Press Release The Arthritis Society is holding a Volunteer Appreciation Night on Monday (Nov. 17) at 7 p.m. at the KC Hall of Scott Street. “We would like to thank our volunteers who canvassed for our residential campaign and all of our collective volunteers,” noted Kayla Curtis-Horvath, residential canvass co-ordinator […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is hosting a PeeWee ‘A’ tournament this weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Four teams from the local house league will host two Emo squads, one from Kenora, and four from Thunder Bay. “We should be competitive [though] it’s kind of an unknown,” […]
Staff Due to poor market conditions for both kraft and paper products, all production at AbitibiBowater’s Fort Frances operations will be shut down for one week, starting Sunday, Nov. 23, the company reported this morning. Operations will resume Sunday, Nov. 30. “We need to take a week out just because […]
Peggy Revell The Robert Moore School “Builders Club” has kicked off for the year, with many community projects already in the works. About 25 students are involved this year, with plans such as participating in “Operation Christmas Child,” planning Robert Moore’s float in the Santa Claus parade, and volunteering at […]
Peggy Revell Bright orange tarps cover some of the new brickwork laid a few weeks ago for the new gym at at J.W. Walker School. The gym was destroyed earlier this year after a gas leak and fire. The new gym is slated to be ready by the end of […]
Paige Desmond Thea Kaemingh, left, and Marina Gerber of the Gideon Bible Society Auxiliary presented gift baskets to Sue Hanson of the Atikokan Crisis Centre yesterday at the United Native Friendship Centre here. The baskets, containing goodies for women staying at the crisis centre, are donated by the auxiliary twice […]
A cutline on the front page of yesterday’s Times incorrectly identified one of the Legion members in the Remembrance Day service. In fact, it was Sgt.-at-Arms Jim Marr who was accompanying Legion president Donald S. Easton, not Glenn Westover. The Times regrets any embarrassment or incovenience this error may have […]
the OPP On Nov. 7, OPP officers received a 9-1-1 call advising them of three lost boaters who were stranded on Rainy Lake. The three were returning from a cabin when they got turned around in their directions and ran out of fuel. The men were able to make calls […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ hockey team opened their NorWOSSA season with a 2-1 overtime loss to the visiting Dryden Eagles on Tuesday night while the boys’ squad fell 5-2 to the host Eagles in their opener last night. The girls played a disciplined game, only being whistled for one […]
Duane Hicks While Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Plan project is expected to go out to tender this winter, precisely where the “Hallett” will be located has become uncertain, with council referring the matter back to committee for further review and recommendation at its meeting Monday night. The plans, […]
Duane Hicks Smokers will have to step away from the entrances to the Memorial Sports Centre when they go out for a puff in the future. Council approved a report Monday night to authorize the appropriate bylaw be amended to prohibit smoking nine metres from the front overhang and west […]
Duane Hicks While council hasn’t decided yet whether it wants to see water meters installed in local homes by 2010, the town will give a break to those who have to run their taps during the winter to keep their pipes from freezing. In response to a letter received by […]
