Staff Kendra Fisher, a past team member of the national women’s hockey program and mental health advocate, spoke to about 40 people yesterday evening at Fort Frances High School. Fisher, who recounted her fight against anxiety, panic, and depression, also spoke to Fort High students yesterday afternoon. Brought to the […]
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the MNR The forest fire hazard remains “high” across the Northwest Region while an “extreme” hazard is in place for the far north. A weather system moving into the region from Manitoba may bring relief in the form of rain. However, the rain is not expected to reach the far […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ soccer team is headed to the all-Ontarios for the third-straight year after beating the Kenora Broncos 2-1 in the NorWOSSA final yesterday afternoon in Dryden. “This just shows you the dedication that the kids have,” Muskie head coach Shane Beckett said afterwards. “They get involved […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum will be doing its part to participate in “Market Thursdays,” serving up tea and scones starting today. Curator Sherry George said that each Thursday this summer from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., home-made scones courtesy of Janis Flewelling and specialty teas, provided by Smashing Tea, will […]
Lucas Punkari While the rest of the Fort Frances Aquanauts were in Thunder Bay for the annual May Invitational meet, Donovan Taylor was on his own in Winnipeg over the weekend competing in the Golden Plains Invitational. Though he was by himself, Taylor was very impressive over the course of […]
Lucas Punkari As 23-year-old Tyler Brown prepared to start his fourth season of racing at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night, the Rainy River driver had yet to earn a checkered flag in his career. That goose egg became a thing of the past once the season-opener concluded, however, as […]
Lucas Punkari For the first time in a number of years, a case can be made for any of the three teams in the NorWOSSA girls’ soccer circuit to win the league title today in Dryden. With her team preparing for a semi-final tilt with the host Eagles this morning, […]
Sarah Pruys After returning home from the University of Manitoba, I only worked for a week here at the Fort Frances Times before I headed to Costa Rica for a volunteer trip through the ‘Come Alive’ program—the culminating event following months of volunteering in Winnipeg. Our small group began programming […]
Heather Latter Jennifer Horton has been busy renovating the downtown location of 334 Scott St. (formerly Border Travel) and tomorrow will open her new business, “Curvy Chick,” which will offer an assortment of intimate apparel for women. “I have been doing the boudoir photography for over a year now,” she […]
Duane Hicks While the town will go ahead with a road reconstruction project on Second Street East and Mowat Avenue this summer, it may have to foot more of the bill than it had planned. The town had been hoping to get funding from the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative capital […]
Staff Mayor Roy Avis said Monday that he feels the Riverwalk Condominiums project was “a good investment” by the town that is now reaping rewards. The mayor was responding to a letter to the editor in last week’s Times, which called the town’s involvement in the condo project a “fiasco” […]
Duane Hicks Union Gas is directing plumbers and municipalities to call “Ontario One Call” for a free sewer safety inspection prior to using motorized or water-jetting tools to clear a sewer blockage. Duane Harris, regional utility manager for Union Gas Ltd., spoke to council Monday night about the company’s utility […]
