Duane Hicks RRFDC intern Jamie Petrin, left, led local MPP Sarah Campbell, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, and others in a chant while marching down Scott Street last Wednesday during the “Our Forest, Our Future” rally. Leaders at the local and at the provincial level continue to fight for the […]
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Heather Latter Jacquee Loerzel, right, of Riverside Community Counselling Services handed over a prize to Jennifer Horton of Curvy Chick, who was chosen as the winner of the “Shine the Light” contest with her purple Christmas tree display. With November being Woman Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, Loerzel invited local […]
Kiera Kowalski Sydney Johnson, Kaily Greengrass and Holly Nixon tried their hand at the various exercise equipment that personal trainer Shannon Jackson had at her booth at the “Healthy Futures Fair” held at Fort Frances High School last Wednesday. The program is set up to raise awareness about certain genetic […]
Staff Those women wanting to get their kicks this winter need to be at the Memorial Sports Centre tomorrow night. The Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League will hold its registration from 6-8 p.m. in the atrium of the Sportsplex. The league is hoping to draw enough interest to make six […]
Submitted image Crossroads student Kaitlyn Gerhard’s poster is one of the local winners in the Fort Frances Lions Club’s annual peace poster contest, and it has been sent on to be judged at the “district” level. The other winners are Kasey Kreger-O’Neill (Robert Moore), Jaden Cooper (J.W. Walker), and Ciara […]
Staff A different year meant the same result for Jess Caul. The Fort Frances native had one assist in helping the Providence University College Pilots (Otterburne, Man.) blank the Ohio Christian University Traiblazers (Circleville, Ohio) by a 4-0 margin in the bronze-medal game of the National Christian Colleges Athletic Association […]
Staff The Muskie boys hockey team found gold amid the snow-covered wheatfields of Manitoba this past weekend. Fort Frances captured the Morden Thunder Boys tournament in Morden, Man., by whitewashing the Crocus Plains Plainsmen (Brandon) 9-0 in the championship final. Defence was the name of the game for the black-and-gold […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances will be getting an annual allocation of $165,000 a year for 2014-2016 under the new permanent Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF), which is meant to provide a steady source of predictable, long-term funding. Other recipients and the amount of annual funding they’ll receive, includes: […]
Joey Payeur The Muskies’ Jacob Jack was the definition of focused as he prepared to blast this serve during Saturday’s decisive third match of the best-of-three NWOSSAA senior boys volleyball final between the Muskies and the St. Ignatius Falcons at Fort High.
Joey Payeur From 1-7 to one unbelievable ride—and it’s not over yet. The Muskie senior boys volleyball team is heading to Dryden to take on the best in the province after besting the St. Iganatius Falcons 2-1 in their best-of-three NWOSSAA championship series at Fort High this past weekend. Fort […]
Heather Latter Two-year-old Deegan Fulcher got his sweet fix on Saturday during the Christmas tea held at St. John’s Anglican Church here. Besides tea and dainties, the event also featured baking, meat pies, draws, and miscellaneous items to purchase.
Staff Staff Now that’s the power-play Fort Frances Lakers fans came to know and love last year. The Lakers were a red-hot 4-for-6 with the man-advantage to boost themselves to a 5-3 win over the English River Miners in SIJHL action in Ear Falls on Saturday. Fort Frances (14-5-1) moved […]
