Peggy Revell It was a busy week of travel around the district for the six members of the Pech tribe from Honduras, who were visiting the area as part of an exchange through the Canadian International Development Agency’s “Indigenous Peoples Partnership Program.” Joined here by the chief and council of […]
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Heather Latter Several Fort High students, involved in the French Immersion and Core French programs, counted and bagged empty beer cans Saturday during a bottle drive fundraiser to help raise money for a trip to France next March. With help from their parents, the group raised a little over $1,000.
Mitch Calvert Sian Donald went to the air to nab a defensive rebound during the Muskie senior girls’ 23-20 win over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action here Monday night.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Power Corp. customers will be without power for about eight hours this Sunday (Oct. 4) so Hydro One can perform necessary maintenance at the Eighth Street transformer station. The outage is scheduled to last from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The disruption initially was supposed to last for […]
Duane Hicks Cracks along the newly-paved underpass are being reviewed to determine what will be done, if anything at all, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told town council last night. “These are basically construction joints. There’s 29 transverse cracks where the concrete slabs were,” Brown said. “The asphalt is […]
Staff After forfeiting last Friday’s game to the River East Kodiaks, the Muskie senior football program looks to be back on solid ground. The black-and-gold plan to travel to Winnipeg on Thursday for a game against the Maples Marauders. That decision was made at a meeting yesterday afternoon between school […]
Staff It was nearly a clean sweep for the four Muskie court teams in their NorWOSSA home-openers yesterday at the “Fish Tank.” The senior girls’ basketball team (2-0) led things off with a 23-20 victory over the visiting Kenora Broncos, led by 11 points from returning senior Kayla Windigo. A […]
Staff At last night’s regular meeting, town council: •heard a presentation from Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong regarding Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 4-10), and proclaimed Oct. 4-10 as “Fire Prevention Week” in the Town of Fort Frances; •presented a plaque of appreciation to Marlene McQuarrie, representing Beta Sigma Phi, […]
Heather Latter Students from local schools looked on as the cooking of bannock was demonstrated this morning during the Fall Harvest Preparation workshops at the Nanicost grounds. The workshops, which include lessons on preparing wild rice, wild meats, and traditional teas, runs until Thursday. The event is hosted by Seven […]
Mitch Calvert Muskie Sara Roach (#23) kept a close eye on Kelsey Craven of the Kenora Broncos during Fort High’s 23-20 win in NorWOSSA senior girls’ basketball action here yesterday.
Duane Hicks While encouraging fire safety is always part of their mandate, the Fort Frances Fire/Rescue Service will be doing a little more to get its message out to local residents during Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 4-10). Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong will make a presentation to town council […]
Mitch Calvert Time to get back to the drawing board. The Fort Frances Lakers showed all the elements of an inexperienced team in a 6-3 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs before 535 paying customers at the Ice For Kids Arena here Friday night. The hosts trailed 3-1 after one, […]
