Joey Payeur Fort Frances Wolverine Logan Ballard, left, made it clear to Dryden JV Falcons’ running back Cale Oberg he was going no further on this play during the second quarter of the visitors’ 25-24 victory here Saturday in the regular-season finale for both squads.
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Staff Canadian Blood Services’ donor clinic continues today at Fort Frances High School from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. CBS spokesperson Mike Choi said 109 donors gave 88 units of blood yesterday. Organizers are hoping more donors come out today to help CBS reach its two-day goal of 240 units […]
Heather Latter Jesse Dell, of the Kaha:wi Dance Theatre from Toronto, portrayed Li’l Bear during the performance of “Medicine Bear” yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre as part of the opening show for the 2013-14 “Kids and Company” series. Passports, which cost $30 each, still will be available prior to […]
Duane Hicks Chelsey Ogden was among those who gave blood yesterday during the first day of Canadian Blood Services’ donor clinic at Fort Frances High School. It continues today from noon-3 p.m. and then 5-8 p.m.
Duane Hicks Glenn Witherspoon, left, Deane Cunningham, Nick Wihnan, Dave Bourgeault, and Mayor Roy Avis did the honours of cutting the cake yesterday morning to kick off the 30th-anniversary celebrations at Sister Kennedy Centre here. Activities are planned there all week, including Senior Games, a potluck dinner, awards, a dance, […]
Staff An east-end home suffered extensive damage from fire this morning. Firefighters were called to 1108 Second St. E. after a report of a fire in the basement of the residence. Capt. Wayne Riches said that upon arrival, no smoke was coming from the house. But he added there were […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have reached unprecedented heights on the mountain of national junior hockey recognition. After garnering an honourable mention in the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings last week, the Lakers vaulted to No. 6 this week—the highest the organization has ever held. Much of […]
Joey Payeur Reed Dennis of the Fort Frances Wolverines made a solid tackle of Dryden JV Falcons’ running back Erin Wesley during the second quarter of the Wolverines’ 25-24 loss to the visitors in junior football action here Saturday. The Wolverines finished their season with a 2-2 record.
Staff This marks “Freshie Week” at Fort Frances High School, where the “Freshie” king and queen nominees will compete in various events before the winners are crowned Friday. “Our purpose is to help welcome Grade 9 students to the high school through a friendly week-long competition between five male and […]
Joey Payeur After dominating NorWOSSA play so far this season, the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team decided to see what Thunder Bay had to offer. As it turned out, it wasn’t a whole lot different than what they’ve encountered so far. The Muskies captured the Westgate Miss Basketball tournament by […]
Press Release The Town of Fort Frances, Union Gas, and Energy Fundamentals Group (EFG) L.P.-Centra Pipeline, which owns and operates a natural gas transmission pipeline within Fort Frances, are advising all resident that an emergency exercise will be taking place on Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 8 a.m.-noon. The exercise will […]
Heather Latter There was a long line for raffle tickets at the biennial “Luncheon of Hope” on Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous, where several wonderful prizes were up for grabs. Following the meal, those on hand heard from guest speaker Dr. Dimitrios Vergidis, chief of oncology for Regional Cancer Care […]
