Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team got off to a winning start this morning at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ girls’ hockey championships in Timmins. The black-and-gold cruised to a 6-1 victory over Anderson CVI in their opening game. Captain Annalise (CC) Hayes netted a hat trick while Taylor Croswell, Kelsey Langtry, […]
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A pair of seagulls braved the chilly temperatures as they perched by the docks at the Sorting Gap Marina here Monday afternoon. Local lore says the seagulls’ return heralds three more “snows” until spring arrives for good in Borderland. -Sam Odrowski photo
Duane Hicks Brenner Bagacki, above left, and his sister, Hayden Allam, chose just the right Lego pieces to build their creations while, above right, library program director Andrea Avis got ready to put Harper Woolsey and Gabby Bourgeault’s structure to the test during the “Lego Zip-Line Challenge” held Thursday at […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre wants to build a storage shed on town property to keep its excess stuff, but it also will look at space under the ’52 Canadians Arena as a second option. The library has been using a storage locker–as well as some […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances has been designated an “Age-Friendly Community” but there’s still plenty of work to be done. The town was chosen to receive a 2018 Ontario Age-Friendly Community Recognition Award next week in Toronto. “We’ve been working toward this [since] September or October of 2016,” local Age-Friendly Community […]
Staff Models are wanted for a vintage fashion show and fundraiser for the Fort Frances Women’s Centre next month. The fundraiser is set to take place on Friday, April 13 at La Place Rendez-Vous, starting with cocktails at 6 p.m. But you can’t have a fashion show without women to […]
Sam Odrowski Town residents soon will have increased access to naturally-grown food that is produced locally. The Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op (CLFC) is excited to announce the opening of its new distribution centre in Fort Frances for March 27. It has been working towards opening a hub here since 2016. […]
Sam Odrowski Maddie Buttner enjoyed putting together her “magical fairy jar lantern” during one of the March Break activities held at the Fort Frances Public Library last week. The craft used patterns that were designed on the library’s new “Cricut Maker.”
Press Release Are you interested in performing at the Rainy Lake Square? In preparation for the “Rainy Lake Series,” the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is looking for local talent to perform at a monthly concert series at the Rainy Lake Square on Thursday nights from May-September, 2018. All musical […]
of Dave Ogilvie Louise Bliss served coffee to Doug and Coleen Cross at the Emo Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Shamrock tea and bake sale held Friday afternoon at the health centre’s cafeteria. Auxiliary members would like to thank everyone for attending and contributing to the auxiliary’s work in the hospital in […]
It will be clear to partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-eight C (17 F) and light southeast winds. Tomorrow will be sunny to party cloudy, with a high of five (41) and low again around minus-eight (17). Look for light north-northeast winds. Increasing cloudiness is forecast for […]
Duane Hicks Lindsey Grandbois, left, cheered on Dani Rousseau as she delivered a “stone” while demonstrating the “Draw-to-the-Button” curling game set up in the showroom at Sunset Country Ford here. In addition to being decked out in black and gold in support of the Muskie rinks competing at the OFSAA […]
