Duane Hicks Cheyenne Clink has a blast glow-bowling Friday evening during a party for families at Plaza Lanes here. The event, which also featured free hotdogs, chips, and pop, was put on by Family & Children’s Services to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week.
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Staff The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service will be at Canadian Tire next Saturday (May 15) to promote its annual “Spring into Summer—Spring into Safety” campaign. Fire safety specialist Wayne Riches said firefighters will be on hand from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to offer information on fire safety, as well […]
Staff The local Sight & Sound Wolves kicked off the Rainy River District Fastball League season by edging the visiting Big Grassy Lightning 10-9 at VanJura Stadium last night. Bob Andy and Duane Carlson homered for the Wolves while Jeff Morrison, Ryan Kirkrude, and Billy Copenace went deep for the […]
Staff The three Muskie badminton players competing at the all-Ontarios in Stratford were trimmed in tight opening matches yesterday, but were on the other side of close wins this morning. Rory Bagacki fell 25-23 and 21-19 to Francis Lau in his opening match in the boys’ singles division, but pulled […]
Staff Laurie Hogan, Micaela Jensen, and Gerry Polz of Fort Frances were among the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar winners for May. Other winners included Herman Rodrigues (Devlin), Jennifer Azenedo and Val Kellar (Emo), Denise Wesley/Bruce Kostantin, Nicole Kurtz, Les Creed Jr., Patrick Medicine, Brian W. Leroux, […]
A story in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, headlined “Local quilt show opening tonight,” stated Gail Govier is the president of the Cabin Country Quilt Guild. If fact, there are three co-presidents of the guild, with the other two being Phyllis Johnson and Marie Gregory. The Times regrets any confusion this may […]
Peggy Revell Atikokan students Tegan Branch and Karla Bjorkman added more weights to see just how much their balsa bridge could support during the final part of the regional bridge-building competition yesterday at Fort Frances High School. Some 25 teams from Grade 7 and 8 came from as far away […]
Duane Hicks New banners were put up this week as part of Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project, which also has included the relocation and refurbishing of the lookout tower and Hallett, among other enhancements. The banners, which feature four different designs by Cher Pruys, Burton Penner, Studio 8 […]
Staff Public Works crews were out in the rain this morning to dig up a portion of Third Street West, just west of Central Avenue, to fix a water leak in a service line. Work started at 5:30 a.m., at which time the two westbound lanes were blocked off. The […]
Duane Hicks Pam Cain worked on the artwork that will serve as the pattern for the rug-hooking project, “What Hooks Your Here,” as part of a local Community Arts and Heritage Education Project (CAHEP). The artwork, which depicts the four seasons and activities associated with them, incorporates input from local […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team kicked off the NorWOSSA campaign here yesterday with a 1-0-1 record, although a 2-0-0 start was well within their reach. The black-and-gold nipped the Dryden Eagles 2-1 in their morning match, with Colton Spicer and Jameson Shortreed providing the offence. Then in the afternoon […]
Bryce Forbes Fort Frances Museum curator Pam Cain (top) and Gail Govier, president of the Cabin Country Quilt Guild, hung a quilt in preparation for the guild’s “Swinging into Spring” show, which opens tonight from 6-9 p.m. at the museum.
