Staff The two-goal lead is reputed to be the toughest to maintain in hockey. That apparently applies to the one-set lead in volleyball. The 14th-seeded Muskies ended their season Friday by losing 3-1 (20-25, 25-14, 25-18, and 25-17) to the sixth-ranked Lockerby Composite School Vikings (Sudbury) in the consolation quarter-finals […]
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Heather Latter Local centenarian Frances Shelfantook visited Jean Bujold’s Grade 5 class at St. Francis School on Friday. The students had plenty of questions to ask about her life, teaching career, and becoming an author.
Heather Latter Sammy Stone put a ticket in to win one of the beautifully-decorated trees at the Rainycrest Auxiliary’s “Vendor Blender” there Saturday. The event also featured a penny table, baked goods, local artisans, and crafts for sale.
Heather Latter Abigail Matheson, left, and her big sister, Ainsley, showed off the reindeer hot chocolate packets they found at the benefit bake and craft sale for Rosalie, the newborn daughter of Tyler Cousineau and Bev Small, on Saturday afternoon at the local Legion. More than 500 people turned out […]
Staff Town council will vote tonight to increase user fees here in 2015. If the recommendation from the Administration and Finance executive committee is approved, there will be a general 2.6 percent hike effective Jan. 1. This increase, however, does not include any specific fees that have been identified to […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service has been working with personnel at the Resolute mill for the past few months related to fire safety issues at the Fort Frances site. There was a high level of optimism that the sale of the mill was imminent and that […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Brent Jourdain got a step on St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ pursuer Marc Belanger during the first period of Fort High’s 6-2 win here last night.
Heather Latter Chantelle Spuzak, an esthetician at Simplicity Professional Hair and Body Care, painted Leslie Danielson’s nails purple there yesterday in honour of the “Shine the Light” Campaign sponsored by Riverside Community Counselling Services. The campaign, which aims to break the silence surrounding woman abuse, is held each November for […]
Heather Latter Dressed up for the superhero theme day, Connor Belluz, a Grade 6 student at St. Francis School here, visited students at St. Michael’s yesterday to talk about his recently self-published book, “Creatures of Doom.” The 100-page novel focuses on the main character, Nick, a ninja who comes from […]
Joey Payeur It may have been the best 10-minute misconduct Graeme Kitt ever took. The Muskies rallied to their teammate’s defence by scoring three times in the final five minutes of the second period en route to a 6-2 victory over the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in NorWOSSA […]
Staff Two got away but the first one may be the toughest to swallow. The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team let a pair of one-set leads go to waste to finish fourth in Pool ‘B’ with an 0-3 record at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Dryden. No. 14-seeded Muskies led […]
Staff With Christmas just over a month away, the Fort Frances Times is looking for children’s letters to Santa. The Times is getting ready to publish its annual Christmas greetings edition on Dec. 17. If you would like your child’s letter to Santa to be included, we need it by […]
