Duane Hicks The inaugural “Walk of Hope” for ovarian cancer awareness likely will become an annual event here. Organizer Aimee Beazley, whose mother, Donna Lee, passed away from the disease last August, was pleased with the success of Sunday afternoon’s event and aims to do it again next September. “I […]
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Heather Latter As classes at Confederation College here got underway last week, campus director Anne Renaud was thrilled to see plenty of new faces walking through the doors. “We have over 80 first-year students, which is a lot of new students,” she enthused, noting they saw a total of about […]
Ken Johnston The public asked for it and they got it! A fifth—and likely final—meeting of the accommodation review for Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton was held there last Wednesday evening. Back in June, members of the public attending the fourth meeting asked if another one could […]
Joey Payeur It took a while to shake off the rust but once the Fort Frances Lakers hit their stride, it was all systems go. Down by three in the second period, the Lakers scored four unanswered goals, including Billy Grillo’s power-play marker at 3:03 of overtime, to give Fort […]
Joey Payeur Participants in the inaugural “Splash and Dash” aquathlon here Sunday got off to a quick start in the early light of day. Some 19 people took part in the 750m swim and 5K run in what organizers from the Rainy Lake Triathlon Club hope to make an annual […]
Heather Latter Seven-year-old Jade Belluz dropped by Fort Floral before school this morning to receive her free bouquet of roses from owner Brad Hogan as part of FTD’s annual “Good Neighbour Day.” The Scott Street business had about 250 bouquets of a dozen roses to give away, with people being […]
Heather Latter Deanne Fillion, with Miller Environmental Corp. of Winnipeg, helped unload paint cans from the back of a pick-up truck Saturday during the annual Hazardous Waste Day held at the Public Works building on Fifth Street West. A total of 236 cars lined up to drop off their dangerous […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Dougie deBernardeaux (20) was escorted by fellow running back Matt Cheetham on this 17-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of Fort High’s 43-0 romp over the St. John’s Tigers (Winnipeg) here Friday afternoon.
Staff Work on Second Street East between Mowat Avenue and Central Avenue finally will wrap up this week, with the intersection expected to be re-opened by the weekend. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said paving subcontractor Pioneer is on site this week and the first job they’re going to […]
Heather Latter Raychel Indian, an Environmental Technician student at Confederation College here, took a turn viewing a plant at Pither’s Point on Friday morning to identify it’s species while instructor Kara Haziak, right, and fellow classmates looked on. The students were taking part in their first day of “field school,” […]
Staff Registration night for the new Borderland Fall Soccer League now will be a co-ed affair. Men’s league spokesman Chris Faragher confirmed male players wishing to take part can head down to the Memorial Sports Centre tomorrow (Sept. 11) from 6-7 p.m. to sign up. Women’s league rep Amy Wilson-Hands […]
Joey Payeur In the last practice before his team’s season-opener, Chad Canfield saw the light go on. “Something happened in yesterday’s practice,” said the head coach following the Muskies’ 43-0 romp over the visiting St. John’s Tigers (Winnipeg) on Friday afternoon in the WHSFL opener for both teams. “We got […]
