Buzz Lightyear would be proud. Two members of the Border Skating Club’s CanSkate ‘A’ crew don their finest “Toy Story” superhero garb during Saturday night’s performance of “Disney Magic” at the Ice for Kids Arena. The club staged a second show yesterday afternoon.
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The Northwest Catholic District School Board will vote to adopt the 2008-09 school calendar for submission to the Minister of Education at its regular meeting tomorrow in Dryden. The board, in co-operation with the Rainy River District School Board, the Kenora Catholic District School Board, and the Keewatin-Patricia District School […]
District residents who receive a letter telling them they’ve won the lottery, but have to pay a deposit to get their share of it, had best call PhoneBusters—it’s a scam. A Devlin woman contacted the Times yesterday to let them known about the letter, which she received in the mail […]
Head coach Shane Bliss has been behind the bench of the Muskie boys’ hockey team long enough to know that approaching the OFSAA tournament with anything more than cautious optimism may be a bad idea. “These teams are all champions of their leagues, and they’ve all earned the right to […]
For the third-straight year, Knox United Church will host a church fundraiser concert on Mother’s Day (May 11) featuring Canadian fiddling champion Scott Woods. The concert, slated to begin at 7 p.m. and run for about two hours, is being held to raise money for church-related projects. Refreshments will follow […]
Those who received a “Healthy Living Food Box” last week are being advised not to eat the cantaloupe included with it as it may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. The Northwestern Health Unit started contacting food box recipients yesterday, advising anyone who received a cantaloupe in their food box to […]
Kirk Nelson, of the Fort Frances Power Corp., drilled a hole in a new 45-foot hydro pole erected yesterday along the 100 block of Fourth Street West. Crews have been working since Tuesday, and will continue to work into next week, to get new poles up on that block and […]
Award-winning Canadian author David Bouchard played a traditional flute yesterday during a presentation to students at Robert Moore School while delivering a message of the importance of reading. Students from J.W. Walker also attended the presentation. Bouchard also spoke at Donald Young School, F.H. Huffman School, Rainy River First Nations, […]
Beta Sigma Phi members Pat Bird, right, and Kerri Dittaro cut bunches of daffodils at Knox United Church last night in preparation for its annual “Daffodil Day”—a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. The daffodils were on sale this morning at Knox United Church, and also are available at Northwoods […]
The MacAfee family, including André Emond, left, playing son, Randolph, Katelyn Shortreed as daughter, Kim, Kali Hamilton portraying mom, Doris, and Ken Kellar as dad, Harry—sang “Hymn For a Sunday Evening” along with the cast of “Bye Bye Birdie” last night during its opening night at the Townshend Theatre. Presented […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team has been seeded eighth out of the 20 squads competing at the ‘AAA/AAAA’ all-Ontarios running April 2-5 in Ottawa. The rankings, released this morning, mean the black-and-gold will play in Pool ‘B’ against four other teams from across the province. Fort High will open action […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce kick-started its 2008 strategic planning process with a session on Tuesday, and will present its tentative findings to the general membership for approval next month. Chamber manager Dawn Booth said yesterday about 15 Chamber members attended Tuesday’s planning session, which took place between 10 […]
