Heather Latter Singer-guitarist John Reader sang some favourite holiday tunes with children at the Best Start Hub’s Christmas party on Saturday. The youngsters made Christmas crafts, enjoyed some refreshments, and received gifts from none other than Santa himself, who made a brief appearance.
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Peggy Revell Playing the role of Mary, an angel, and Joseph, Samantha Crossley, Linnaea Yount, and Al Yerxa set out from St. John’s Anglican Church on Friday evening as part of “Las Posadas”—a Mexican celebration where community members reenact the story of Christmas by visiting various locales in town seeking […]
Staff In a polar opposite to their performances in losses to the Sioux Lookout Flyers and the Dryden Ice Dogs the previous weekend, the Fort Frances Lakers got back on track at the Fort William Gardens on Friday and Saturday night, sweeping the Thunder Bay North Stars 5-2 and 6-3. […]
Staff After receiving input on the proposed re-zoning of the “Nelson Street Park” last Monday, town council will vote tonight on the bylaw to amend the zoning bylaw for residential development. As previously reported, council has proposed to re-zone the property, located between Minnie Avenue and Williams Avenue, from open […]
Peggy Revell Former FFHS secretary Fawn Lindberg was handed an 18-month conditional sentence here yesterday for stealing more than $300,000 from the high school to feed a gambling addiction. “My assessment of [Lindberg] is that she is a good woman who lost her way for a time and due to […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Ryan Wildman was a very popular guy in Becky Booth’s Grade 2 classroom at Robert Moore School yesterday afternoon as he and his teammates handed out Lakers’ tickets and Boston Pizza kids’ meal coupons to students around the school. The players also visited St. […]
the MNR Northern Ontario residents can harvest their own Christmas tree from Crown land. Natural Christmas trees have a smaller ecological footprint than artificial trees do, and they are a sustainable natural product. But the Ministry of Natural Resources encourages people to keep a few basic rules in mind if […]
Staff A NorWOSSA showdown between the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Red Lake Rams, originally scheduled for this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena, has been cancelled. No make-up date had been announced as of press time. As such, the next game for the black-and-gold […]
Duane Hicks Tim Bruyere, left, Vanessa Big George, and their daughter, Rudi-Lyn Bruyere, picked up their Christmas hamper from Capt. Angel Sandoval this morning at the Salvation Army Citadel here. The Salvation Army is expecting to put together and distribute about 200 hampers to district families this Christmas. The hampers […]
Duane Hicks Pat (Calder) Cupp, left, got her cousin, Sunset Country Métis Coun. Wanda Botsford, and uncle, Bob Armit (not pictured), on stage to lend their vocals during “On the Wings of a Dove” yesterday evening during a potluck dinner and Christmas sing-along at the Métis Hall here. About 120 […]
Lucas Punkari In similar fashion to their 8-0 romp over the visiting Red Lake Rams on Saturday night, the Muskie boys’ hockey team got a jump on their opponents here yesterday evening and never let up. The black-and-gold jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead against the Sioux Lookout Warriors, […]
Duane Hicks The annual Christmas community dinner is all set to go Christmas Day at Knox United Church, with up to 300 people expected to attend. Those who are unable to make it to the event can arrange to have special “Meals on Wheels” delivered to them to that day. […]
