Duane Hicks Several generations of the Gerber family treated patients and staff alike to a lovely selection of Christmas songs last Wednesday afternoon at La Verendrye General Hospital here. The Gerbers have made it a holiday tradition to spread joy through music.
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Duane Hicks Christmas came early to Rainycrest residents last week but Santa is not the one who brought presents this time. New couches, lounge chairs and tables, and wingback chairs for the entrance seating area, and well as new tables and chairs for the Mill Square area of the long-term […]
Press Release Environment, Conservation and Parks minister Rod Phillips has released his first Minister’s Annual Report on Drinking Water. The report highlights progress over the last year and shows that 99.8 percent of more than half-a-million test results from municipal residential drinking water systems met Ontario’s drinking water quality standards. […]
Barb EverettSubmitted by The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary to Br. #29 met on Dec. 12 with 41 members in attendance. The meeting was brought to order at 6 p.m. by president Alfreda Easton, followed by the minutes of the Nov. 14 general meeting and the Dec. 5 executive meeting being circulated […]
Sam Odrowski The Fort Frances Homelessness Committee soon will be set to open “Out of the Cold”–a three-day-a-week “pop-up” shelter at the Apostolic Way church here. The 10-bed facility recently passed a building inspection but due to operational issues, the committee now is eyeing a mid-January start date. Homelessness is […]
Staff A local class recently spread Christmas cheer in the east end of town with their random act of kindness walk. Rae Ann Wood’s Grade 2/3 class at St. Michael’s School hand made 100 cards and assembled 226 packages containing chocolates and specially-wrapped candy canes during their last week of […]
As we get set to close the books on another year, it’s clear 2018 offered plenty of “firsts” here that all helped foster a definite sense of change in the air. Back in October, voters elected June Caul as the first female mayor in our town’s 115-year history–finally breaking a […]
Sam Odrowski The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club has made Christmas a more joyous time of the year for those who are less fortunate through the local Salvation Army’s “Adopt-a-Family” program. The club, which has been doing this annually for more than a decade, was able to “adopt” 10 families through […]
Sam Odrowski Rae Ann Wood’s Grade 2/3 class at St. Michael’s School smiled for a picture before embarking on their “Random Act of Kindness Christmas Walk,” where they distributed 100 handmade cards and 226 gift bags to homes surrounding their school on Thursday. The cards and gift bags were put […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team had a bit of a rough start in its annual border battle against the International Falls Broncos there Friday night but finished strong for a 4-1 victory. “I thought we didn’t start the game very well and they kind of took it to us,” […]
A New Year’s Eve potluck dinner and dance (for ages 55+) will be held Monday, Dec. 31 at the Sister Kennedy Centre. Dinner is at 5 p.m., with the dance to follow. “Through Their Eyes,” a community group program for children aged five-16 who have been exposed to woman abuse, […]
Sam Odrowski The Lakers put in a strong effort against the Thief River Falls Norskies on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here but came up short with a 3-1 loss in their final game before the SIJHL’s holiday break. “Not the outcome we were hoping for,” Lakers’ […]
