With Family and Children’s Services’ “Adopt An Angel” program coming to an end on Wednesday, the public still has a chance to make a district child’s Christmas morning that much more joyful. “Adopt An Angel” trees are set up at Wal-Mart here and Tompkins Hardware in Emo, decorated with paper […]
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Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff is scheduled to speak at tonight’s town council meeting, offering greetings to the newly-elected mayor and councillors. Other business at tonight’s meeting will include: •applications for tax adjustment at 1330 Woodward St., 450-452 Scott St., and 460 Scott St.; •a bylaw to designate the […]
Bev Melnychuk admired a painting by the late Lou Farago yesterday afternoon during a “Christmas Artisans Show” in the cafeteria at Fort Frances High school. The purpose of the show was not only to exhibit area artists’ work, but to raise funds for the Fort Frances Museum’s renovations. It brought […]
With her family by her side, Alice Frances Lambert passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 15, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Alice was born Sept. 26, 1917 in St. Boniface, Man. to Wilfred and Maria Gregoire. She was the sixth of seven children. The last […]
The Dryden Eagles continued their NorWOSSA volleyball dominance by beating both the junior and senior Muskie squads yesterday at Fort High. The junior Muskies took to the court first and quickly were dispatched in straight sets by scores of 25-18, 25-4, and 25-11. Afterwards, Muskie head coach Jeff Rajala lauded […]
Described as “A time for sharing the pain as well as the hope of the holiday season,” the annual “Longest Night” service at Knox United Church will take place this Sunday (Dec. 17) at 7 p.m. Rev. Jill Warner encourages people of all denominations to attend. “It’s a more meditative […]
More than 3,600 Hydro One customers across the district experienced a power interruption for about two hours last night after a lightning arrestor failed at Hydro One’s Crozier distribution station. Hydro One said 3,652 customers from Crozier to Rainy River lost power at 6:37 p.m. Of those, 3,294 had power […]
The Muskie junior and senior boys’ basketball teams took divergent paths but arrived at the same destination in beating the Dryden Eagles yesterday at Fort High. The juniors took to the court first and dominated all facets of the game en route to a 49-22 victory. “Overall, I was quite […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team is hosting a three-game exhibition series, facing the Kenora Broncos today (Dec. 15) at 2 p.m. before playing the Dryden Eagles at 8 p.m. and then the Churchill Trojans tomorrow at 11 a.m. Anyone who lives in the Devlin area east to Rainy Lake […]
After holding public ’flu shot clinics for the past month, the Northwestern Health Unit is seeing slightly fewer people coming out to be immunized this year. Cindy McKinnon, the public health nurse heading up this year’s ’flu shot campaign, said Thursday the health unit had administered about 7,500 doses as […]
SK student Courtney Sinclair and Grade 7 student Jocelyn Mueller worked together to make a gingerbread house yesterday at J. W. Walker School. —Melanie Béchard photo
Two-year-old Ashton Barnes’ eyes were all aglow as he received a present from Santa Claus yesterday at the Fort Frances Day Care. The jolly old elf paid a visit to collect the children’s wish lists and give each of them an early gift. —Duane Hicks photo
