Joey Payeur Kathie Jackson’s vocal chords didn’t have much left but she and her rink let their game do the talking. Jackson and her crew of third Teresa McFayden, second Lisa Penner, and lead Kris Sinclair capped off an eventful curling season with a 7-5 win over Christine Jean in […]
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Joey Payeur In the wide-ranging pantheon of curling shots a skip can call, the angle double raise double take-out rarely sees the light of day. But facing a possible two-point deficit with two ends to play, Raymond Roy dared to embrace the rare. “That’s exactly how we drew it up,” […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey version of “The Fantastic Four” will continue their puck adventures just across the river this fall. Forwards Shelby Tymkin, Hailey Clendenning, Shilo Beck, and Katie Sinclair all signed with the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs yesterday, ensuring the graduating seniors will get plenty of […]
Staff “My boy’s gonna play in the big league, My boy’s gonna turn some heads; My boy’s gonna play in the big league, My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.” Tom Cochrane’s lyrics are ringing a little truer for a pair of Fort Frances natives after developments over the past two […]
Duane Hicks “Roads to Resources . . . Through Partnerships” will be theme of the annual general meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association here April 23-25. NOMA executive director Kristen Oliver said the focus of the conference, which is expected to draw about 150 delegates from across Northwestern Ontario, […]
Staff Trevor Barker is one step closer to becoming Canada’s best new artist. The 26-year-old Devlin native has become a regional semi-finalist in CBC Music and CBC Radio One’s “Searchlight” competition. The original song he submitted is entitled “Jack and Rose,” a ballad based on the characters from the film, […]
Staff A long, cold winter has left significant snowpack in the Rainy River basin, meaning there’s an increased risk of high inflows to the Namakan Reservoir, Rainy Lake, and their tributaries as the spring melt begins. As such, the Water Levels Committee of the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances Times’ co-owner and office manager Linda Plumridge has been honoured by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association for her community work. Plumridge was this year’s recipient of the prestigious Insurance Bureau of Canada Community Award in Memory of Mary Knowles, which recognizes the contributions of individuals and […]
Duane Hicks Rising country star Corb Lund and pop songstress Chantal Kreviazuk are among the hot names lined up for the next season of the “Tour de Fort” concert series. “We’re very excited about next season,” said Tara Hamilton, who co-chairs the programming committee with her husband, Scott. “This season’s […]
Heather Latter Given today is the International Day of Pink, and there has been plenty of focus lately on bullying and cyberbullying, Fort Frances OPP Cst. Anne McCoy offered a presentation on the topic to the local Celebrating Diversity Committee last week. In it, Cst. McCoy highlighted the strategies being […]
Duane Hicks It’s coming. The new brand for the Town of Fort Frances will be revealed to council during its next regular meeting this coming Monday. Chris Fields, senior brand strategist with Twist Marketing, will present “the brand’s story” to council, said Tannis Drysdale, a consultant with the Rainy River […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board has learned none of the eight projects it submitted to the Ministry of Education under the Capital Priority Funding Application were approved. That includes the request to fund a rebuild of Donald Young School in Emo, as well as a number of […]
