Nolan Mann scored twice and assisted on two others to pace the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a convincing 6-1 win over the two-time defending NorWOSSA champion Sioux Lookout Warriors on Tuesday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena. Peyton Avis scored and added four assists to also impress offensively for […]
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There was no shortage of excitement at Fort High on Tuesday. Three of the four Muskie court sports teams came away with wins in NorWOSSA action against the visiting Kenora Broncos. Ethan Barker sunk a jump shot at the buzzer to lift the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team to a […]
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Offence was aplenty for the Muskie girls’ hockey team during their annual “Seniors Night” game here on Tuesday night. The Muskies rode the strength of a three-goal outburst in the first period to a 7-2 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors in NorWOSSA action at the Ice For Kids Arena. […]
Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
Two country jams are on tap for the next couple of weeks. The Barwick Jam will be held in the Barwick Hall on Feb. 15. Admission to this event will be $5 and will include the entertainment plus a light lunch and some tea/coffee, pop or water. Come out for […]
Ken Kellar
Work is progressing well on the new indigenous-led child care centre in Fort Frances, according to United Native Friendship Centre executive director Sheila McMahon. Work began on the $3.2-million building in August of last year, which is located on McIrvine Road across from the sports field, and McMahon noted that […]
Sam Odrowski
A local First Nations organization is working to create more allyship in the fight for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Mandi Olson of the Binesiwag Centre for Wellness in Couchiching delivered a presentation to town council during Monday night’s meeting where she spoke about how indigenous females […]
Ken Kellar
Thank the weather or thank the commitment made by those who care; either way it made for a successful event focused on raising awareness and money to combat homelessness in Fort Frances. “That was an awesome turn out,” said Fort Frances’ Homeless Committee co-chair Jamie Petrin of the Coldest Day […]
Sam Odrowski
Without a case worker or assessment, a four month old native girl was involuntarily removed from her family by Fort Frances Catholic Children’s Aid in the late 60s Renee Linklater, now 50, who’s a member of Rainy River First Nations (RRFN), is one of the roughly 22,000 Indigenous people who […]
Sam Odrowski
While the town struggles to create economic opportunities at the shuttered paper mill in 2019, council has a strong path going forward to bolster the local economy. Fort Frances recently secured provincial and federal funding for a land-use and economic development feasibility study at the Shelvin Wood Yard and Nurses […]
Ken Kellar
While there weren’t quite as many people out as was hoped for, Saturday still marked another successful venture for the Rainy River District Trappers Council. The Council held their second spring trapper workshop, since resurrecting the idea in 2019, at the Metis Hall in Fort Frances. Council president Brian Love […]
Family Day is almost here. Time to pack up the kids, and have some fun together throughout the Rainy River District. This year, the holiday lands on Monday, Feb. 17, and a variety of local groups have been busy organizing events and activities. On the calendar this year are: The […]
Jack Elliott
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
The centre-piece of Rainy River’s Winter Festival will be the Rick Bourre Memorial Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Rick Bourre, a long time resident of Rainy, was an extremely dedicated volunteer. Particularly at the arena and curling rinks, where his mechanical genius kept the ice plants and […]
