Joey Payeur Zayne Basaraba of Fort Frances had the eye of the tiger as he prepared to lock horns with Mighty Mustangs’ teammate Teagan Green during action in the Kindergarten division as part of the Top of the Nation Folkstyle Wrestling Championship on Sunday at Falls High School.

Submitted Hailey Beaudry of Fort Frances was instrumental in leading her Lakehead University Thunderwolves to a huge semi-final upset over the University of Alberta Pandas’ Kristen Streifel (background) at the 2017 U-Sports/Curling Canada University Championships last Wednesday in Thunder Bay.

Joey Payeur Defenceman Mark Richter, left, sent Thief River Falls Norskies’ forward Alec Daman an obvious message he was unwelcome in goalie Jessie Heisz’s crease during the second period of the Lakers’ 6-0 loss in Game 3 of their “Survivor Series” on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Nicholas Donaldson A local resident reported to the Times that someone drove across the soft ground at the Point over the weekend–causing deep tire ruts. A door also apparently was broken off one of the washrooms. He asks that people respect the property because it is taxpayers’ dollars that have […]

Nicholas Donaldson Museum programming and events co-ordinator Lauren Hyatt led youngsters in drama and acting activities during the Fort Frances Public Library’s “Tween Club” yesterday afternoon–a perfect example of the partnering that goes on between the two community services. Warm-up games included introductions with actions, mirroring, and “freeze frame” acting. […]

Duane Hicks In a tribute to Easter, Scarlett Asplund, Skylar Mansbridge, Reece Kuchma, Aubree Robinson and Lilly Krukoski grooved to the song “I Want Candy” during Chantelle Spuzak’s Dancemakers School of Dance’s 18th-annual recital, “Special Days” on Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The recital, which drew a packed house, […]

Joey Payeur Brandon Bodnar came up with this gigantic save on a short-handed breakway for Thief River Falls Norskies’ forward Mitchell Soderbergh to keep the Lakers ahead 3-0 in the second period of Saturday night’s 3-2 win in Game 4 of their first-round, best-of-five “Survivor Series” at the Ice For […]

Joey Payeur Skip John Gibson urged second Shane Beckett to lean heavy on the broom to move this stone along during a game against Gary Windego’s rink Saturday at the annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel. Steve Gushulak of here led his team of third Mike Badiuk, second Todd Moxham, and […]

Nicholas Donaldson Sierra Happy showed off her project, “Mold Growth,” during Robert Moore School’s annual science fair held yesterday in the school’s atrium. Happy tested bread, bananas, strawberries, and cheese, with only the strawberries showing mold over a 12-day period. Other students’ projects showcased a wide array of topics–from hockey […]

Joey Payeur Belle River Nobles’ assistant captain Andrew Thoms was willing to sacrifice his body to help goalie Patrick Timpany in trying to block this shot by St. Mary’s Crusaders’ captain Anthony Piccolo during the second period of the Nobles’ 3-2 win in a shootout last night in the gold-medal […]

Nicholas Donaldson Sam Stovel, Marketing and Community Outreach intern for Camp Quality Northwestern Ontario, held an information session at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre yesterday. Camp Quality is an organization that holds a week-long camp for children with cancer (on treatment or in remission), as well as other […]

Staff Taggs Source for Sports earned second place in the OFSAA planning committee’s “Paint the Town Black & Gold” contest with this detailed tribute to the Muskie boys’ hockey team, including photos of all the team members. Many entrants also wished the Muskie girls good luck in their quest for […]