pierced with a longing that raises its pain at every breath and who feel the only way to stop the agony is to stop breathing. It is a hushed conversation. We readily discuss the horrors of cancer and […]
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Lindsay Strickland and Cara Coran were excited after being chosen from the packed crowd–by Fred Penner himself–to join the fun onstage and sing an original favourite, “Sandwiches,” at the new Rainy Lake Square in June. It was one of a series of concerts held to celebrate the inaugural year of […]
A group of Rainy River Field Naturalist Club members and volunteers began laying in cedar back on Sept. 29 to extend the boardwalk at the Cranberry Peatlands Interpretive Trail in Alberton by 330 feet to total close to 1,000 feet in all. The project was supported by funding provided from […]
Museum summer student Naomi McManaman checked out “We Were Taught Differently: The Indian Residential School Experience,” the new exhibit on loan from the Lakes of the Woods Museum in Kenora that opened at the Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre in May. A complimentary exhibit on the former St. Marguerite’s […]
Drag queens Prairie Sky, Vida Lamour, Jack Doff, Lady Quinnzarr, and Pharoah Moans struck a pose in front of the “Welcome to Fort Frances” sign at the east end of town as part of the inaugural “Pride Week” festivities held here from July 9-15.
The Kemira Paper Dragons of International Falls, left, and the First City Paddling Club of Bemidji battled to a close finish during the International Boundary Waters Dragon Boad Club’s inaugural FMG Ice Dragon Challenge held in February on the ice of Sand Bay behind La Place Rendez-Vous here.
Outgoing mayor Roy Avis and mayor-elect June Caul presented the Fort Frances Citizen of the Year Award for 2018 to Cynthia Donald at the Nov. 26 meeting of town council.
Randi Roth of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 Colour Guard checked out the “Indigenous Veterans of Treaty No. 3” exhibit which opened in mid-November at the Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre. The exhibit eventually may become a travelling one for other museums in the district to access.
Times’ editor Mike Behan gave a thumb’s up as he settled in to spend the night on the 200 block of Scott Street in early October as part of the “Longest Night of the Year” initiative in support of the opening of a temporary pop-up shelter here to help address […]
The Canadian PressDirk Meissner VICTORIA–Maxime Comtois, the lone veteran on Canada’s world junior hockey team, hopes his teammates learn from yesterday’s victory. Comtois had two goals and two assists in Canada’s 5-3 win over Switzerland in a pre-tournament game designed to help both squads prepare for the world junior championship […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–A lawyer representing some indigenous hockey teams in Manitoba argued in court yesterday that all the “white teams” got together and formed a new Junior ‘B’ league which excludes First Nations. All of the teams were part of the Keystone Junior Hockey League until May, […]
It will be cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-14 C (seven F) and north winds gusting up to 15 km/h. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with a high of minus-eight (17) and low around minus-12 (10). Look for east-northeast winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Cloudy skies are […]
