Duane Hicks With the 53rd-annual “Parade of Lights” coming up on Saturday, Nov. 26, organizers are looking to the public to see if they should change the route this time around. Brenda Kellar, of Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd., said it’s possible the parade may start at the town parking […]
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Lucas Punkari When the Fort Frances Lakers take to the ice here Friday night against the Thunder Bay North Stars, it will be their first SIJHL contest since a 6-2 victory over the host Duluth Clydesdales back on Sept. 25. The Lakers originally only were supposed to be off until […]
Lucas Punkari Local curlers will have to wait a little longer to get their first slides of the season in at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The start of the season has been pushed back from next week until the week of Oct. 24. The reason for the delay, according […]
Lucas Punkari Any successful team or player will tell you that their achievements during a course of season comes from hard work during practice. But when the on-field preparations don’t go well, it often can come back to bite you in a huge way—as the Muskies found out in a […]
Heather Latter Fort High students signed their names on a banner last Thursday afternoon to accept “Rachel’s Challenge” of starting a chain reaction of kindness there. Pupils in Grades 7-12 from across the district had a chance to view the presentation last week, with two public presentations offered, as well.
Duane Hicks Decked out in colourful beads and masks, Cindy Cole, left, and Lori Maki were among the many folks who got into the spirit of “Mardi Gras” at the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s fundraiser Saturday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre. The event saw a sold-out crowd of […]
Peggy Revell Crossroads students Sydney Grinsell and Kaden Nelson read the first laminated page of a book that has been set out as part of the “Story Walk” outside of the school. The “Story Walk” is meant to encourage families to read together.
Duane Hicks Greta Fedoruk, left, led her mom, Nathalie von Niebelschutz, and her aunt, Solange Busch, during a hike Sunday afternoon along the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s two-km walking trail off Rocky Inlet Road.
The local Ontario election campaign certainly didn’t generate much heat, at least in this part of the riding, where the issue of vote-splitting and strategic voting provided the lone spark. Debate on the substantive issues, though, like hydro rates, job creation, and the doctor shortage, was curiously muted here, outside […]
Have you had the experience of meeting someone and knowing you would be changed in a profound and inexplicable way; and some part of you would be better for it, that you would experience a healing of sorts? That happened for me one day in October not so long ago. […]
I don’t think it is right that when someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, or injured in an accident, that they lose their jobs, as well. But that is often what happens in our “modern” economy. As it stands now, a person cannot be fired for being sick or […]
For a gardener, it can be very rewarding to fool Mother Nature! When you force bulbs, you are, indeed, putting her to the test by forcing them to grow and flower indoors so you can enjoy blooming hyacinths, daffodil and narcissus species, tulips, and other as early as the Christmas […]
