There is nothing better than coming home with absolutely nothing to do. And no one knows this better than the university and college students who arrive home for the holidays each year. For the most part, Christmas is a nice, relaxing period in a student’s year. You get to sleep […]
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FORT FRANCES—Kathy Cuthbertson, along with workers at the Fort Frances High School cafeteria, are planning a meatball and perogy benefit dinner for David and Jennifer Marr of Emo on Friday, Jan. 25. The couple’s new baby, Benjamin, was born prematurely at 24 weeks and four days, and so the family […]
Michael Nelson skated, danced, and jumped along the ice during his long practice, looking every bit a young, blonde 14-year-old. He stood out both for looking the picture of an agile and confident figure skater—and as the only boy on the ice. Suddenly, he lost his footing and the graceful […]
Josh Supinski, eight, practised his boarder moves Friday afternoon at the overpass hill. The sliding hill has been busier this season due to the larger snowfalls here.
Cassidy and Samantha Clinton enjoyed the ride as their grandpa, Gerry Rousseau, pulled the toboggan around the east end of town on Friday.
Troy Woolsey and his nephew, Adam George, enjoyed a day of tobogganing down the side of the overpass here last Thursday. The hill was packed with kids of all ages enjoying the holiday break.
Courtney Williams, front, and Maddison Armstrong, were all smiles as they raced down the hill on their sled on Friday afternoon at the overpass.
Brittany Spence, left, and Alyssa Vanderaa of Dancemakers plunged into the icy cold waters behind La Place Rendez-Vous yesterday during the Voyageur Lions Club’s seventh-annual “Polar Plunge.”
Lorne Gill braved the icy waters behind La Place Rendez-Vous during the annual “Polar Plunge” back on Jan. 1. The 2008 event will be held there tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. (jumpers should arrive by 11:15 a.m. to get their pledges counted and to register). Anyone still interested in participating […]
With two more weeks to go, 738 ballots for the Jan. 14 municipal byelection already have come in, returning officer Glenn Treftlin reported this morning. “It’s not too bad considering there’s two solid weeks to go yet,” said Treftlin. “It’s coming along. Looking at the last election’s rate of returns, […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources wishes to advise the public that due to a fire in the Abitibi generating station at Calm Lake, ice conditions on Calm Lake and the Seine River system currently may not be safe. On or about Dec. 26, the main breaker in the Calm Lake […]
A winning end to 2007 was too much to ask for the Muskies at the annual Hilltopper Holiday Classic in Duluth, Mn. last week, settling for third place after some tough battles against bristly American competition. “Those are the teams we need to play against,” Muskie head coach Shane Bliss […]
