Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team will be gunning for their seventh-straight NorWOSSA title this week. The black-and-gold advanced to the league final by blanking the Kenora Broncos 4-0 in their one-game semi-final clash here Saturday night. After Dylan Curtis wired a shot past Broncos’ goalie Jordan Spencer late in […]
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Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team has yet to find the back of the net two games into the Female World Sport Challenge in Winnipeg. Following a 5-0 loss to host St. Mary’s Academy yesterday, the black-and-gold were blanked 6-0 by the Okanagan Hockey Academy (B.C.) in a Group ‘A’ […]
Heather Latter Caroline Spencer checked out some of the artwork on display at Robert Moore School yesterday while her daughter, Jamie, critiqued a piece by a fellow classmate. Students in Laurie Moxham’s Grade 5 class, with help from student teacher Jennifer Yerxa, hosted an art show in the atrium highlighting […]
Duane Hicks Dr. Dan Pierroz of the Nor-West Animal Clinic here received the Business of the Year Award from Deb Emes of 93.1 The Border, as Dave Bishop looked on, during the 17th-annual business awards gala last night at La Place Rendez-Vous.
Staff Nor-West Animal Clinic was named Business of the Year last night during the 17th-annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce business awards held at La Place Rendez-Vous. This award, sponsored by B93.1 The Border, was presented by Deborah Emes and Dave Bishop. The other nominees were: •Taggs Source for Sports; […]
Heather Latter St. Michael’s School JK students William Yerxa, left, Gracee Herod, Logan McCart, and Trent Derksen helped their teacher, Sue Vandenbrand, check on the chicken noodle soup this morning that would be offered to the staff as a “Share Lent” activity. Funds raised from the soup lunch will go […]
courtesy of Stacy Johnson Someone once said, if life throws you lemons, make lemonade. Well, Christie Avenue North resident Stacy Johnson said to herself, “If you’re tired of looking at the snow, make hamburgers out of it!” Having been cooped up all winter, watching the snow piling up in her […]
Lucas Punkari Betty Lambert checked out a paperback this morning at Revco Carpet during the annual book sale there. The sale, which supports both the local Alzheimer Society and Cyclone Swim Club, continues until 5:30 p.m. today, then runs again tomorrow from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 […]
Heather Latter Erin Campbell of Science North gave some tips this morning to Grade 1 students Aiden Jean and Jackson Tucker during their visit to St. Michael’s School. With their presentation “On the Lego Track,” students learned about sorting, patterning, and following directions. Science North also stopped at J.W. Walker […]
Duane Hicks These imaginative giraffe portraits created by students in Nicole Renberg’s Grade 1/2 class at Robert Moore School are now on display at the Fine Line Art Gallery here through March. The gallery (located at 529 Mowat Ave.) also features art made by Sonja Bodnarchuk’s Grade 8 class at […]
Staff Town council has awarded Phase II of Tender 12-OF-12 (Second Street East and Mowat Avenue roadway reconstruction) to Makkinga Contracting at a cost of $1.28 million. The work will include upgrades to 277 metres of roadway infrastructure on Second Street East (between Mowat Avenue and Central Avenue) and Mowat […]
Duane Hicks It’s not going out on a wing to say a letter from Transport Canada regarding a proposed landfill site on Couchiching First Nation has caused quite a flap amongst town administration and council. Fort Frances Airport supervisor Tom Batiuk has gone on record opposing the proposed landfill site […]
