Duane Hicks Valerie Groff, left, and her niece, Oakley, enjoyed a turkey meal with all the fixings Sunday during the 24th-annual community Christmas dinner. About 200 people attended the dinner, which ran from noon-2 p.m. at Knox United Church, with another 60 people getting “Meals on Wheels” delivered to them.
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Peggy Revell Decked out in their snowman costumes, kindergarten students in Mrs. Hills’ class recited their holiday songs and poems yesterday morning during the dress rehearsal for their Christmas concert that evening.
Heather Latter Griffin Galusha (Falling Star), left, Emmy Saciuk (Shooting Star), and Julianna Rousseau (Lucky Star) performed a scene from “Star of Wonder”—the Christmas concert presented Tuesday by the Grades 1-3 students at St. Michael’s School.
Heather Latter Tammy Thibault’s Grade 2 class at Robert Moore School “rocked out” as snowmen during their number in the primary grades’ Christmas concert rehearsal Tuesday morning in preparation for their concert that night. The intermediate concert took place there Wednesday night, while the Early Learning concert took the stage […]
the CBSA In November, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at the Fort Frances port of entry (POE) processed more than 48,000 travellers in 31,000 vehicles, as well as 792 commercial trucks. Twenty-four charter buses and 713 pedestrians were processed during the month. The CBSA also conducted more than […]
Staff Walmart Canada is feeling the Christmas spirit, with local staff yesterday donating $770 to the local Salvation Army food bank. Walmart Canada donated $5 for each person who signed up for a Walmart Rewards MasterCard during a seven-week campaign to fight hunger, which ran from Oct. 21-Dec. 9. Locally, […]
Lucas Punkari Junior Muskie Brennen Anderson towered over Seth Mymryk of the Kenora Broncos during NorWOSSA action yesterday at Fort High. A tightly-contested affair, the black-and-gold ended up falling just short in a 27-26 loss.
Staff The four Muskie court teams concluded their opening week of NorWOSSA play yesterday afternoon at Fort High, where the black-and-gold once again came away with a split. The senior boys’ basketball squad improved to 2-0 on the young season with a convincing 56-19 thumping of the Kenora Broncos. Will […]
Staff Local snowmobile racer Curtis Boivin has made progress in his recovery from head injuries sustained in an accident at Beausejour, Man. earlier this month. According to the latest update posted online by the Boivin family, the 19-year-old has opened his eyes and has had positive results in preliminary tests […]
Staff Efforts are underway to help local resident Cindy McCormick with medical expenses—and ensure her 10-year-old son has a good Christmas here. Terri Davis of the Makabi Inn said McCormick, who works there, recently had to be flown to Toronto to receive emergency medical care. Davis noted McCormick had three […]
Staff Both Muskie hockey teams are going into the holidays on a victorious note after notching wins in dramatic fashion Tuesday night in NorWOSSA play. In a game held at the Ice For Kids Arena, the Muskie girls earned a 3-2 win in a shootout over the visiting St. Thomas […]
Duane Hicks A district initiative to promote local spending and protect jobs recently got funding support from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. The initiative, being spearheaded by the Rainy River Future Development Corp., received $49,000 from the province—funds which will be matched by the local sector and hopefully the […]
