The Fort Frances Museum will be presenting the play, “Rope’s End,” at the Townshend Theatre on Feb. 7 as part of the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Regional Tour 2008. Museum curator Pam Hawley said tickets for the play, which is a fundraiser for the museum renovation project, “would make a wonderful […]
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“Joseph” (Michael Drouin), left, and “Mary” (Emma Noga) smiled at their newborn baby Jesus as they took shelter in the manger during the dress rehearsal of St. Michael’s Christmas concert yesterday afternoon. The actual concert, featuring students in Grades 1-3, was held yesterday evening. A concert for the JK/SK students […]
Julianna Rousseau received a present from Santa Claus during a Christmas party at the Fort Frances Day Care yesterday afternoon. With Christmas drawing nearer, ol’ St. Nick has made a series of early visits to Rainy River District in recent weeks.
The Borderland Community Orchestra presented “’Tis the Season,” a celebration of seasonal music, on Tuesday night at the Townshend Theatre. Under the direction of Katherine Williams, the musicians offered up melodies such as “Angels from the Realms of Glory,” “Brahms Chorale,” and “Silent Night.” Proceeds will benefit the “Building for […]
Ashton Barnes mailed his letter to Santa yesterday at the Times office just before the deadline to get it o the North Pole. While the Times will be sure to forward district children’s letters to jolly St. Nick as promised, the letters also will be reprinted for everyone to enjoy […]
NorWOSSA matches between the four Muskie court teams and Dryden, originally scheduled for today at Fort High, have been cancelled due to poor road conditions. No make-up date was announced prior to press time. Both Muskie boys’ basketball teams, coming off wins against the Eagles up there last Thursday, were […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team kept their undefeated home record intact with a 4-0 shutout over the Kenora Broncos here Tuesday night. Katie Stearns recorded the second Muskie shutout in a week after Sara Trendiak held the Lake of the Woods Bears to a goose egg in an exhibition showdown […]
The Grade 11/12 Entrepreneurship class at Fort Frances High School is staging a fashion show tonight at the Townshend Theatre as a hands-on assignment. “Ultimately the purpose is to teach these kids about entrepreneurship by running a ‘business’ in a hands-on situation,” teacher Shane Beckett explained, noting the proceeds will […]
The Rainy River District detachment of the OPP is reminding motorists to drive in accordance to local road conditions. Winter driving is hazardous enough on its own, but combine speed with poor visibility, icy roads, or night driving and you have a recipe for a collision. The Rainy River District […]
With the municipal byelection coming up Jan. 14, eligible voters in Fort Frances will begin receiving their voting kits in the mail starting next week. DataFix—the company creating, printing, and mailing the voting kits for this byelection—is in the process of preparing them for mail-out starting Dec. 18. Voters should […]
CEO Wayne Woods said yesterday that the purchase of a CT Scanner for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. is getting closer although a vendor has not yet been selected. “We are still in the selection process,” Woods said. “We have short-listed two vendors that both have their advantages and disadvantages. […]
Due to the Christmas holidays, the next regular meeting of town council will be held this coming Monday (Dec. 17). But council also agreed this past Monday night to change the dates of two of its meetings in 2008. For instance, the Monday, Jan. 14 council meeting has been rescheduled […]
