Joey Payeur Angie Redford made for a fleet-footed “Harry Potter” during the Border Skating Club’s CanSkate Hallowe’en party at the Ice For Kids Arena on Tuesday. The young bladers participated in a variety of games and other activities during the event, which served as CanSkate’s monthly theme day for October.
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Duane Hicks With November being Woman Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, Jacquee Loerzel of Riverside Community Counselling is inviting Fort Frances businesses to participate in a contest by decorating their windows and stores in purple to support the campaign. Loerzel will be visiting the businesses starting tomorrow to hand out […]
Heather Latter Ten-month-old cousins Eva Mosbeck, left, and Jase Grimard dressed up as “Garth” and “Wayne” from the movie, “Wayne’s World,” during Baby Time at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre this morning as more than a dozen tots celebrated Hallowe’en.
Joey Payeur Forgive the Dryden Eagles’ junior girls’ basketball team if they had a certain “Queen” and David Bowie duet running through their heads. Under pressure was the theme of the day for the host Eagles (3-5), who were helpless to fend off a relentless full-court attack as the visiting […]
Joey Payeur Trying to stop the Fort Frances Lakers these days with all hands on deck is tough enough. Doing it with a short bench is next to impossible. Such was the fate of the Dryden Ice Dogs last night, who only were able to ice 14 skaters due to […]
Joey Payeur Two Fort Frances natives from different schools are going prospecting for gold in “The Big Nickel” this weekend. Hailey Beaudry of the Muskies and Molly Carlson, representing the St. Ignatius Falcons of Thunder Bay, found the extra gear they needed at the NWOSSAA cross-country championships last Wednesday at […]
Joey Payeur The Elmwood Giants proved their point—and even received an extra one on the scoreboard. On the heels of a 31-0 win over the Muskies in the regular-season finale Oct. 17, the third-place Giants towered over their black-and-gold visitors for the second-straight week—cruising to a 35-0 victory in their […]
Joey Payeur The first three tasks were like picking cherries. The tree got taller in a hurry with the last two, but the Muskie girls’ hockey team still climbed the ladder and tasted sweet victory. Amber Jourdain scored twice in the third period to lift Fort High to a 3-1 […]
Heather LatterSarah Pruys Samantha McQuarrie always wanted to have children. But after being diagnosed with lupus, she didn’t know if she’d be able to have any of her own. “I was watching one of my friend’s foster children and she recommended it to me,” the 27-year-old from Fort Frances said. […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances High School always has staged its share of musical productions, but it hasn’t had an ongoing club for music-lovers—until now. Earlier this month, an after-school music club was struck there under the direction of music teacher Lisa Loney and geography/English teacher Rob Roy Donaldson, a talented […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Great Canadian Chili Cook-off” lived up to its “Hocus Pocus” theme—not only seeing teams get into the spirit of the event but also conjuring up a sizable crowd of chili-lovers. First-time participants Acklands-Grainger earned the “Best Chili” Award for its “Socket To You” […]
Duane Hicks The Sister Kennedy Centre is starting a new “memory board” to acknowledge those who have made a mark on its history, with the first three honourees being Sister Betty Kennedy, Deane Cunningham, and Dave Bourgeault. Centre director Nick Wihnan presented Cunningham and Bourgeault with their framed photo portraits […]
