Peggy Revell While many old-time Disney favourites were featured during the 10th-annual recital by the Dancemaker’s School of Dance, this year themed “Wish Upon a Star,” last Thursday and Friday night at the Townshend Theatre, dancers also took on new movies like 2008’s “Camp Rock”—performed by Mandy Barker, Sarah Bagacki, […]
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Peggy Revell Megan Bannon and Kari Manty looked through photos taken during the Fort Frances High School band’s trip to Italy over the March Break. Band members hosted a “Show and Tell” on Monday evening in the high school cafeteria as a way for family, friends, and the public to […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—They came, they smoked—they got the munchies. More than 1,000 people gathered on Parliament Hill yesteray, and thousands more converged in cities elsewhere in Canada, to mark 4/20—a counter-culture celebration of marijuana and a protest against pot laws. Despite a federal Conservative government bent on punishing illegal […]
The Associated Press LONDON—The Queen is 83 today. Buckingham Palace said she will mark her birthday at Windsor Castle, but won’t have the day off work. The Queen’s office said the monarch has nothing special planned or any public engagements scheduled. But she probably will go through the stack of […]
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight, via videoconference, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the board office adjacent to St. Francis School. Following the release of the provincial budget last month, Superintendent of Business Chris Howarth will give an update on education funding […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Public Library board is willing to work with town council to salvage plans for a new library and technology centre here, but said council must identify how much it is willing to contribute and how big it wants the library to be before anything else […]
Mitch Calvert Jon Sinclair, right, and the rest of the Muskie boys’ soccer team braved strong winds and cool temperatures during practice yesterday afternoon. Both Muskie squads begin their exhibition seasons May 1-3, with the boys heading to Winnipeg and the girls off to Thunder Bay.
Peggy Revell Meagan Empey and Tirzah Keffer looked through photos taken during the Fort Frances High School band’s trip to Italy over the March Break. The band hosted a “Show and Tell” yesterday evening in the high school cafeteria, where the public could drop by to see the collection of […]
Mitch Calvert Lauren Vold of the Causeway Insurance Cougars (Atom) held up her “most valuable defenceman” award alongside FFMHA registrar Kelly Jolicoeur during the minor hockey awards banquet at the Memorial Sports Centre last night. See tomorrow’s Times for a complete list of the winners.
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER—Female ski jumpers suing for a chance to compete at the 2010 Games may have a solid moral argument, but a legal one will be much tougher to prove, Olympic and legal experts say. The case between 15 former and current ski jumpers and the Olympic organizing […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin keeps moving up the leaderboard each week on the ARCA RE/MAX Series, with his best result to date coming yesterday with a 10th-place finish in the Carolina 200 at Rockingham Speedway, N.C. Veteran Ken Schrader dominated much of the race, but it was rookie […]
Duane Hicks While the forestry industry has been experiencing thousands of job layoffs and a reduction in orders for some time, and companies such as AbitibiBowater facing a long, complex financial restructuring to reduce its debt of more than $6 billion (U.S.), Ontario Natural Resources minister Donna Cansfield said she’s […]
