Hours of volunteering has paid off for Bill Gushulak, who last week was selected as the Citizen of the Year for 2000 in Fort Frances. The Citizen of the Year committee chose Gushulak for his community involvement over the years–culminating this past July with the Fort Frances High School “Millennium” […]
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Details of the $700,000 pilot project at Walker/MacKenzie schools here are expected to fall into place next week as a request for proposals is due back Monday. “The request for proposals is out right now. We want to see what vendors come back with what,” said Stephen Danielson, computer systems […]
Dr. Gerald A. Niznick is a former Fort Frances resident who has made it big in the world of dentistry, or prosthodontics to be precise. Dr. Niznick’s company, Paragon Implant Co., which specializes in selling dental implant inventions, recently was purchased by a Swiss orthopedic company, Sulzer Medica, for $100 […]
A pigeon control program conducted at the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here over the past three months has not caused any ill effects on the overall bird population, several sources told the Times. Linda Wall, a supervisor with the Ministry of Natural Resources here, said she was unaware of any recent trend […]
In an effort to curb the spread of blood-borne diseases like hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, the Fort Area Exchange is now offering a needle exchange for local intravenous drug users. A partnership between the Northwestern Health Unit, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, Riverside Community Counselling, and Gagne Pharmacy, used needles can be […]
It could have been a case of nerves, or perhaps a lack of experience, but the inaugural Muskie girls’ hockey team came out on the short end of a 2-0 score against the visiting Kenora Broncos in their home-opener last Friday night. Kenora scored early in the game on a […]
Kurtis Hill scored two first-period goals to help the Emo Rockets blank Emo OPP in recent Novice minor hockey action. Meanwhile, visiting West End Motors (Fort Frances) scored once in each period to squeak past the Emo Wings 3-2. Shane Beck, Nathan Calder, and Jordan Sinclair tallied for the winners […]
West End Motors took top honours in the ‘C’ division of a Tom Thumb (novice) hockey tournament in Kenora last weekend, beating the KFC Colonels 6-1 in the final. The Fort scored four times in the first period, then added two more in the second frame to seal the victory. […]
Both matches went down to the wire. And unfortunately for the Muskies, both ended with the black-and-gold having to settle for NorWOSSA silver medals last Thursday in Kenora. The seniors opened the best-of-five match against the host Broncos with a 25-22 win. Then after losing the second game 25-21, the […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team is hoping to strike gold again this weekend. The black-and-gold are squaring off against St. Ignatius here for the NWOSSAA crown this weekend–with a berth to the all-Ontarios in Chatham later this month at stake. The best-of-three showdown gets underway Friday at 2 p.m., […]
The Muskies saw their hopes for a fifth-straight NorWOSSA title dashed here Saturday afternoon when a last-minute drive for the potential winning score ended with an interception near the Kenora goal line. The Broncos then ran out the clock to preserve an exciting 20-18 victory in front of a large […]
The first meeting of the inaugural Fort Frances Youth Indoor Soccer Program last Wednesday was somewhat of a success–depending on who you ask. “It went fine,” noted Jim Curr, who will be a coach involved with the program. “I wasn’t surprised with the turnout. Actually, I was a little underwhelmed. […]
