The Stratton Bobcats did it. The eighth-seeded team came to VanJura Stadium here last night to square off against top seed and defending champion Sight & Sound and took it to them in the first round of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs. “My hat is off to Stratton,” […]
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The next regular meeting of town council, originally slated for Monday, Aug. 23, has been pushed back a week until Aug. 30. Council held a brief special meeting yesterday afternoon and decided to change the meeting date because three of the councillors could not be present Aug. 23. At least […]
Reconstruction of King’s Highway in the west end of town is set to begin Aug. 23 and will continue into next July, excluding the months of November-May. The work will take place from 150 metres west of McIrvine Road to Keating Avenue, covering 625 metres of King’s Highway, Operations and […]
A Fort Frances man won the $250,000 Encore prize from the Aug. 7 draw, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. reported yesterday. “I first saw the winning numbers on television and I couldn’t believe it,” Wayne Lengyel Jr. told staff at the OLC’s Toronto prize office when he claimed his […]
Local response to the story in yesterday’s Times on the plight of one-year-old Alicia Delbridge already has been impressive, says family friend Michelle Grynol. In fact, Grynol is asking people not to donate any more money to her directly but instead to go to the customer service desk at Canada […]
Top-seeded Sight & Sound will meet eight-seeded Stratton tonight at 7:30 at VanJura Stadium here as the Rainy River District Fastball League kicks off playoff action. Other action pits second-seeded Rainy River vs. seventh-seeded Pinewood, Barwick (#3) vs. Big Island (#6), and Big Grassy (#4) hosting Red Gut Bay (#5). […]
They didn’t just beat their opposition to claim gold in Japan, they dominated. Michael McCaig of Fort Frances and Jordan Davis of Devlin were members of the Manitoba Polar Ice ‘AAA’ Bantam hockey team that captured top spot at the Sapporo International Ice Hockey Meet in Japan on Sunday. “It […]
“I’ve taken a lot of big hits,” Gary Wager said as he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Wager, now a wide receiver for the Mount Allison Mounties after playing two seasons as the team’s quarterback, sat back and recalled “the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life.” […]
If you had seen them, you would’ve thought they were crazy. Last week, 30 swimmers aged six-14 participated in the Fort Frances Aquanauts’ fourth-annual swimming school that is an exhausting ordeal, consisting of classroom study, dryland conditioning, and then time in the pool. With all three aspects performed all day, […]
The Fort Frances OPP has a new look these days—and a new way of getting around. Last week, the local OPP took possession of two new mountain bikes, which will become a regular sight around the district from now on, as will police officers in shorts. The Mountain Bike Patrol […]
After a contentious battle, the provincial government has released special education funding to school boards across Ontario, effective July 28. The Cycle 5 Intensive Support Amount (ISA) funding was part of a five-stage initiative by the former Harris government to increase special education funding for high-needs students. However, the current […]
A community is in mourning this week after a boating accident Saturday afternoon on Lake of the Woods took the life of a Nestor Falls teen. It is thought 17-year-old Devin Allison was on his way to pick up a friend to go fishing around 2:30 p.m. when his boat […]
