Eagerly awaiting ice-out It’s that time of year again. I feel like an eight-year-old hoping to find that special toy under the tree; checking the calendar every day to see if Christmas was coming quicker. Only in this case, it is the days before the lake goes out. Last year, […]
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James Alfred Bruce, who was born Aug. 18, 1928 in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 in Yuma, Ariz. at the age of 78. Jim spent his early years working in the logging camps in Ontario. As he grew up, he travelled extensively throughout Canada. […]
It is with deep sorrow and sadness that the family of Ross Sydney Webb announces his passing on Monday, April 23, 2007 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Ross was born in Glenavon, Sask. on Aug. 17, 1916 to Wilbert and Laura Webb. He […]
Chanelle Matthews, a rhythmic gymnast with the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy, demonstrated a few moves from her free routine Monday after competing in Winnipeg over the weekend. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Grade 5/6 students Cory Nordstrom, left, along with Colton Craig and Patrick Mills, cleaned up the school grounds at Crossroads on Friday as part of their Earth Day activities. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Roxanne Marsh, a local Wal-Mart employee, had her head shaved during the 10th-annual “Cuts for Cancer” event, held in conjunction with “Spring Fever Days,” at the Hair and Body Care Shoppe in Emo on Saturday. She raised more than $400 in pledges, which Wal-Mart planned to match, bringing the event […]
‘The play’s the thing . . . ‘ Greg Mattson, left, Jean-Marc Blanc, and Dianne Thompson rehearsed a scene Sunday evening from Fort Frances Little Theatre’s upcoming play “The Foreigner.” The dinner theatre will run from May 10-12 at La Place Rendez-Vous. —Melanie Béchard photo
Pam Guild, left, and Fr Wayne McIntosh read their sheet music carefully as they rang their handbells right on cue yesterday evening during a practice of the new handbell choir at St. John’s Anglican Church. The handbells are on loan for one year from the Ontario Guild of English Handbell […]
Children’s performers Mortal Coil put on their show “Lava and Bones” at the Townshend Theatre last night as part of the Kids & Company series. The show wrapped up the 2006/07 season. The Kids & Company entertainment series kicks off again Oct. 22 with The Blues Berries. —Melanie Béchard photo
Katie Pearce displayed her ribbon routine yesterday at the Fort Frances Gymnastics Club after she and fellow rhythmic gymnast Chanelle Matthews took part in a meet in Winnipeg over the weekend. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Cst. Jared Meeks of Treaty Three Police, left, and Tammy Jack, career promotion co-ordinator for Pegamigaabo School, loaded up boxes of donated books and movies for the school at Big Grassy First Nation. The donations came from the Ontario School of Masonry in Gravenhurst and were shipped to Fort Frances […]
The Fort Frances High School senior band and choir are busy getting ready for their 2007 concert tour to Prince Edward Island. Sixty-eight band members, 10 chaperones, and four bus drivers will make the 3,800-km round trip from April 27-May 6. Concerts are planned in Moncton, N.B., Summerside, P.E.I., and […]
