Peggy Revell Canadian Métis author David Bouchard spoke to a crowd of students, teachers, and other guests attending the official launch of his newest book, “The Seven Sacred Teachings of White Buffalo Calf Woman,” at the Rainy River First Nations’ new pow-wow grounds yesterday. Bouchard was inspired to write the […]
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Duane Hicks Donning ‘Oktoberfest’-themed aprons at a Riverside Foundation for Health Care special events committee meeting yesterday afternoon, Janice Cousineau, left, Tammy Kellar, and Teresa Hazel showed off some of the buckets of prizes that have been donated to the second-annual fundraiser, which will be held Oct. 3 at the […]
Duane Hicks Crews from Pioneer Construction laid the top layer of asphalt at the corner of Nelson Street and Portage Avenue yesterday afternoon. The intersection at Scott Street and Portage Avenue was closed for much of today for paving, with one lift of asphalt already having been laid on the […]
Heather Latter Fort High studets cheered o their favourite players during the annual Homecoming football game Friday afternoon. Alas, the black-and-gold were blanked 51-0 by the visiting Vincent Massey Trojans of Winnipeg to fall to 0-2 on the young WHSFL season.
Duane Hicks Pharmacist Renate Winkler, left, chatted with Kelly Caul at the Pharamsave booth Saturday morning during the first-ever Chronic Pain Management and Addiction Prevention Symposium at the Townshend Theatre. The event, which featured plenty of information booths, presenters, and guest speaker Dr. Jackie Garnder-Nix, who will be offering a […]
Duane Hicks Pharmacist Renate Winkler, left, chatted with Kelly Caul at the Pharamsave booth Saturday morning during the first-ever Chronic Pain Management and Addiction Prevention Symposium at the Townshend Theatre. The event, which featured plenty of information booths, presenters, and guest speaker Dr. Jackie Garnder-Nix, who will be offering a […]
Mrs. Rose Mauro, 82, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Rose was born in Grimaldi, Italy on Dec. 3, 1926 to Arturo and Giustina Ciddio. She married Vincenzo Mauro on April […]
the OPP The Fort Frances OPP is seeking public assistance in locating a missing youth. Stephanie Nelson, 15, of Fort Frances is described as a First Nations female, 5’8” tall and 125 pounds with a slim build. She has shoulder-length dark brown hair, and was wearing a black T-shirt, blue […]
Staff The annual Homecoming game was one to forget for the Muskie football team on Friday afternoon. Fort High suffered its second-straight shutout defeat—this time dropping a 51-0 loss to the Vincent Massey Trojans. The two-pronged running attack of Drew Drabik and David Edmunds chewed up plenty of yardage for […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers split a series with the expansion K&A Wolverines on Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay. The Lakers took the opener 3-2 thanks to a third-period goal from Brendan Muise. The line of Muise, Henry Gutierrez, and Tyler Stevensen accounted for all three Lakers’ goals, with […]
Staff One year after the Town of Fort Frances made a push for more people to get licences for their pets, more dogs and cats have got their tags. As first reported a year ago, only about two dozen canines had licences at that time. Since then, that number has […]
Staff Some Fort High students are heading off to France next March—and they’re hoping for some community support with a bottle drive fundraiser this Saturday (Sept. 26). “Come out and help support the kids, it’s for a really good cause,” encouraged Jessica Anderson, one of the teachers organizing the trip […]
