Heather Latter Four-year-old Nate Anderson, an Early Learning student at Robert Moore School, got into the Hallowe’en spirit with his classmates yesterday as they took turns cleaning out pumpkins in preparation for carving. The youngsters also had a chance to taste the pumpkin seeds that later were toasted.
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Heather Latter Two-year-old Harper Woolsey enjoyed a taste of chili with her grandmother, Helen Brow, during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Great Canadian Chili Cook-off” yesterday afternoon at the local Legion.
Duane Hicks Emerson Archie, seven, of Couchiching First Nation was the winner of a new bike raffled off during Fire Prevention Week earlier this month. Fire prevention captain Wayne Riches, with the Fort Frances Fire Department, and local Canadian Tire associate dealer Rick Smith, were on hand last Friday to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers became the first team to beat the Minnesota Wilderness at the Northwoods Credit Union Arena in Cloquet, winning 4-3 last night for their third-straight triumph. Trailing 1-0 late in the first period, Lakers’ forwards Colton Spicer and Jacob Nolan scored in a 23-second span early […]
Staff For the first time this season, all four Muskie court teams came away with victories on the same day Tuesday afternoon in Kenora. Leading the charge was the senior girls’ basketball team, which earned its first win of the NorWOSSA season by beating the host Broncos 22-17. The junior […]
Staff Two members of the Muskie cross-country running team will be off to the all-Ontarios next weekend after earning top-five finishes at the NWOSSAA championships yesterday in Thunder Bay. Grade 9 student Sydney Radigan captured second place in the Midget division with a time of 14:00.55, which had her 33 […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Great Canadian Chili Cook-Off” yesterday was a success, with the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club named as the 2012 champs. The team won over judges Dave Bishop (93.1 The Border), Laurie Witherspoon (Town of Fort Frances), and Duane Hicks (Fort Frances Times) with […]
Staff Tickets for the Canadian Cancer Society’s “Hope and the City” are on sale now at La Place Rendez-Vous, Fort Floral, and Bombshell. The age-of-majority evening, set for Friday, Nov. 23 at 6 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous, is billed as a fun, flirty, and fabulous event to benefit women’s […]
An article on the “Walk for Memories” in yesterday’s Times stated “Team Grandma” members all sported T-shirts in memory of Eva Mattson. The sentence should have read “in honour of” Mrs. Mattson as she is still living. The Times regrets any embarrassment or confusion this may have caused.
There’s a slight chance of rain and snowshowers tonight, with an overnight low of minus-three C (27 F) and west winds at 15 m.p.h., gusting up to 25 m.p.h. Tomorrow will see a 20 percent chance of snowshowers, along with a high of two (35) and low around minus-seven (19). […]
Heather Latter It was a “first date” of a different kind as 34 representatives from area First Nations and municipalities gathered for a local government networking session last Tuesday at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre. Co-ordinated by the Fort Frances Chiefs’ Secretariat and hosted by Rainy River First Nations, the meeting […]
Duane Hicks A total of 21 participants put on their sneakers Saturday to “Walk for Memories” and ended up raising $2,882 for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts. Executive director Lynn Moffatt said Monday that the event was “a wonderful walk.” “We felt this was a great turnout despite […]
