Lucas Punkari Trevor Bonot signalled to his brushers during the final of the NOCA Region 1 men’s playdowns last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Bonot’s rink edged Adam Bolen of Fort Frances 9-7 in an extra end to clinch a berth to the provincials next month in Sault […]
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Peggy Revell J.W. Walker students Rachel Anderson (foreground), Grace Petsnick, Angie Redford, and Michaela Putzer settled into their desks as kids across the district returned to the classroom this morning following the two-week Christmas break.
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians celebrated at the Ice For Kids Arena yesterday afternoon after capturing their home tournament with a 3-1 victory over the International Falls Broncos in the final. Brett Hahkala had a hat trick to pace the Canadians, who were the best team in […]
Staff Fort Frances native Tirzah Keffer, who now lives in Thunder Bay to attend school, was in a three-way tie for first place at the Northern Ontario junior women’s provincial playdowns in Sioux Lookout after winning her first three games. Keffer, joined by third Sheree Hinz, second Paige Rubenick, and […]
Peggy Revell Local youth Larissa Desrosiers was the entertainment at yesterday evening’s teen “open mic” at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. As the lone performer to take the stage, Desrosiers won ski lift passes from Giant’s Ridge in Biwabik, Mn.
Staff The distribution of retail flyers by the Times is changing over the upcoming weeks. While flyers had been sent out to town households with Monday’s Daily Bulletin for more than a decade, they now will be distributed each Friday in January starting today. As such, the delivery of Monday’s […]
Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis joined Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts volunteer Faye Flatt, left, and “First Link” and public education co-ordinator Eleanor Barron for the raising of the Alzheimer flag in front of the Civic Centre this morning to mark January as “Alzheimer Awareness Month” in Fort Frances. […]
Press Release The New Year’s baby for 2012 in Rainy River District is Elsie Faith Nighswander. She was born yesterday at 12:19 p.m. at La Verendrye Hospital here, weighing in at seven pounds, six oz. Proud parents are David and Pauline of Barwick while proud big sister is three-year-old Sylvia. […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers continued their winning ways Tuesday night, dumping the visiting Sioux Lookout Flyers 7-2 for their fifth-straight victory. After trading a pair of goals with the Flyers in the first period, the Lakers dominated the rest of the way. They scored twice more in the […]
Staff A spaghetti fundraiser dinner for local woman Cindy McCormick, slated for tomorrow (Jan. 6), has been moved to the Couchiching multi-use facility. The event originally was to be held at the Métis Hall, but it was moved in anticipation of attendees in excess of the hall’s capacity. The time […]
Staff Likely an indicator of the local economy, the Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle campaign here fell short of its fundraising goal last month. The kettles brought in nearly $15,000, not quite reaching the target number of $18,000, Capt. Angel Sandoval said this morning. He conceded that with the current economy, […]
Peggy Revell Emma Bodnarchuk, Lyla Moen, and Jordyn Oster showed off their “pupcakes”—cupcakes decorated as puppy dogs—which they created yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The activity was part of “New Year’s Week” there, which also will see a teen open mic tonight starting at 6:30 p.m., […]
