Staff “Daffodil Drive” chair Arlene Georgeson put a daffodil pin on Times’ co-op student Kathleen Martin this morning. A regional fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, the daffodil pins are available by donation at locations around the district until April 30. Georgeson also will have the pins on hand at […]
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Joey Payeur Dwayne Hunking, right, wasn’t making anyone walk the plank while he served a long line of hungry attendees at the annual volunteer appreciation lunch at the Rainycrest Long-Term Care here yesterday.
the OPP On April 15 around 3:20 p.m., police received a report that a male driving a medium-sized pickup truck pulled up to a young girl walking on Roy Street in Emo. The driver began asking the youth some questions and at one point appeared to be unclasping his seat […]
Press Release The Township of Emo is receiving $1 million to install a new watermain to service commercial lots in the east end. It is one of eight projects in the Kenora-Rainy River region that got $5.1 million in support from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. The others […]
Joey Payeur Andrew Eldridge (Captain von Trapp), left, Taylor Shouldice (Maria), and Robert Empey (Herr Zeller) rehearsed a scene from “The Sound of Music” yesterday while fellow cast members, playing the von Trapp children, looked on. Presented by the Fort Frances High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic tale will be […]
Joey Payeur He’s only three days old but Cohen Robert Strachan is almost guaranteed already his dad won’t ever top this week. Wayne Strachan went from becoming a father Monday to an SIJHL champion last night as the Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager saw his team rally […]
Joey Payeur Captain Cody Wickstrom triumphantly held the Bill Salonen Cup aloft after the Lakers edged the Minnesota Iron Rangers 3-2 in Game 7 of the SIJHL last night before a capacity crowd at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Joey Payeur Lucas DeBenedet roared his excitement after the Lakers captured their first SIJHL crown here last night.
Staff Clothes make the man but Jaymee Fiset doesn’t care a bit about what jersey she wears when it comes to bulging the twine. Filling in on a short-handed Cater 2 U Queens’ squad, Fiset still looked like the Main Street Mayhem marksman she has been all season. She netted […]
Staff Fort Frances Youth Soccer is hoping the weather plays ball so they can play next week. At its board of directors’ meeting Tuesday, it was decided to start the new season this Monday (April 28) for Divisions 1, 2, and 5 and next Tuesday (April 29) for Divisions 3 […]
Duane Hicks Premier Kathleen Wynne will be in Fort Frances later tomorrow to speak to the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association membership, which is holding its annual general meeting here. “That’s huge. When was the last time we had a premier of Ontario in Fort Frances?” wondered NOMA vice-president and Fort […]
Heather Latter A cold, wet covering of snow didn’t dampen early Easter celebrations here Saturday morning. More than 345 children, along with their parents, lined up along Scott Street to participate in the first-annual Community Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt hosted by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club, in conjunction with “The […]
