Dan Falloon Jon Carlson wasn’t even the first member of his family to find out he had been drafted into the Ontario Hockey League. “I was just sitting at home, on my couch, watching a movie,” Carlson recalled of that May 1 afternoon. “We had it [the draft] on the […]
News
Peggy Revell Some of F.H. Huffman School’s last students, Shayden Whitecrow, Gabe Hyatt, and Mackenzie Mainville, alongside the portrait of their school’s namesake, held up a few photos from past decades that have been collected in anticipation of the school’s open house set for Friday, May 28 from 4-7 p.m. […]
Duane Hicks Lorie Walynski, left, and Barb Wilson discussed Shannon Neilson-Kawulia’s mixed media piece, “Reflections,” on Thursday evening during the opening of the “Go For Gold” exhibit at the Fine Line Art Gallery here. The art exhibit will continue through May and into June.
Dave Ogilvie The Grade 3/4 class at Sturgeon Creek participated in the school’s annual spring tea and concert held last Wednesday in conjunction with “Education Week.” The talented students entertained those on hand with three recorder pieces, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Land of the Silver Birch,” and “Spring Time.” […]
Bryce Forbes Muskie keeper Chelsea Hill aggressively stole the ball from a Kenora player in a 2-0 loss in NorWOSSA-opening action here last Wednesday.
the OPP Just after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Atikokan OPP, fire department, and ambulance services responded to a house fire at 302 MacKenzie Ave. E. in Atikokan. Investigation revealed one female occupant died in the house fire. A second occupant was injured in the fire and transported to a […]
Staff The night sky will be lit up on Canada Day after town council last night approved a financial request to give up to an extra $5,000 to the “Fun in the Sun” committee for fireworks. This money is in addition to the $5,000 the town already had budgeted for […]
One of the benefits of experience is that lessons are learned. It is unfortunate that our politicians and financial authorities have ignored the lessons the “Great Recession” should have taught. Hope springs eternal in the financial markets—ones that have been pushed higher by the massive injections of government funds, the […]
Peggy Revell Fort High student Sara Kellar interviewed Holocaust survivor Eva Olsson on Monday morning for the school’s newspaper. Olsson spent her time at the school sharing her life story with students and staff, including surviving the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, all while encouraging students to not be bystanders when they […]
Bryce Forbes Crews were ripping up the asphalt yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Fifth Street East and Portage Avenue North as part of Phase II of the biomass road construction project. The underpass is now closed until May 20 as work is done to replace the sewer, water, and […]
Dan Falloon McKenna Begin showed off her ball skills at the U12 soccer tryouts at the Fort High pitch last night. The tryout was the first of four planned for the program, which will feature a girls’ team and a boys’ team. Tryouts are being held Mondays at 5:30 p.m., […]
Press Release Fort Frances April 27, 2010 To attract more first time teams, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has created new prizes for the 2010 tournament. Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship chairman Tom Fry today announced significant changes to the prize board of this year’s championship. The prize board […]
