Staff The Fort Frances Lakers can do it on home ice. The Lakers held off the K&A Wolverines 2-1 in Thunder Bay last night to grab a 3-2 lead in their first-round best-of-seven series. Fort Frances can advance to the SIJHL semi-finals with a win in Game 6 here tonight […]
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Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—The local seniors’ coalition once again is encouraging district residents to take a look inside their medicine cabinets while doing their spring cleaning this month. From now until March 31, the public can take all their out-of-date or unused medications they don’t need anymore, bring them to […]
Staff For the Fort Frances Thunderhawks, a tie ended up being almost as good as a win. The T’hawks battled back from a 3-1 third-period deficit to tie the host Kenora Thistles 3-3 in the first game of the Hockey Northwestern Ontario final tournament. Team manager Dean Bruyere noted Fort […]
Press Release Due to maintenance procedures taking place at Rainycrest Long-Term Care here, the entire facility will be under a boil-water advisory effective Monday, March 15 starting at 1 p.m. This advisory will remain in effect until further notice.
Press Release Snowmobile trail maintenance in Voyageurs National Park east of International Falls has ended for the winter season and all trail markers are being removed. Ice conditions are deteriorating rapidly and snowmobile travel no longer is recommended. The Rainy Lake ice road also is closed for the season.
Peggy Revell Robert Moore student Maya Davis sprinkled some cheese on her pizza while Emily George watched and waited for her turn during a senior kindergarten field trip to Boston Pizza this morning. Students were given a tour of the restaurant (including seeing how pizzas are made in the kitchen), […]
Dan Falloon Former NHL star Theoren Fleury presented his speech, “Don’t Quit Before the Miracle,” to local residents at the Townshend Theatre last night. Fleury focused on his recovery from sexual abuse as a child and his ability to bounce back from drug and alcohol abuse as an adult. He […]
Dan Falloon Brian Rich held former WWE wrestler “Bushwhacker Luke” against the ropes in Canadian Wrestling’s Elite action at the Couchiching recreation centre Tuesday night. The evening featured a total of six matches, culminating with the main event between “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn, also a former WWE competitor, and “Canadian […]
Peggy Revell Missy Smith held up the matching traditional skirts sewn yesterday during the “Strengthen and Inspire the Anishinaabekwe” conference held at the East End Hall here Tuesday and Wednesday. The two-day conference was organized and run by the women enrolled in the Seven Generation’s Education Institute’s Azhemiinagoziwin program, and […]
Duane Hicks After first reporting last week that local student Adam Armit had entered a video in the Doritos “Viralocity” contest, the Times has learned four other local students also have entered—and would love to see the community rally behind them, as well. Just this week, Jerome Tuesday, Jenna Nowak, […]
Staff Tirzah Keffer made sure there was no doubt as to which rink was tops at the NWOSSAA playoffs earlier this week at the Fort William Curling Club. Keffer and her rink of third Samantha Mueller, second Taylor Hartlin, and lead Carley Busch posted a sparkling 5-0 record to advance […]
Staff A recent display classified ad looking to hire “mystery shoppers” has been identified as scam, and the Fort Frances Times is asking the public not to respond to it. The ad, which ran in the Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 3, and March 10 editions of the Times advertises […]
