Jamie Mountain Todd Moxham, left, Justin Lewtas, Brent Adamson, Lorne Jackson, Lloyd Stansell, and Ron Silver all were hard at work getting the ice prepared for an exciting curling season ahead at the Fort Frances Curling Club and posed for a photo on Monday morning. Stansell has been an ice […]

Jamie Mountain Boston Pizza here has come on as a sponsor for the Fort Frances Curling Club this season and had their logo painted onto one of the rings at the rink recently.

Submitted Pictured here with the new chair are Riverside Foundation director Allison Cox, left, Emo Thrift Shop & Food Bank board of directors Nancy Flook, Eileen Bragg, Victor Gustafson, Charlene McTavish, Lincoln Dunn and Carol Hyatt, along with chemotherapy patient Cheryl Foster.

Jamie Mountain With the return of fall comes the return of the high school cross-country running season. This year’s edition of the Muskies has been hard work in preparation for the NorWOSSA season, which officially kicks off today with the SSSAA Time Trials in Thunder Bay. Members of the black-and-gold […]

One of the Rainycrest residents attending dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous was incorrectly named in a photo on page A6 of last week’s Fort Frances Times. The woman identified as Greta Eide instead should have been identified as Mary Kolynchuk. The Times apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Press Release

Riverside Foundation for Health Care received a welcome donation in the amount of $5,859 from the Emo Thrift Shop and Food Bank to purchase a new chair for the chemotherapy department at La Verendrye General Hospital. The new chair, which gives patients the freedom to independently adjust it, is fitted […]

Jamie Mountain You couldn’t have scripted a better second half for the Muskie football team in their “home game” last Thursday in Winnipeg. After overcoming some early shakiness and sloppy plays, the Muskies stretched a slim 19-18 halftime lead into a convincing 50-25 win over the Neelin Spartans in Winnipeg […]

Staff The SIJHL announced Monday that Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Alex Bugeja has been named its initial Play It Again Sports player-of-the-week for the 2019-20 season. In two starts over the weekend, the 18-year-old West Vancouver, B.C., native backstopped the Lakers to a home-and-home sweep of the Thief River Falls […]

Jamie Mountain While the weather may have been nasty on Friday, Christian Armstrong and Mark Nault were crafting their own perfect storm out on the waters of Rainy River over the weekend. Nault, who is originally from Rainy River but now lives in Dryden, and Armstrong teamed up for an […]

Jamie Mountain The defending champs looked every bit like their dominant selves from a year ago in their first match last Tuesday. The Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team dispatched the host Kenora Broncos with a 3-0 sweep in the NorWOSSA season-opener for both teams. “Overall I was impressed by our […]

Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team played a ton of basketball last week and have been impressive to start the season. After defeating the host Kenora Broncos 26-14 in the NorWOSSA season-opener last Tuesday (Sept. 17), the Muskies compiled a 2-2 record at a one-day tournament hosted by […]