Grade 12 students Shana Morrison, left, and Kyla Welch compared their class schedules this morning in the atrium at Fort Frances High School. Students entering Grade 12 were asked to pick up their timetables and pay fees for the upcoming school year today while Grade 10 and 11 students can […]
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A cross from Amis Mueller that connected to the head of Andrew Hallikas gave Subway a 1-0 win over Taggs yesterday evening in the men’s final of the Borderland Soccer Association. Both sides created an array of scoring chances in the seesaw battle, but it wasn’t until the 70th minute […]
Registration forms are now out for the third-annual “Ride for Memories,” which will see motorcyclists raise money for the local Alzheimer Society on Saturday, Sept. 10. “We’ve had quite a few sign up so far. More from Fort Frances than anywhere else,” noted Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the Alzheimer […]
Sight & Sound will be trying to take their next step towards a “three-peat” when they face Big Grassy here tonight in the fourth round of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. Game time is slated for 8 p.m. at VanJura Stadium. Sight & Sound, who finished the regular […]
Jim, left, and Kelvin Caul worked hard to win the tea boil event at the annual Loggers’ Competition at the Emo Fair on Friday. Kelvin went on to take the overall title for the third consecutive year. See Wednesday’s Times for the complete story. –Michael Hilborn photo
Cooler temperatures and some much-needed rainfall have significantly reduced the fire hazard across Northwestern Ontario to “low” or “low to medium.” All out-of-province resources and firefighters are scheduled to return to their home bases over the next few days. As well, FireRangers who have been mobilized for up to three […]
District OPP laid numerous charges in Fort Frances, Emo, and Rainy River over the weekend. Fort Frances OPP stopped an erratic driver yesterday at 10 a.m. on the 300 block of Minnie Avenue. A 20-year-old Fort Frances man subsequently was charged with driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol […]
Children of all ages and ability are invited to participate in a day of chess at Fort France Public Library tomorrow. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with “simuls,” where the youngsters will play against John Rutherford, known as “The Chess Guy,” of the Central Canada Chess League Tournament […]
A pre-trial date of Nov. 28 was set Monday morning for two people charged in connection with a series of armed robberies here. Neil Brown, 35, and Pamela Magel, 24, who were arrested Jan. 28 by Fort Frances OPP, each were charged with one count of armed robbery, one count […]
Forget the 75-plus regular-season games now in the books, last week’s semi-final action, or any tournament and exhibition contests earlier this summer. Tonight, the Borderland Soccer Association’s best are playing for all the marbles. The champions of both the men’s and women’s divisions will be crowned tonight at St. Francis […]
The Civic Centre will be closed this Wednesday (Aug. 24) from 9:30 a.m.-noon so town administration and staff can attend the funeral service for Coun. Struchan Gilson. The service will be held at 10 a.m. at the ’52 Canadians Arena. Coun. Gilson was serving his third-consecutive term as a town […]
Work has begun on the stretch of King’s Highway from Keating Avenue to 30 metres east of Holmes Avenue to kick off Phase II of the $900,000 “Connecting Link” project. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Thursday that workers started installing a new watermain this week. That’s just one […]
