Heather Latter The removal of snowbanks along the west side of Keating Avenue near J.W. Walker School has improved the safety for students walking to and from there, but the school council still would like to see a sidewalk installed as a permanent safety measure. “In the short-term, we were […]
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Duane Hicks The Voyageurs Boundary Waterways Route has taken another step closer to becoming official after town council supported its designation, in principle, at its regular meeting Monday night. Stephen Challis, president of the Rainy Lake Conservancy and member of an ad hoc citizens’ committee, told council the committee has […]
Heather Latter The “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women was named a grand-prize winner in the Aviva Community Fund competition, earning a total of $45,000. “I am so excited—a little teary, very humbled, and slightly overwhelmed,” retreat director Renée Martin-Brown enthused yesterday […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers decided it was time to remind the Thunder Bay North Stars who currently is in charge of the SIJHL. Cody Wickstrom scored a power-play goal with 2:19 to go to help lift the visiting Lakers’ to a 6-4 victory Saturday night. Fort Frances (33-6-0-2) […]
Joey Payeur Brookelynn Marchuk, left, Evan Strain, Sydney Anderson, and Sam Halliday—from Karen Papineau’s Grade 2/3 class—had “Green Eggs and Ham” to spare during Family Literacy Day at St. Michael’s School here Monday. The school promoted the theme “Seuss and Soup” for the annual event, which allows members of the […]
Joey Payeur Daimon Gardner of the Warroad Squirt ‘A’ team didn’t score on this chance in his team’s 7-1 victory over the Dryden Paperkings in their opening game at the Fort Frances Canadians Atom ‘AA’ hockey tournament Friday. But that was a rarity as Gardner struck for four goals against […]
Heather Latter Kristen Kelly pointed out an object on the “I Spy” board to her children, Layla, two, and Camren, nine, as well as to nine-year-old Kade Oster yesterday during a Children’s Service Fair held in conjunction with Family Literacy Day at the Fort Frances Public Library. Hosted by the […]
Joey Payeur Chris Silver saved himself a boatload of grief. The Fort High third, playing skip for the boys’ team in relief of a resting Reece Jones for the final game of the NorWOSSA qualifier here yesterday, found himself on the cusp of posting the only Muskie defeat of the […]
Joey Payeur Skip Matthew Grant and the rest of the Muskie mixed curling rink were on target yesterday during a 15-3 drubbing of Whitefish Bay to wrap up the two-day NorWOSSA qualifier at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
Joey Payeur Dolores VanCauwenberghe and her grandson, Emitt McCrory, shared some quality time in Carla Harris’ Grade 1 classroom perusing the Dr. Seuss classic, “There’s a Wocket in my Pocket,” during Family Literacy Day at St. Michael’s School yesterday. The school used the theme “Seuss and Soup” as part of […]
