Motorists nabbed for speeding soon will have a choice between getting a ticket or heading back to class as part of a pilot project to make school zones safer. Kicking off this Friday (Nov. 26), local police officers under the direction of OPP Cst. Anne McCoy will police the school […]
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Peggy Revell Fort High students were zooming around the gymnasium crashing into pylons and cut-outs of pedestrians last Wednesday as they got a taste of the new “Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience” to teach them the consequences of impaired and distracted driving. Better known as “SIDNE,” the vehicle is the newest […]
Dan Falloon Alex McDonald acknowledged it was a shock coming back to snow-covered Northwestern Ontario. The 18-year-old Devlin golfer just returned from Phoenix, Ariz. earlier this week after competing at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Boston Pizza National Championship over the weekend. He said the weather at The Wigwam […]
MORRISSEAU–Born to Kenneth Morrisseau and Elda Ruby, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Ethan Alexander Christian, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. on November 16, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Peggy Revell Steven Halvorsen navigated around the obstacle course set up in the Fort High gym last Wednesday in the Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience (SIDNE) vehicle along with passenger Jason Strom. As the newest teaching tool for the Substance Abuse Prevention Team, the vehicle can be rigged to have a […]
Duane Hicks Reece Brown, left, and Ericka Tymkin grooved to the Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar”- performed by the boys’ chorus-last Thursday evening at the Townshend Theatre during the opening performance of the FFHS Musical Department’s fall musical revue, “Food for Thought.” Brown sang the novelty song “Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese […]
Peggy Revell Author Charles Wilkins read from his most recent book, “Walk to New York,” on Friday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. A part of the “Author Series,” Wilkins’ visit to the library also included holding a writers’ workshop the following day.
Dan Falloon Lakers’ forward Jace Baldwin corralled a loose puck in the neutral zone in a 4-0 win over Sioux Lookout here last Tuesday night (Nov. 16). The squad then finished their swing of four games in six nights with a 6-1 loss to Dryden the following night. After a […]
Dear editor: On Thursday, Sept. 23, after driving from Dryden to Fort Frances for an appointment, sitting most of the time until 3 p.m., I resolved to go for a walk to “feel the pulse” of your fine town before driving home (skipping my evening walk). I was in no […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Arline Grace McCoy Braden, 68, of Brownsville, Tex., announces her passing on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, ending her year-long battle with cancer. She was born May 9, 1942 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Thomas McCoy and LucilleThompson McCoy. In […]
Ozhaawashkobiik (Clear Blue water) Ozhaawashkwaanakotok (Clear Blue Sky) Alice Arch, nee Copenace, passed peacefully with family at her side at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Man. on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. She was the beloved mother of Kathy Macleod (Paul Lamontagne) and husband, Neil, and their children, Scott, Christine, […]
