New exhibits and new ideas promise even repeat visitors will want to tour the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (“Place of the Long Rapids”) Historical Centre next week. Some of the exhibits are still under construction, but site manager Sam Bombay said they’ll be ready for visitors starting next Tuesday (April 2). May 1 […]
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Nettie Monasterski prefers the balanced attack. The 46-year-old skip scored often and consistently to blank Lois Tabak 9-0 in just the six ends here Sunday afternoon to capture her first ‘A’ crown at the annual ladies’ bonspiel. “Actually, there were no big scores in the game,” said Monasterski, whose rink […]
If you’re heading down to the Red Dog next Thursday (April 4), you’ll notice James Bruyere will be the newest little edition to their workforce. This is due to “Take your kids to work” Day—a program that gives ninth-graders at Fort High a chance to sample the workforce which they […]
“I’ll be right back, I’ve got to go cut some 2x4s.” Greenside’s owner Pam Carlson is a “Jane-of-all-trades” at the Devlin general store that’s been in her family since 1946. She loves working in the lumber yard, woodworking, and mixing paints—skills that helped her give the business a recent facelift. […]
All eight-year-old Casey Gould wants to do is ride on the school bus with his friends. But Casey has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy—a disorder where muscles and strength degenerate over time—and soon will need to use an electric wheelchair to get around. When that happens, he’ll have no way to get […]
The sudden departure of coaches Alex Rosalina and Adriana Ota has the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy scrambling—yet hopeful—to finish the season on a strong note. The pair stepped down March 9, citing general unhappiness with the direction of the club. In their place, part-time coaches Vicki Stinson, Wendy Kellar, and […]
The air will be covered in bright yellow next week as local Beta Sigma Phi members conclude their annual “daffodil drive” on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society. People can pre-order their flowers at $5 for a bunch of 10 at various locations throughout Fort Frances and Emo, including The […]
The Royal Canadian Legion here was buzzing last weekend as the third-annual Gord Dunville Memorial doubles tournament took place, attracting competitors from all over the district, including Dryden, Sioux Lookout, and Thunder Bay, as well as some from the U.S. The “Blind” doubles competition Friday night saw Bill Payne and […]
Sidney Bruhl needs to write an award-winning play to restore his fortune and save his career. His former student, Clifford Anderson, has penned a murder mystery that could do just that. Of course, Sidney’s thoughts turn to murder—and so the stage is set for Fort Frances Little Theatre’s upcoming production […]
April is the month when the youth of our community and country really show us what they can do. It’s the month when about 170,000 teens volunteer 30 hours of their time to participate in World Vision’s “30-hour Famine” by going without solid food for 30 hours—relying on nothing but […]
Kim Metke, owner of Pharmasave and Clinic Pharmasave here, walked away as Entrepreneur of the Year for the second time at the seventh-annual Chamber of Commerce awards banquet Saturday night at the Red Dog Inn. He also won that award in 1996. “I realized that I had a pretty good […]
The Fort Frances Badminton Club’s annual tournament saw a lot of matches between local junior players and those from Winnipeg given the 56 registrations were split evenly between the two. Simone Desjardins fared the best among local club members, winning the combined under-19/under-16 girls’ singles title by beating Caroline Flett […]
