Ken Kellar Oliver Urieta and Malcolm Daley of the Rainy River Association of Professional Paramedics gave the Tween Club at the Fort Frances Public Library a demonstration of their ambulance–and its siren–yesterday afternoon. The two paramedics were on hand to allow the Tween Club to see some of their equipment […]
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Ken Kellar Grace Kooistra performed “Peace Country Hoedown” by composer Christine Donkin at the Townshend Theatre this morning as part of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The piano division of the festival will run until Thursday, with the vocal and drama divisions to follow in the […]
Sam Odrowski Grade 6 St. Francis School student Khloe Morrison was taught how to properly throw a rock from Fort Frances Curling Club member Raymond Roy on Thursday at the rink here. Fellow club members Chris Sinclair, Lisa Penner, Rod Pattison, and Brian Mueller also helped to teach students the […]
Duane Hicks Dancers of all experience levels took to the stage one last time after performing the finale in Dancemakers School of Dance’s recital, “Twenty Years of Unforgettable Memories,” on Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre. This event marked the dance school’s 20th year, with each dance number being a […]
Submitted A local fisherman pulled a three-headed walleye from an undisclosed location on Rainy Lake last month. The fish, weighing in at 3.5 lbs, was caught using a “Lucky Strike” lure and put up quite a fight. Needless to say it was very difficult to pull up the hole as […]
Staff A very rare “zebra” moose was spotted browsing along Highway 502 early yesterday morning. As seen in comparison to its dining companion, this moose is considerably larger than average. An MNRF biologist contacted by the Times confirmed that these magnificent animals (Alces alces striated) can grow to be at […]
Sam Odrowski Grade 8 Robert Moore student Tatum Ronmark placed third in the regional science fair at Fort High on Saturday for her project on “Nature vs. Nurture.” She looked at whether talking to plants can effect their growth and found that talking positively to plant helps them grow. Other […]
Sam Odrowski Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford visited the Civic Centre here on Friday to announce over $6 million of funding for the modernization of municipalities across the riding. Fort Frances received $689,000. The funding is aimed at supporting the province’s small and rural municipalities that have limited capacity to […]
Ken Kellar Korreli Brant watched as Meghan Spooner demonstrated different techniques for icing a cupcake at the Fort Frances Museum on Saturday. Cupcake decoration was part of a series of workshops being put on by the museum this spring that run most Saturdays until May 11.
Ken Kellar Wayne and Robin Soderlund, left, and MNRF Management Forester Renee Perry look over the proposed 2020-2030 Forest Management Plans for a section of the Crossroute-Sapawe Forest at an open house held yesterday from 3-7 p.m. at the Copper River Inn here. The public was invited to attend and […]
Jamie Mountain Toby Munro of the BDO Ballerz drove his way around the Revco Renegades’ defence during the second half of his squad’s loss in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League final Tuesday night at Fort High. The Renegades were defeated in the final by Sunset Landscaping last year but […]
Submitted Angelina Spuzak showed off her project, “Memory Mania,” this morning at Fort Frances High School’s Grade 7/8 science fair. The purpose of her project was to see if gender has any correlation to memory. The winner of the fair will move on to the Sunset Country Regional Science Fair, […]
