A Robert Moore student purchased an item from the snack cart manned by Builder’s Club members Samantha Martin, right, and Carley Busch on Friday. Proceeds from the snack carts, which are offered to students during the second nutrition break on Fridays, are given to certain initiatives. Most recently, the Builder’s […]
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Members of the VALA Follies were busy rehearsing their dance numbers on the Townshend Theatre stage yesterday in preparation for their upcoming annual performance. The VALA Variety Show, this year entitled “The Wacky River Criuse,” will run there this Friday at 7 p.m. and again Saturday at 2 p.m. and […]
Mackenzie Wright, right, read to Nikki Lockman at St. Michael’s School on Friday during their annual literacy event there. Students and teachers were encouraged to dress up as their favourite story book character. Following a skit performed by the teachers, classes were paired so students could read together. Parents also […]
Elizabeth Steele, right, along with William and Christopher Low, finished up their meatball and perogy dinner at the Fort Frances High School cafeteria on Friday during the benefit dinner for Dave and Jennifer Marr and their infant son, Benjamin, who was born prematurely. Besides dinner, there was live entertainment, a […]
Tickets are still available for the meatball and perogy benefit dinner for local couple David and Jennifer Marr and their infant son, Benjamin, which is set to go tonight. It will run from 4:30 p.m. until at least 7 p.m. at the Fort Frances High School cafeteria. As previously reported […]
The Fort Frances Museum will be presenting the play “Rope’s End” at the Townshend Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 7 as part of the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Regional Tour 2008. And with less than two weeks to go before the show, which is a fundraiser for the museum’s recent renovations, curator […]
The Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is currently investigating an assault that took place early today near the Mohawk Gas Station on King’s Highway. At approximately 3 a.m., police responded to a call of an injured male at that location. The victim was transported to the La […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ last game before the SIJHL All-Star break has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 30. The home game against the Dryden Ice Dogs—erroneously listed in the Sabres program and elsewhere as a match against the Thunder Bay Bulldogs —originally slated for Jan. 29 will instead be […]
Jan Alexandra Smith, playing the role of “Marisa,” and Murray Furrow (“Toby”) acted out a scene in the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s production of Douglas Bowie’s “Rope’s End.” MTC will be performing the romantic comedy at the Townshend Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 7 as a fundraiser for the Fort Frances Museum.
Fort High students Marek Willemsen, left, AJ Bombay, and Karissa Bruyere worked on their Grade 10 math exam this morning as the first-semester exams got underway. Exams will run until Tuesday, with Wednesday being a P.A. Day for all district students. The second semester begins Jan. 31.
Town workers flooded the rink in the north end around noon yesterday. The bitterly cold weather of late has been the source of much complaining, but has ensured solid, crisp sheets of ice on the outdoor rinks around town.
Tammy Ryll, executive director of the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat, left, Naicatchewenin FN Chief Wayne Smith, Elder Louie Councillor, Tony Marinaro, economic development advisor for Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, Pwi-Di-Goo executive director Richard Bruyere, and Donna Murray, project manager for the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, were among the […]
