Staff A full field of candidates is running in the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce election. Jennifer Greenhalgh (JGreenhalgh Solutions) and Myles Kuharski (Gillons’ Insurance Brokers Ltd.) are vying for the position of president. Those running for seats on the board of directors include: •Jordan Forbes (Saulteaux Consulting & Engineering); […]
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Staff If you’ve ever wanted to be in a film, here’s your chance. Toronto-based Jigsaw Casting informed the Times yesterday that it will be in Fort Frances today through Monday to cast a film. “We are casting a film about keeping warm, and our clients chose Fort Frances as it […]
Heather Latter Cam Croswell was one of 42 Fort High students who showcased their co-op displays in the atrium there yesterday. Croswell, who has his placement at ML Caron Electric, demonstrated electrical work with his project “Get Wired.” The Grade 12 student said he sees a future for himself in […]
Staff For the Kittson Central Bearcats, it was like training camp. For the Muskie boys’ hockey team, it was easy pickings. Max Williams, Hunter Koles and Graeme Kitt each had two goals to pace Fort High to an 8-3 exhibition win in Hallock on Tuesday. “It was [Kittson’s] first game […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will be getting $85,900 less in Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) dollars in 2015 but is realizing more benefits from provincial uploads. The province reported yesterday that Fort Frances’ combined benefit of the 2015 OMPF and provincial uploads totals $3,814,100, which is the […]
Duane Hicks Josh Bigblood, left, and Kathleen Martin checked out the “Frosty” tree made by staff at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre yesterday. The tree is one of many in the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Festival of Trees” silent auction. Trees have been decorated and donated by […]
Joey Payeur Lucas DeBenedet just missed the target with this bullet in the third period of Tuesday night’s game but eventually scored once and added an assist to help the Lakers beat the visiting Dryden GM Ice Dogs 7-4.
Staff Home cooking had been the order of the day so far in the season series between the Fort Frances Lakers and Thunder Bay North Stars. The Lakers changed the menu last night. Wyatt Cota and Bowen Alcock each scored twice as Fort Frances beat the host North Stars 5-3 […]
Joey Payeur A break in their schedule didn’t mean the Fort Frances Lakers were catching any breaks from those who compile the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s weekly top 20 rankings. With a rare 10-day break in their schedule, the Lakers’ inactivity cost them three spots as they fell from No. […]
Staff The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club is rowing forth with plans for next year, including sending some volunteers away for training to help grow the sport here. The club will be sending a group to Pickering, Ont. in the spring for training with P3 Paddle Zone and Alkame Dragon […]
Heather Latter When Connor Belluz was in Grade 1 at St. Michael’s School, his teacher, John Cousineau, read the class a book called “The Adventures of Captain Underpants” about a principal who becomes a superhero. “Two students took the idea and ran with it,” Cousineau recalled, noting Belluz, with illustrations […]
Staff The Fort Frances Museum Advisory Committee is asking town council for additional staff to help curator Sherry George with the workload, as well as a council rep to sit on it. In a letter received by council Monday night, the committee wrote it “firmly believes that the museum requires […]
