Peggy Revell Huffman student Isabella Hyatt jumped from hoop to hoop as part of the relay race in the “Shape Olympics” held Friday afternoon by Karen Peltomaki’s SK/Grade 1 class there. The class participated in a bundle of fun outside winter activities—while learning about different shapes—and were rewarded with their […]
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Dan Falloon Muskie senior boys’ player Jake Smith tried to in-bound the ball against a tenacious Kenora defender Friday afternoon at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden. Fort High pummelled the Broncos 66-36 to capture the league crown while their junior counterparts also were victorious, pounding Dryden 71-34. Both Muskie girls’ […]
Dan Falloon Lynn Windigo put her broom to the ice as part of the annual ladies’ bonspiel held at the Fort Frances Curling Club over the weekend. Jodi Judd successfully defended her ‘A’ title, fending off a challenge from Mary Beth Tkachuk with a 7-4 win. Flo Chartrand won the […]
Dan Falloon Theoren Fleury, an NHL star who garnered nearly as many headlines for his personal life as for his on-ice career, will visit here next month to talk about making positive choices. Fleury, who spent 15 seasons in the NHL with the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, N.Y. Rangers, and […]
Duane Hicks Local delegates will have the chance to speak with provincial officials on important issues during the 2010 Ontario Good Roads Association/Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Feb. 21-24 in Toronto. Mayor Roy Avis will be attending, along with Couns. Ken Perry and Andrew Hallikas and Fort Frances CAO Mark […]
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Warroad port of entry arrested a Sundown, Man. man who arrived from Canada there last Friday (Feb. 12). Dale Dooley, 38, a Canadian citizen, arrived at the port around 2 a.m. driving a red Pontiac Grand Prix. Routine queries conducted […]
Press Release The Warehouse One “Jean Trade-In for Charity” continues there until next Sunday (Feb. 28). During this time, customers are encouraged to donate a pair of jeans and receive $10 off on a new pair. All 110 stores across Canada, including the one here in Fort Frances, are accepting […]
Staff Deborah Smart, director of sales for ESPN, dropped by the Fort Frances/Rainy Lake booth in Birmingham, Ala. during set-up late yesterday and spoke with Chamber of Commerce manager Anthony Mason about the Fort Frances area. The local booth is the sole one from Canada at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic. […]
Peggy Revell Julianna Rousseau and her grandmother, Marg Rousseau, got ready to dig in at yesterday evening’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser held in the Fort Frances High School cafeteria. Organized by Fort High students, the event raised more than $4,000 for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by the Red Cross.
The family of Willie McGuire sadly announces her passing in the evening on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 at Matheson General Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 68. Born on April 15, 1941 in Grand Valley, Willimene Jane Black was the smallest of the twins, weighing just over […]
Dave Ogilvie An enthusiastic audience was treated to an evening of music with Rodney Brown and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday at the Townshend Theatre here. Brown performed several songs, accompanied by the TBSO, from his latest CD entitled “The Big Lonely.” The orchestra also played several of its […]
The Canadian Press Manitoba’s largest hospital is locking some of its hand sanitizer dispensers to try to cut down on theft and potential abuse. The move came after the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg realized as many as 116 bags of alcohol-based sanitizer were disappearing monthly from its wall dispensers. […]
