Duane Hicks A benefit spaghetti supper for Samantha Pearson, a young woman who received a heart transplant in Ottawa last month, is planned for Thursday, Dec. 8 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fort High cafeteria. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for children aged seven and under. Take-out orders […]
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Heather Latter Despite another dismal turnout at a meeting last Thursday to plan an all-inclusive Town of Fort Frances reunion, the small group has decided to move ahead. “Aside from the small number of people that were there, we had a really good session and a lot of positive ideas,” […]
Duane Hicks “No one accomplished anything alone. It’s the people that you work with that allow you to achieve.” Just call it the motto of Nick Wihnan, a lifelong volunteer and active member of the community who was honoured Friday night at the town’s annual appreciation, recognition, retiree, and long […]
Duane Hicks After taking a break last Christmas, the “Mitts for Kids” campaign has returned. Local shoppers can help ensure no child will have cold hands this winter by donating to the cash collection boxes that have been distributed to local businesses. Organizer Melissa Gushulak said 15-20 boxes have been […]
Heather Latter “The Mob” (Northern Ontario Mobilizers)/Saving Faces group at Fort Frances High School is spreading the “Me to We” philosophy of creating positive social and environmental impacts in our local and global communities by focusing on several “Free the Children” campaigns. Not only are they raising funds for those […]
Lucas Punkari Three members of the Sunset Country Squash Club were in Edmonton over the weekend for the 29th-annual Alberta Jesters Junior Open, and all three came home with strong showings. In the boys’ under-15 novice division, Shawn Brady was the class of the field as he won all five […]
Lucas Punkari When the next season of NorWOSSA junior and senior boys’ basketball gets underway Dec. 21 in Dryden, both Muskie teams will be run by former assistant coaches who have moved up into the head roles This year’s senior squad will be coached by former Muskie player Bryce Coyle, […]
Lucas Punkari If the Muskie boys’ hockey team is successful in its quest to make another appearance at the all-Ontarios come season’s end, one of the key building blocks in that story may have taken place this past week. After dropping a 5-4 shootout decision to the host Kenora Broncos […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie girls’ hockey team is becoming quite familiar with the Kenora Broncos in the early stages of the 2011-12 NorWOSSA season. Having played each other twice in the Muskie girls’ tournament back in October, then doing battle in a league showdown in Kenora last Tuesday night, the […]
Heather Latter Grade 7 students at Robert Moore School got an up-close look at a variety of animal furs last Thursday afternoon following a presentation by John and Patti Johnson of the Rainy River District Trappers Council. The presentation—a first offered by the local trappers—taught students about the history and […]
Peggy Revell Kathy Kaye picked up the 2012 Seniors’ Safety Calendar last Wednesday morning at Safeway from Britainee Kellar of the District Mental Health Services for Older Adults Program. The annual calendar provides information on various issues, such as mental health and wellness, frauds and scams, fall prevention, and medication […]
Peggy Revell Not just content to grow a ’stache on their faces for “Movember,” the local ambulance team—represented here by Chris Wielinga and Ed Carlson—have added mustaches to the local ambulances as part of the month-long effort to raise money and awareness to fight prostate cancer. As part of a […]
