Duane Hicks Local residents can plan to put their Christmas trees out on the curb later this week as the Fort Frances Fire Brigade will hold its annual pick-up this Saturday (Jan. 10). As in the past, the tree pick-up is being held on the first Saturday following Ukrainian Christmas, […]
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Staff Smoke was seen billowing from the new biomass boiler here Friday though there’s been no official word from mill management whether the $84.3-million project is fully operational yet.
Duane Hicks Under the watchful eye of his “supervisor” and grandson, Trey Beninger (not pictured), Murray Beninger Sr. spent his afternoon yesterday clearing snow from his Front Street residence. Borderland received a dump of more than 25 cm (over nine inches) of the white stuff over the weekend to go […]
Peggy Revell Robert Moore senior kindergarten student Sierra Happy unbundled from her snow suit early this morning on the first day back to school following two weeks of Christmas vacation.
The Associated PressJessica Mintz Web-savvy moms who breastfeed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies. The disputes reveal how the sites’ community policing techniques sometimes struggle to keep up with the booming number and diversity of their members. Facebook began as a […]
Staff An excellent crowd was on hand Tuesday night to see the current Muskie girls’ hockey squad light the lamp 13 times enroute to a 13-4 victory over the alumni in their second-annual holiday tilt. The alumni struck first as centre Katie McTavish, who suited up for the black-and-gold from […]
Press Release The snowmobile season has arrived, with excellent trail conditions thanks to snowfall amounts and the hard work from all the volunteers with our local snowmobile clubs. OPP officers in Rainy River District have been out on snowmobile patrol throughout December, and would like to remind operators to be […]
Duane Hicks Chantal Wall, left, and Gina King took the “plunge” together into Sand Bay during the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge” on New Year’s Day. A record number of participants took part this year, with about $15,000 being raised. See more photos online at: https://fftimes.com/image/tid/103
Duane Hicks Alan Zucchiatti drew the Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” winner for January this morning at International Travel Services as fellow Kiwanian Irene Laing looked on. Kevin Busch of Fort Frances will be heading to San Diego—a trip valued at $2,500. The club sold all of its “Trip […]
Kathy Bodnar The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team was in Blaine, Mn. this past Saturday and Sunday for the Schwan Cup hockey tournament. The Canadians lost their first game 2-0 to Centennial, then they were beaten 5-2 by Burnsville in their second game. Scoring for the Canadians were […]
VNP Significant snowfall has created excellent snowmobiling conditions on land-based trails in the Voyageurs National Park region. The Green Trail from Rainy Lake to Lake Kabetogama, and on to the Ash River Trail, is in fair-good condition. Patches of slush are still present along the trail and winds have created […]
Staff Police are continuing to investigate the death of a Fort Frances woman at her Third Street West home. Police did not release any details as of press time today, but it is known the body has been taken to Kenora for a post-mortem examination. It also is known the […]
