Grade 2/3 students from J.W. Walker School posed with “Hammy” the hamster on Monday after he survived the gas leak and fire there last week. In the meantime, “Hammy” will be with the students at Huffman School, who clearly were very relieved their furry friend survived the ordeal.
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The Fort Frances Lions (dark uniform) took on the Kenora McDonald’s Bruins in the PeeWee tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Arena on Saturday. Fort Frances won this game 2-0.
Firefighters were out in full force in the bitter cold early Thursday morning to battle the blaze at J.W. Walker School.
Our Dad, Lin Boileau, peacefully passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 with his family at his side. Lin was born to Jean and Marie Louise Boileau in Fort Frances, Ont. on June 22, 1918. A patriotic Canadian, Dad was proud to have served his country in World War II as […]
Fort Frances OPP is seeking public assistance to solve a reported break and enter at Sight & Sound Audiotronic on Scott Street back on Jan. 21. Police were called to Sight & Sound around 5:15 a.m. at the report of a break and enter in progress there. While en route, […]
While it’s not yet known exactly when students will be able to return to J.W. Walker School, the site around last week’s explosion and fire there is returning closer to normal each day. Union Gas crews wrapped up their work at the site yesterday, Andrea Stass, the company’s manager of […]
The St. Francis Family Fun Evening will take place tomorrow (March 5) beginning at 5:30 p.m. A spaghetti dinner will be served in the gym, followed by sports activities at three stations. Families will rotate through volleyball (gym), a sports scavenger hunt (computer lab and library) and broomball (outside—dress appropriately […]
Museum assistant Katie Urban was among the museum staff setting up the new”Passions Threadworks 2007: A Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts” exhibit yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. The travelling exhibition, which will be there until April 12, features award-winning pieces in a variety of categories, including traditioanl embroidery, hand […]
Gilbert Smith spoke to those gathered at a healing ceremony at the multi-use facility on Couchiching this morning. The event, hosted by Couchiching First Nation, allowed native and non-native residents from the area to join together and learn from one another. Teachings about some of the aboriginal traditionals were to […]
Students from J.W. Walker School were settling into their temporary classroom in the Robert Moore School gymnasium yesterday. Following an early-morning explosion and fire at the school last Thursday, students have been relocated to available space at Robert Moore, Huffman, and Fort Frances High School. It’s still unknown how long […]
