Duane Hicks Everyone knows someone who has made a difference in our community through their volunteerism and generosity—someone who is deserving of the title “Citizen of the Year.” Now is the time to put that person’s name out there. The town’s “Citizen of the Year” selection committee is asking the […]
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Duane Hicks Mark Caron, left, president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor Roy Avis cut the ribbon yesterday during the grand opening of the Chamber’s new office, located above Northern Lights Credit Union. The “Go Local” project also was launched there, featuring guest speaker Jessie Radies of […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will pay their respects to one of their own at the Ice For Kids Arena tonight as they remember former forward Jaret Leclair, who was killed in a car accident Sunday night. There will be a moment of silence during the opening ceremonies in honour […]
Press Release The “Friends of the Library” welcomed new head librarian, Alicia Subnaik Kilgour, during our September meeting. We are pleased she has come with many ideas and plans in which we can participate. We need to know if there is interest in starting a book club, or does anyone […]
Duane Hicks Students in Carla Harris’ Grade 1 class gathered around to present Salvation Army Lts. Dennis and Mary Maybury with food donated by all of the classes at St. Michael’s School on Friday. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the generosity of the students and their families will help bolster […]
Lucas Punkari Lauren Parkinson moved the ball up the floor for “Team Blue” at the Fort High gym last night in an 8-1 loss to “Team Red” on the opening night of the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer. In other action, “Team Black” blanked “Team Pink” 4-0 while “Team Purple” shut […]
Staff With the Sioux Lookout Flyers suspending operations last week, the SIJHL has made changes to its schedule for the rest of the season. As such, the Fort Frances Lakes now will host the Minnesota Wilderness tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. They originally were scheduled […]
Riverside The Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “fun”draiser dinner is officially sold out! “Perhaps it was the French theme or the fact that all the proceeds will go to support the digital mammography campaign, but tickets were sold out weeks before the date,” said Allison Hyatt, who chairs the Foundation’s […]
Lucas Punkari Sarah Strain, left, and Cassandra Moffitt battled for the ball with Cydnee Smilski during the fourth quarter of yesterday afternoon’s 39-36 win for the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team.
Lucas Punkari A return to the friendly confines of Fort High proved to be the catalyst for the best day of the NorWOSSA season to date as the Muskie court teams earned three victories over the Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon. After losing their last two league matches, the senior boys’ […]
Staff With the forest fire season winding down, and snow and rain having swept through the region, the fire hazard has been knocked down to “low” with little opportunity to rebound, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported yesterday. No new fires have been confirmed in the Northwest Region since Oct. […]
Heather Latter Fire Prevention Captain Wayne Riches spoke to Grade 1 students at St. Michael’s School about fire safety yesterday as the youngsters had a chance to check out the fire truck and ask questions. Students from JK-Grade 3 at St. Michael’s, as well as J.W. Walker School, learned about […]
