Sarah Pruys Walmart manager Sheldon Demers accepted many whipped cream pies to the face, including one from his six-month-old daughter, for the store’s last fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network on Friday afternoon. Combined with a barbecue, the store raised $645—bringing its total donation to a combined $5,345.
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the OPP On Saturday around 4:10 p.m., Thunder Bay OPP officers responded to a report of a drowning at Cummins Lake in Jacques Township. Ernest Rumpel, 76, of Thunder Bay went out in his canoe around 4 p.m. with his German Shepherd dog. It is believed the dog rocked the […]
Sarah Pruys Eight-year-old Kayleigh Walton, left, stood with her sister, Tia, seven, in front of one of the 41 cars that took part in the annual “Scott Street Show ’n Shine” on Saturday. The warm, sunny weather drew lots people to the event, which ran from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and […]
Heather Latter Midge McTaggart was honored by Mayor Roy Avis on Saturday night for her 25 years of service to the children of the Fort Frances Day Care as the cook there. The town’s annual appreciation dinner, held this year at Sunny Cove Camp, also formally recognized Citizen of the […]
Sarah Pruys Siblings Matthew Fuhrer, five, Jennifer, two, and Simon, three, enjoyed hotdogs for lunch at the annual “Fly-in, Drive-in BBQ” yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Airport. More than 200 people showed up to see a Bell 412 Griffon military helicopter, along with various other planes, cars, and motorcycles […]
Press Release Ojibwe minister Jim Sky, of St. Paul, Mn., will be sharing hope and encouragement for those held captive by addictions as he relays his story of the delivering power of Jesus Christ from his past personal addictions to heroine/ cocaine and alcohol. He will be at the Emo […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team fell 1-0 to the Wellington Heights Wolverines (Mount Forest) on Friday afternoon in their final game at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford. That left the black-and-gold with an 0-4 record and without a goal in Pool ‘C’ play, finishing at the bottom of […]
the MNR It was a busy weekend for the Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services program, with 28 new forest fires reported in the Northwest Region. Aggressive air attack with CL-415 heavy waterbombers was required on a number of the fires. FireRanger crews, meanwhile, have established firelines to contain the […]
Staff Council will vote tonight on whether to amend a zoning bylaw which, if passed, would allow the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. to build a new six-unit apartment complex on York Avenue. The proposed building has met some opposition, with two north-end residents speaking against the re-zoning during […]
Staff Students at both elementary schools in Fort Frances will see new principals after the Rainy River District School Board announced at its regular meeting Tuesday night some changes in assignment for the 2013-14 year. Bill Daley, currently principal at J.W. Walker School, will become the principal at Robert Moore […]
Sarah Pruys These colourful birdhouses, painted by the Early Learning students at Robert Moore School here, are part of a BIA initiative to brighten up the downtown core this summer. The houses should be going up in the trees along the 100-300 blocks of Scott Street this weekend, along with […]
Lucas Punkari Kym Whalen, foreground, Cindy Gauthier, Mandy Lahti, and Sarah Marusyk paddled towards the dock at the Sorting Gap Marina yesterday evening as they brought the dragon boat into place in preparation for the second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Canada Day. Teams and individuals still can sign […]
