Lindsay Hamilton proved she had what it takes to rock and roll last night after capturing top honours–and $500–at “Quest for the Best” before a sold-out crowd of 1,200 under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on Wednesday night. Singing Save Ferris’ energetic “I Know,” Hamilton had the […]
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Richard and Solly Garbowski have more than one reason to be excited about this week’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Not only does the Devlin couple love fishing, they also are going to be responsible for the sale of souvenirs during the event. “This is the first year we have […]
A dozen local youths did more than just have a good time at the “Spirit Fest” concert in Detroit Lakes, Mn. last weekend. They set a good example for others there, Salvation Army youth outreach worker Heather Keeler said Monday. Keeler, one of four Salvation Army employees who led the […]
Amid the games, food, and entertainment on tap at this week’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship comes a time in every parent’s life when nature calls (usually at the worst possible time). Hoping to give parents a little relief this year, staff from Pharmasave have decided to create a place […]
Anyone walking by the Masonic Lodge will notice work hasn’t started yet on the town’s second heritage mural but organizers say everything is still on track. “Hopefully, he’ll be here Friday,” Crystal Godbout, a member of the town’s beautification committee, said yesterday, referring to mural artist John Hood. “He’s working […]
Pastor Etienne Fomgbami can’t help but be struck by the irony of being an African missionary travelling in Canada. In the past, he said, it was usually the other way around. “Before, people were sent to Africa. Now, it’s an African here,” Fomgbami said Sunday while relaxing with his wife […]
Seventy years ago in a forested area near Emo, a young boy of 13 embarked on a career that he’s still doing to this day. While most men his age are enjoying their retirement, 83- year-old Chris Loveday is still getting up every morning to take his place as the […]
High spirits and obliging weather made for a successful second-annual kayakers’ symposium here last weekend. So successful, in fact, that organizers Eric and Caren Fagerdahl, who own Rainy Lake Boatworks, already are planning for next summer. “We’re thinking of paddling to Crow Rock next time,” Eric Fagerdahl said. “Lots of […]
Fort Frances Times published Jim Cumming received the Canadian Community Newspaper Association “President’s Award” on Saturday during its annual convention in Saskatoon. The presentation took place the same evening Cumming officially was elected first vice-president of the CCNA, to which the Times has belonged since 1934. The award–a hand-blown Nova […]
“They have come home with a lot of really good memories that are going to last them their whole life.” That was how Boy Scout leader Don Manty described the recent trip he and four local Scouts took to the Canadian Jamboree on Cabot Beach in Prince Edward Island. The […]
Charges have yet to be laid against the two inmates accused of orchestrating a standoff with police and correctional officers at the Fort Frances Jail last month. “There are still some aspects of the investigation that have to be completed before [the OPP are] in a position to lay criminal […]
A cow–mysteriously beheaded–was found floating in the Rainy River in an eddy just west of Manitou Rapids. “It was headless, upstream of Manitou Rapids,” noted Jennifer Mercer, co-ordinator of the Rainy River First Nation Watershed Program. “It’s out and it’s been buried by one of our community members,” she added. […]
