Heather Latter Christa Bruyere, left, and Tiffany Clifford-Smith of the United Native Friendship Centre helped serve up a breakfast of pancakes and sausages at the Circle of Life Centre this morning to mark Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day. There was no charge and everyone was welcome.
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Heather Latter Town employee Rob Paterson helped sort through cans of paint that were dropped off during the annual Hazardous Waste Day held Saturday at the Public Works building on Fifth Street West. A total of 236 cars lined up to drop off their dangerous waste, which was collected by […]
Duane Hicks About 45 people of all ages participated in a “Walk of Hope” to raise ovarian cancer awareness yesterday afternoon along the La Verendrye Parkway. The walk, organized by local resident Aimee Beazley, was in honour of her mother, Donna Lee, who passed away from the disease last August. […]
Joey Payeur It is safe to say Billy Grillo has the clubhouse lead when it comes to this season’s title of fan favourite in the eyes of Fort Frances Lakers’ fans. The defenceman’s power-play blast at 3:03 of overtime gave the Lakers a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Iron Rangers […]
Joey Payeur A night to celebrate another successful racing season at the Emo Speedway turned tragic Saturday with the death of a well-known and much-loved driver. William G. Reimer, 67, of Vermilion Bay was competing in the feature race of the Midwest Modified division at the raceway’s season-ending Fan Appreciation […]
Staff Town council and administration are prepping to begin work on next year’s budget, with a timetable expected to be approved at tonight’s regular meeting. If approved, the process will kick off with a public input meeting slated for Monday, Sept. 23 in conjunction with the regular council meeting that […]
Staff The forest fire situation in the Northwest Region remains quiet. Nine long-standing fires were called “out” yesterday—five in Sioux Lookout District and four in Nipigon District. There now are just seven actives fires in the region—two in Fort Frances District, one in Nipigon District, one in Red Lake District, […]
Joey Payeur Brielle Byma worked on her jump shot during practice yesterday with the Muskie junior girls’ basketball squad. Co-coaches Alyssa Holliday and Marla Knutsen ran their first practice with the 15-member squad that will begin NorWOSSA play later this month after final cuts were announced earlier in the day.
Joey Payeur Defender Lauren Vold (#8) stayed focused on forward Shelby Tymkin (#17) while goalie Kate Parsons awaited the outcome of the confrontation during yesterday’s scrimmage on the final day of tryouts for the Muskie girls’ hockey team at the Ice For Kids Arena. Head coach Scott Clendenning and assistant […]
Press Release A chance to have a boot-scootin’ fun time raising money for health care is still available as some tickets are left for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual dinner coming up next Saturday (Sept. 14) at the Emo Arena. “The tickets are selling well and we’ve sold […]
Heather Latter With a power outage planned for most of Sunday, and favourable weather in the forecast, local resident Aimee Beazley is inviting the public to take part in a “Walk of Hope” for ovarian cancer awareness. “My mom [Donna Lee] passed away August of last year from ovarian cancer,” […]
Staff One day before facing each other on the ice, the Fort Frances Lakers and Minnesota Iron Rangers took care of some business off of it. The Lakers sent forward Tyler Broderson to the Iron Rangers yesterday in exchange for defenceman Riley Daly. “In Riley, we get an experienced defenceman […]
