Amanda Watson, left, and Angie Cousineau perused the plentiful treats available at the “Friends of the Library” bake sale on Valentine’s Day.
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Jared McQuaker, representing the Stratton Curling Club, instructed his team of Cody Heyens, left, Cody Ossachuk, and Ben Miller to sweep hard during the third draw of the Bantam provincial playdowns here Friday. The team won just one of their five games over the three-day event, with the Kristofer Leupen […]
FORT FRANCES—No charges will be laid in connection to a video involving six Fort Frances High School students and then posted on the Internet after a police investigation determined the video was not criminal in nature. The roughly two-minute long video depicted the non-native female students dancing to the sounds […]
Local residents will hear emergency sirens tomorrow at 2 p.m. but there will be no reason to panic—it’s just a test. The Fort Frances Municipal Control Group will be holding an emergency exercise tomorrow afternoon to simulate a real disaster—and gauge how well prepared it is if something were to […]
Among a list of numerous requests town council will receive at tonight’s regular meeting, the Downtown Scott Street Business Improvement Association is asking for alleyside recycling pickup on a weekly basis. In a letter to council, BIA chair Russ Ling noted the BIA board polled its membership and found all […]
Never had a nothing game meant so much to the Muskie girls’ hockey team. Still reeling from the removal of six players from their roster earlier Friday, and the roller-coaster of emotions surrounding that situation, the team easily could have felt like simply going through the motions in their regular-season […]
The second half of the 10th-annual Fort Frances Girls’ Hockey Association tournament was held over weekend. In all, six Novice, six Atom, and five Midget squads took to the ice. Local squads competing included the Rolling Lake Lightning “white” and “black” teams (Novice), Kaemingh Esso and Lakewood Tire (Atom) and […]
Rose Bernardi, left, and Lil Newman checked out the live auction items up for grabs at the annual “Community Chest” dinner Sunday evening at La Place-Rendez-Vous. The event drew about 270 people to raise funds to provide financial aid to local families facing medical expenses. The fundraising total was not […]
Forward Matt McLellan offered dessert to 11-year-old Stephanie Lizotte on Saturday during the annual tea and bake sale hosted by the Muskie boys’ hockey team, which was held at La Place Rendez-Vous.
At least four First Nations bands have pulled their students from Fort Frances High School over a “racist” video involving a half-dozen non-native female students that ended up on the Internet. One source told the Times late this morning that the video depicted the female students dancing to the sounds […]
The Tirzah Keffer rink of Fort Frances, along with “Little Rocker” Hailey Beaudry holding up the team sign, lined up with the rest of the girls’ and boys’ teams yesterday evening during opening ceremonies of the Northern Ontario Bantam playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The Keffer rink has […]
Milt Strachan, vice-president of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, drew the wining ticket in the Taggs ‘AA’ Bantam 50/50 draw last night at the Memorial Sports Centre. Bob Hall of Fort Frances won $2,310. Looking on were Taggs’ players Brett Bodnarchuk, John Carlson, Jeff Gustafson, Cody Vangel, Chris Bobczynski, […]
