Heather Latter “Bumble bee” Maddy Bliss, left, and “candy corn” Abby Bone participated in a Hallowe’en activity this morning at the Fort Frances Nursery School. The children had fun carving pumpkins and playing in “slime” while dressed up in their costumes.
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The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont.—Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont. won the World Cup of Curling yesterday with a 6-4 victory over Edmonton’s Kevin Koe. With the win, Howard has captured the Grand Slam of Curling event for the fourth year in a row. He’s beaten Koe in each of the […]
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH—Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson, and the Minnesota Vikings were anything but perfect. The Vikings couldn’t gain a half-yard when it might have turned the game, then watched the Steelers’ big-play defence end their unbeaten season with two long touchdown returns in the final six-and-a-half minutes. LaMarr Woodley’s […]
Staff The revamped lineup and coaching staff of the Muskie girls’ hockey team had their first audition of the young season at their home tournament over the weekend—and passed with flying colours en route to the silver medal. The black-and-gold dropped a 3-1 decision to the Pembina Tigers in yesterday […]
Staff Town council is being asked by the City of Dryden and Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls to pass a resolution in support of the proposed re-design of Ontario’s Underserviced Area Program (UAP). In a release from Wade Petranik, CEO of the Dryden Regional Health Centre, he noted Northern Ontario […]
Staff The proposed after-school program for students in Grades 1-8, initiated by the Town of Fort Frances, likely will not start up until after Christmas. “We’re going to make some presentations at the local schools,” noted Megan Ross, the town’s physical education director, citing low enrolment as the reason why […]
the OPP A 15-year-old female was seriously injured after an incident at a power transformer on AbitibiBowater property here last night. The Fort Frances OPP, Fort Frances Fire Department, and paramedics responded to a report around 10:30 p.m. of an injured person on the AbitibiBowater property situated at Central Avenue […]
Press Release Ontario has shipped 700,000 doses of H1N1 ’flu vaccine to the province’s public health units since Oct. 21 in order to allow immunization clinics to begin next week. Beginning this week, H1N1 ’flu vaccine will be offered to all Ontarians that need and want it, starting with: •people […]
Staff That’s all she wrote, folks. The Muskie football team capped their winless season in the WHSFL with a 57-0 whitewash at the hands of the Portage Collegiate Institute Trojans here Friday afternoon. The visitors jumped out to a 21-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back. Brendon Brydges […]
Allan Gary Elliott passed away Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 at the Regional Health Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 69. Al was born on June 21, 1940 to the late Chesley and Dorothy Elliott. He was one of 12 children. Al had many friends’ young and old […]
John (Jack) Alfred Ramier, 83, of Rainycrest Long Term Care, formerly of 851 Colonization Rd. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully with his family by his side at his residence on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. He was born Oct. 15, 1926 in Minneapolis, Mn., the first-born son of John […]
Duane Hicks McKenna Begin was among the many who took their taste buds on an adventure during an East Indian supper Saturday night at St. John’s Anglican Church here. The supper was held conjunction with the festival of “Diwali”—the Indian equivalent to Christmas.
