Fort Frances pairs skaters Sophie Potvin-Begin, nine, and Michael Nelson, 13, brought a bronze medal back to the Border Skating Club after competing in the Introductory Pairs event at the Trillium STARSkate All Ontario Championships in Waterloo, Ont. over the weekend. Nelson also took seventh place in the Junior Bronze […]
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FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Times Tigers IP2 hockey team got a chance to both live out a dream and help their community Monday morning at the Ice for Kids Arena here. The Tigers won the right to skate with the Iowa Stars, the Dallas Stars’ AHL affiliate, after submitting the […]
FORT FRANCES—Alberton Coun. Yves DeGagne has resigned after just four months into his four-year term. His resignation became effective last Tuesday (March 6) when he submitted it in writing to the clerk at the township office. According to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, under the recent changes made to the […]
FORT FRACNES—Ten local 4-H members will be heading to Central Hampstead in New Brunswick this summer after they were selected to take part in a Canadian exchange. The youths, ranging in age from 13-17, will head east at the end of June for a week. Then their counterparts will visit […]
FORT FRANCES—After reviewing a list of requests submitted by the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team last month, town council agreed Monday night to help the club out in a few ways. While the town opted not to reduce the current pool rental rates, it will offer to mediate between the […]
OTTAWA —The numbers are in and new information from the 2006 census shows Fort Frances has experienced a decline in population over the last five years. Statistics Canada released the first data from last year’s census today and it showed the population of Fort Frances has decreased by 2.5 percent […]
Iowa Stars’ defenceman Mark Fistric took Fort Frances Times Tigers’ forward Hunter Calder out of the play yesterday morning during a scrimmage at the Ice for Kids Arena. The Tigers won the right to skate with the AHL squad after bidding $1,324 at a recent auction in support of the […]
Andrea Schram, right, along with Aynsley Williams and Matraca and Madeline Adams, worked on rolling snowballs to make snowmen Friday following the Sturgeon Creek School winter carnival. The students enjoyed a pancake breakfast and a number of activities to celebrate the last day of school before the March Break. —Heather […]
Town council will be asked to financially contribute to several groups and events at its regular meeting tonight. The first request is from the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition regarding 2007 per capita funding in the amount of $.50 per capita. This money would be used “to help sustain the […]
International Women’s Day did not go unobserved in Fort Frances this year. Although the day has been celebrated in the past, the event has gone unrecognized in recent years. This year, however, the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario hosted a dinner at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau to mark […]
Beta Sigma Phi’s annual “Daffodil Day” will be held Friday, March 30. The local sorority began organizing “Daffodil Day” in 1975. Between 2000 and 2005, the local chapters have raised just under $50,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society with the support of residents across the district. This year’s theme, “You […]
Robin McCormick spoke about the importance of everyone finding their talents and making the most of them in an address to women gathered for an International Women’s Day dinner at the Volunteer Bureau last night. —Melanie Béchard photo
