Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Borderland Judo Club travelled to Thunder Bay last weekend to compete in the Mountainside Judo Club Mini Shiai. This was the first time some of the Borderland Judo members had the opportunity to compete. The Mountainside Judo Mini Shiai is a smaller tournament designed to get the fighters lots […]
Jessica Pearson & The East Wind brought their three-part harmonies and Americana/Celtic infused folk music to the Townshend Theatre on Friday, March 27. The trio were part of Tour de Fort’s regular passport season, which will continue on April 16 with the John Wort Hannam Trio. Tour de Fort also […]
The FFHS Muskies started their provincial hockey championship campaign on with a 3-2 victory over Korah Collegiate & Vocational School Colts from Sault Ste. Marie. Troy Veldhuiesen scored a pair including the game-winning goal and Aiden Loerzel scored as well. Keaton Cooper took the win in net. The Muskies are […]
Kim Beaudry, left, along with team members Barb Roy, Wendy Brunetta, andKris Sinclair won the Northern Ontario 2026 Senior Provincial Championships last weekend, at Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay. The team will represent Northern Ontario at the Canadian Senior Curling Championships to be held at the Nutana Curling […]
Ryder Mueller, left, Griffin Dubuc, Vinnie Sigurdson and Miles Mueller took to the stage last weekend as Colonel Hathi and his band of elephants as part of Row i Theatre’s production of The Jungle Book Kids. The play ran from March 5 – 7 at the Knox United church in […]
The cast of The Jungle Book Kids presented by Row i Theatre brought the audience right into the jungle from their seats at Knox United Church last week over the course of three performances.
Canadian Tire Fort Frances re-opened Monday morning following months long shutdown caused by a fire the week before Christmas. The store looks very much the same, as it had been extensively renovated in the year prior to the fire. Mark’s had yet to re-open when the Times was on site […]
Fort Frances GM’s Steve Maki, left, and Fort Frances Kiwanis Club member Karla Rogoziski show off the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club’s Trip of the Month draw for March yesterday morning, Monday, Mar. 2. Charlotte Berg of Fort Frances was the winner of a Northern Lights Yukon trip, valued […]
The Muskies senior boys lost a hard fought semi-final match against Dryden 56-44. The Muskies junior boys beat the Beaver Brae Broncos to win the Gold medal in their closest game of the season. Up by only seven points at half time they filled the basket in the second half […]
Treaty Three Police Service are welcoming two new officers to its force following their post-Ontario Provincial Constable (OPC) training at the OPP Academy. Treaty Three Police Service Staff Sgt. James Broughton, left, attended the ceremony to officially congratulate Cst. Spencer Sundin and Cst. Gurtaj Singh for their accomplishments and welcome […]
The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre held a terrarium making workshop on Feb. 12. A terrarium is a transparent container, typicallly glass or hard plasic, which holds soil and small plants to house miniature self-sustaining ecosystems. The hands-on event offered participants ages 14 and up the op- portunity to […]
Slushy, slippery roads yesterday afternoon led to a collision at the intersection of Second Street and Frenette Avenue, which saw the stretch of road shut down as emergency crews attended the scene. Freezing rain turned many surfaces around town into impromptu skating surfaces, and drivers are urged to drive to […]
