ISABELLA (ELLA) NORTON It is with deep sadness that the family of Isabella (Ella) Norton annunces her passing at her residence at 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. Ella was born Aug. 15, 1920 in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1942, she married her husband, Walter Norton […]
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The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres came away from their Dec. 1 roster deadline with forward Steven Sus joining the team from the Beausejour Blades. Sus was acquired in exchange for future considerations from the MJHL team, where the 20-year-old former Muskie and Borderland Thunder player compiled two goals and five […]
With the deadline for candidates to file their nomination papers to run in the Jan. 14 byelection for town council having elapsed on Friday, only two people—Todd Hamilton and Ken Perry—will be on the ballot. Perry finished seventh in last November’s municipal election while Hamilton, a former councillor, was eighth. […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has started a campaign using the motto “Keep your town in business, by keeping your business in town” to encourage area residents to keep their Christmas spending local. The Chamber has sent out posters to its members to hang in their store windows, staff […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team headed north while the boys headed south, but both teams came away with a pair of wins on the weekend. The boys took a pair of exhibition games—7-1 over the Lafayette Eagles in Red Lake Falls, Mn. on Friday and 5-0 over the Kittson Central […]
The Fort Frances Museum will be hosting Marilyn McIntosh, Northwestern consultant with the Ontario Arts Council, this Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 5-6). She will be meeting with artists and arts organizations to discuss draft OAC applications and/or questions about grant eligibility, the grant application process, deadlines, support material, how to […]
The Fort Frances Canadians settled for bronze as hosts of the Gus Lindberg Memorial Midget ‘AA’ tournament after falling to the eventual champion Current River Comets on Saturday night. The loss tied them with Current River in the standings, but kept the Canadians out of the final on Sunday. Instead, […]
Kiwanian Alan Zucchiatti, left, looked on as 2007 “Citizen of the Year” and Kiwanis secretary Dr. Robert Lidkea drew the winning ticket for the December “Trip of the Month” draw this morning at International Travel Services. Monique Gagné of St. Pierre, Man. won a Hawaiian cruise, valued at $5,500. Tickets […]
Robbie Tuesday, working for Daryl’s Custom Landscaping, plowed mounds of snow in the alleyway between Third and Fourth Street West yesterday afternoon. If they hadn’t already done it last week, people around town broke out the shovels and snowblowers yesterday morning after several inches of the white stuff fell here […]
Alex Higginbothan of the Wayzata Trojans battled with Fort Frances Canadians Jordan Sinclair (#8) and Ryan Shortreed (#7) to get the puck out of the netting behind the Wayzata goal here Sunday afternoon. The puck spent more time tangled on the other side of the twine, though, as the Canadians […]
Jenny Moorman of Baudette, Mn. checked out some tree ornaments made by local artists as she enjoyed a cup of cider Friday during a Christmas open house at the Fine Line Art Gallery. Located at 529 Mowat Ave., the gallery offers a variety of gift ideas made by district atists.
Santa Claus took time from his busy schedule at the North Pole to make a guest appearance during the Christmas parade in Emo on Friday evening that attracted a cold but excited crowd in conjunction with “Holly Daze” festivities there.
