Heather Latter Seniors are invited to attend a seniors’ fair at the Sister Kennedy Centre on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Manager Cindy Noble said the event will be a bit different than the one held there last year. “We just got local people to come and talk,” she recalled, adding this […]
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Duane Hicks “Never be afraid to dream big.” That’s one of the mottos of “When Eagles Fly,” a new program for youth in Fort Frances and surrounding area. Its main focus is to empower teens—helping them to discover their goals, talents, and abilities, explained program founder and co-ordinator Sandra Allan. […]
Heather Latter By Heather Latter Staff writer hlatter@fortfrances.com This weekend, more than 60 girls from across the region will join together at Sunny Cove Camp for the fourth-annual “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” self-esteem retreat to discover more about themselves through a variety workshops, discussions, and activities. The […]
Heather Latter While it didn’t top last year’s event in terms of participants or money raised, organizers of this year’s Terry Fox Run were pleased with the outcome. The local “Marathon of Hope,” held Sunday at the Sorting Gap Marina, drew about 57 participants and raised more than $4,000 for […]
Joey Payeur The paddlers sat in drenched silence; the flowers they had cast in the water surrounding them saturated by both the cloud burst descending upon them as well as the thoughts of the struggle against cancer that they and their loved ones have waged. Amid the energy and excitement […]
Heather Latter Nicole LePine is getting stronger each day. And having arrived yesterday in Hamilton to take part in an Acquired Brain Injury program there, her family is expecting to see even more improvements. In early June, the Fort Frances resident experienced a medical emergency that rarely happens to a […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers plan to throw a banner unveiling party this Friday. But if they plan to have another one next fall, there is plenty of work to be done in the interim. The Lakers looked nothing like three-time defending SIJHL champions in their pre-season finale—falling 6-5 […]
Joey Payeur As the skies opened up, two jam-packed vessels of participants opened their hearts as they tossed their flowers into the upper Rainy River as part of the cancer survivor tribute that was a highlight of the fifth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting […]
Joey Payeur Under sunny skies and with charitable intentions, just under 60 participants in Sunday’s Terry Fox Run started out from the Sorting Gap Marina for the annual national event to help raise money for cancer research. Just over $4,000 was raised here this year.
Dave Ogilvie Blake Carlson of Sight & Sound AVU showed off their new eMobility location in Emo. Offering up mobile devices, accessories, speakers, and much more, the store, located inside the Emo Inn, is open Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. to serve residents in the west end […]
Muskie running back Dougie deBernardeaux motored his way on this fourth-quarter run during Fort High’s 45-29 loss to the visiting St. Norbert Celtics in WHSFL action Friday afternoon.
Canada is being applauded on the world stage for accepting almost 31,000 Syrian refugees since the end of last year. And in fact, Immigration minister John McCallum, attending a conference on refugees at the United Nations in New York City, said more than a dozen countries around the world are […]
