Three-year-old Ayiana Gagne, left, and her sister, Jacy, five, visited with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Fort Frances Museum on Saturday. Children had their pictures taken with the jolly couple, enjoyed cookies and cocoa, and also were invited to join in some games and activities.
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Capts. Angel and Marlene Sandoval, left, and Mayor Roy Avis officially kicked off the Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle campaign here yesterday at Canada Safeway. The kettles will be out Monday through Saturday until Dec. 24. Volunteers to man the kettles are still needed. To volunteer ringing the bells for a […]
Todd Jang, who along with Frederik Robert and Philip Grant comprise the tenor trio “Romanza,” kept the audience spellbound with his vocal range at the Townshend Theatre last night. Performing a variety of opera, show tunes, and ballads from around the world, “Romanza” was here as part of the 2007-08 […]
MONTREAL—The fears of AbitibiBowater Inc. employees have come true after the newly-merged company announced yesterday it will embark on a sweeping restructuring of its pulp and paper operations affecting 2,600 jobs in Canada and the United States. In addition to closing or idling more than half-a-dozen mills in Quebec, New […]
Canada Safeway staff chose Fort Frances youth William Moody Jr. as the focus of their 2007-08 “We Care” campaign. Moody suffers from spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around, and fundraising efforts will go towards buying a lift for Moody’s home to better allow him to go up […]
With F.H. Huffman School one of three schools designated as “prohibitive to repair” (PTR), the Rainy River District School Board is holding an Accommodation Review Committee meeting there Monday evening and the public is invited to attend. “The board is looking at the possibility of consolidating Huffman, which would mean […]
As a follow-up to a letter of appeal sent out to 7,500 district residents two weeks ago, Capt. Angel Sandoval is reminding district residents that the local Salvation Army still is looking for sponsors for both the “Sponsor a Family” and “Adopt a Family” programs—and it’s not too late to […]
The Fort Frances Power Corp. is delighted that more than 800 residential customers reduced their electricity consumed by 10 percent this July and August, and received a credit by qualifying for the “Summer Savings” program. Roughly 840 residential customers received a credit on their account this week calculated at 10 […]
Things started in fine fashion for the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s weekend in Dryden with an 8-1 victory over the Eagles in NorWOSSA play last night. Lauren Pierce opened the scoring just after the 10-minute mark of the first period, followed by Kailey Curtis’ tally three minutes later. Dryden closed […]
Imam Mohammad Attieque spoke to nearly a full house at St. John’s Anglican Church here last night, wrapping up a two-day seminar entitled “That we may know each other: A conversation between Islam and Christianity.” Meant to demystify and correct public misunderstandings about Islam, the seminar was hosted by St. […]
Cody McCool chatted with Samantha Mickelson about her display, entitled “Total Knee Repalcement,” during Co-op Day for this semester held yesterday in the atrium at Fort Frances High School.
IVA MAE KOSKI Iva Mae Koski, 84, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Iva was born July 8, 1923 in Border, Mn. to the late Joseph and Mary Ellen Kennedy. She was the youngest […]
