Ethan Rose received a basket of treats from the Easter Bunny, who visited the children at the Fort Frances Nursery School this morning during their Easter party.
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J.W. Walker School students and staff will return there tomorrow after a gas leak and fire back on Feb. 28 forced them to relocate to temporary classrooms. Students had been situated at Robert Moore School, Huffman School, and Fort Frances High School, but Walker principal Bill Daley noted things are […]
The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Services rescued a snowmobiler who went through the ice on Sand Bay on Saturday night. At 8:14 p.m., firefighters responded to a report that a woman riding a sled had gone through the ice on Rainy Lake. She pulled herself out of the water, […]
One game after their coach bemoaned the lack of both playoff scoring and effort from veteran players, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres seemed to remedy both issues Saturday night against the Schreiber Diesels. Unfortunately, the Sabres’ four-goal effort still fell short against the defending SIJHL champions, who swept their best-of-five […]
Charlie Roy let loose a dart during the annual Gordie Dunville Memorial Mixed Darts Tournament on Saturday afternoon at the local Legion. Roy was one of dozens of participants in the event.
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres salute their fans following their season-ending 5-4 loss to the Schreiber Diesel in SIJHL quarter-final action here Saturday night.
This small black lamb at Mark Gerber’s farm along Highway 602 was introduced to feed for the first time Friday afternoon. There are about 40 new lambs on the farm just west of Fort Frances—a sure sign that spring is right around the corner. In fact, the official first day […]
With Good Friday only a week away, those planning to buy tickets to attend the perenially-popular Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s breakfast had better act fast. Kiwanian Dr. Bob Lidkea said late yesterday that very few tickets are left, so those who plan to attend had best drop by Drs. Lidkea, […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres find themselves on the brink of elimination after suffering a 4-3 loss in double overtime to the host Schreiber Diesels last night to go down 0-2 in their best-of-five quarter-final series. Schreiber’s Ryan Pearson finally broke the deadlock in the second overtime session. Sabres’ head […]
As more exhibitors sign up for the local Chamber of Commerce’s 20th-annual home and leisure show in early May, organizers are planning more and more to make the show bigger and better than ever. Chamber officer manager Dawn Booth said late yesterday that one of the things planned is a […]
Logan Morris took a turn rolling the large die this morning as he and other school-aged children participated in a real-life sized game of “Snakes and Ladders” during “game day” at the Fort Frances Day Care.
FORT FRANCES—Music-lovers can enjoy the sounds of pipes and drum music—and help support a local community group at the same time—now that the Fort Frances Highlanders’ first-ever CD, “Border Crossings,” went on sale this week. Pipe major Dr. Bruce Lidkea said Wednesday he just received the shipment of new CDs […]
