The Grade 8 class at St. Francis School here has created a thing of beauty to be a joy forever. Teacher Colette Fafard had been covering murals in her weekly art class, including the works of Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The class decided to try making their own mural. “The […]
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The Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre is visiting Thunder Bay and surrounding areas to deliver watershed and wetland presentations to school classes, seniors’ centres, and community groups. The interpretive centre’s “Watershed Legacy” team will deliver workshops to teachers, educational presentations to students and community groups, and watershed presentations at key […]
The local Salvation Army is proposing a new event to get the community on its feet to help the needy. The “Santa Shuffle,” a 1.1-km run, will be held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10:30 a.m. beginning at the Salvation Army’s headquarters (316 Victoria Ave.) Participants are asked to collect pledges, […]
Fort Frances OPP officers investigated a robbery shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday. Investigation revealed an adult on the 300 block of First Street East had approached a 10-year-old boy. The suspect threatened the victim and then stole his Nintendo Game Boy. Police arrested the suspect shortly after the incident […]
Taylor Latimer, left, Courtney Easton, and Milton Tookenay, the student council representatives from Colette Fafard’s Grade 8 class at St. Francis School, stood in front of the colour mural their class created this year. The two-month project was part of their art class where they studied the murals of Diego […]
Jacquee Loerzel, children’s mental health co-ordinator at Family and Children’s Services, left, and June Caul put up the Christmas tree and began hanging about 110 angel ornaments for the “Adopt an Angel” program on Friday afternoon. The tree is located near the entrance at Wal-Mart, where shoppers are invited to […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team laid a 13-0 shellacking on the Babbitt Knights in exhibition action here Friday night. Forward Katie McTavish got the ball rolling at 9:53 of the first period when she tapped one in to make it 1-0. Then just two minutes later, Lauren Krukoski put the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team took second place at a tournament in Morden, Man. over the weekend, losing 5-4 to the G.V.C. Zodiacs in the final Saturday afternoon. The black-and-gold had tied the game at 4-4 with less than three minutes to play, but then fell in an overtime shoot-out—their […]
After almost two and-a-half years on the job, Town of Fort Frances treasurer Margaret “Peggy” Dupuis has resigned and will be moving on to a job in Sioux Lookout. “She was an excellent treasurer and we’re gong to miss her greatly,” CAO Mark McCaig said this morning. “Her arrival coincided […]
The Town of Fort Frances saluted its retirees and employees who have reached 25 years of service, as well as 2005 “Citizen of the Year” Patti-Jo Reid, at its annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. As she was greeted on stage by 1994 “Citizen of the Year” […]
The quality of resident care has improved at Rainycrest Home for the Aged over the last several months, and a new administrator has been hired. That was some of the information presented to the home’s board of management and district municipal leaders at a closed-door meeting with the Ministry of […]
A tradition first started here by Jan Hall-Bosma in the fall of 2000, the “Mitts for Kids—Helping Hands” campaign will continue this holiday season with a new organizer at the helm, Melissa Gushulak. “I am looking forward to it,” said Gushulak, who will be assisted by 2005 Fun in the […]
