Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin’s pursuit of his first ARCA RE/MAX Series victory soon may be a reality if his recent finishes are any indication. Arpin raced to his best finish yet on the circuit Saturday night with a fifth-place showing in the Tim Richmond Memorial at Mansfield Motorsports […]
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Staff With funding now on its way from the federal and provincial governments, the go-ahead for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre will back up for approval at tonight’s town council meeting. While council originally voted against going ahead with the project back in early April, citing […]
Mitch Calvert Members of “Italy” (left) and “Brazil” converged on a ball during the Division IV final in Fort Frances Youth Soccer on Saturday. Brazil won the game 1-0 on a late goal by Logan Morrisseau. In Division V, “Green” edged “Red” 2-1 in penalty kicks to capture gold.
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board is slated to approve the 2009/10 budget during its regular monthly meeting tomorrow. A budget of $16,675,011—balanced through a transfer of $641,704 from one of the board’s reserves—is what administration will be presenting to trustees. This budget represents a five percent increase in […]
Staff Residents are invited to attend an open house marking the launch of a new outreach services centre for family and children programs, which is set for this Monday (June 22) from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The centre—located at 1018 Webster Ave.—was made possible through the partnership of various community organizations for […]
Press Release The Tuesday night skeet shoots have resumed at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range by Frog Creek. There appeared to be little rust as long-time member Len Noonan fired off a perfect score of 25 to go with rounds of 23, 22, and 23. Jeremy McGuire shot rounds […]
Staff For those looking to learn how to sail, your big chance comes this weekend. The local Rendezvous Yacht Club still has a few openings for its “New Crew” program, which will run tomorrow and Sunday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sand Bay by La Place Rendez-Vous. The program is […]
Elisabeth Heslop Delores Cross, left, and Helen Pohanka enjoyed strawberry shortcake and ice cream yesterday at the annual “Strawberry Social” held on the hospital grounds. The three-hour event, the largest fundraiser of the year for the La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary, offered used books, plants, and baked goods for sale, […]
Elisabeth Heslop The steel skeleton of the new Boston Pizza along King’s Highway is up as construction there continues at a steady pace in anticipation of its opening later this year.
Elisabeth Heslop Joanne Gosselin, left, and Angela LaForest prepared a take-out order for the annual “Strawberry Social” this morning while Fran Hahkala aand Carol Jorgenson looked on. The ladies will have dished out 622 take-out orders by the end of the day. The social itself runs until 4 p.m. today […]
Mitch Calvert Athlete of the year recipients Taylor Meyers and Justin Bujold showed off their hardware at the annual Fort High Athletic Association awards banquet Tuesday night at the Ukrainian Hall. Meyers also was inducted into the Muskie Hall of Fame. Visit www.fftimes.com for a complete list of winners.
the MNR In addition to 178 fire personnel already deployed from the West and East Fire Regions to British Columbia on June 12 and June 16, two CL-415 waterbombers and a birddog aircraft from Ontario went to Alberta on June 16 to provide support to firefighting efforts there. Meanwhile, an […]
