The path has been cleared for alcohol to be served at a wider variety of municipal-owned facilities, including the stands during Lakers games. At the last Fort Frances town council meeting, a by-law was passed, amending the Municipal Alcohol Policy (MAP), which governs where and when alcohol can be served […]
Local Sports
–Allan Bradbury photos.
The Fort Frances High School Muskies be- gan the home portion of their court sports schedule yesterday with the Broncos of Beaver Brae in town from Kenora. The boys volleyball teams both lost three sets while the girls basketball teams both won. The senior girls won 33-10 and the junior […]
–Allan Bradbury photos
The Fort Frances High Muskie girls hockey team hosted an exhibition series with the Thunder Bay Queens, St. Thomas Aquinas Saints and the Dryden Eagles last weekend. The Muskie girls looked good only dropping their opening game 5-2 to the Queens. They went on to beat the Saints 4-2, the […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
The Cyclones Swim Club season is well underway with about 40 swimmers registered in both developmental and competitive programs. Tara Tolley is the chair of the club. She says things are going well so far this fall. “There’s been good interest for the start of the year,” Tolley and her […]
Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
Sensei Gord Witherspoon from Borderland Judo gave an update on this year’s new season which has just welcomed 32 registered juniors. “We had to put a cap on the number for the junior class,” he said. “The coloured belts are shaking the rust off and the white belts are learning […]
Friday afternoon the hometown Fort Frances Muskie football team defeated the Churchill Bulldogs 41-1 in Winnipeg High School Football League action. The Muskies led 41-nothing at halftime behind a stingy defense and a powerful running game. Running back Ben Huziak opened the scoring on the 3rd play of the game from […]
By Robin McCormick
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
This year’s Muskie Cheerleaders are definitely adding to the spirit of Muskie school sports. The 2022/2023 cheerleaders are made up of 20 enthusiastic girls – 13 in grade 9-12 and seven in grade 7-8. Janine Tucker is their coach/moral support and all the other excellent qualities that come with being […]
Staff
A Fort Frances council has approved a $1,472,900 tender for pool renovations, which will likely see the pool closed throughout the winter months. The closure came at the advice of the Project Engineer, retained by the town from JML Engineering. During exploratory work in March of 2023, it was discovered […]
– Allan Bradbury photos
Schools from across the Rainy River District School Board and local Catholic Board schools as well as Cornerstone Christian School met at Crossroads School in Devlin last Friday, October 6, 2023, for the annual cross-country meet that saw kids in grades 3-7 compete. Kids ran their hearts out and and […]
Town of Fort Frances
Press release
Press release
The Pool portion of the Memorial Sports Centre will be closing for renovations effective November 6th , 2023. The work was put out for public tender in the fall of 2023 and subsequently awarded to M Builds on October 10, 2023. The work to be completed includes the following: Work […]
Staff
Friday in Kenora the Beaver Brae Broncos defeated the Fort Frances Muskies 22 – 15 in a hard-fought battle of previously undefeated first place teams in the triple A division of the Winnipeg High School Football League. Kenora jumped out quickly to a 14 – nothing lead. The defense got […]
– Submitted photos
The house is looking good as the final touches are being made at the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre, as evidenced by the sharp lines seen here in the sponsor paint jobs, as well as the pebbling being done so that every- one who turns out to the ice surface […]
