Students from Fort Frances High School’s Muskie Theatre rehearsed a scene from “Get Smart” during a dress rehearsal of the production last night at the Townshend Theatre. The show is set to open there tomorrow (Dec. 6) at 7 p.m. and run until Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at Northwoods […]
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Santa Claus himself made a special appearance at the “Holly Daze” parade in Emo on Friday night—much to the delight of the crowd lining the route.
Lyn Henderson, left, and Tammy Kellar, along with other members of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee, made wreaths and other crafts Monday night in preparation for its “Wreaths ’n Things” fundraiser later this week. The wreaths will be at La Verendrye Hospital tomorrow and Friday from […]
Emma Elliott (centre) got ready to dig the ball in the regular-season opener for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team here yesterday afternoon against the Kenora Broncos. The visitors won the first set 25-13, lost the second one 25-20, and then finished off the best-of-five match by taking the next […]
About 100 unionized paperworkers will meet in Montreal this week to develop a co-ordinated plan of action following AbitibiBowater’s recently-announced mill closures and plans to reopen negotiated collective agreements. CEP has organized the Dec. 5-6 meeting, at the Delta Hotel in Montreal, to bring together 35 CEP AbitibiBowater locals from […]
Since students use many paper products daily that can be recycled along with plastic bottles and aluminum cans, staff and students of J.W. Walker School here have pledged to be “friends of the Earth” through recycling, composting, and taking action against pollution. Tonight, the Rainy River District School Board will […]
Pancake breakfast Kenna Spuzak, four, enjoyed a pancake breakfast with her family at J.W. Walker School this morning. The first-annual event was hosted by the school’s parent council.
Megan Ross, left, and Maria Sanders, along with other members of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee, made wreaths and other crafts last night in preparation for its “Wreaths ’n Things” fundraiser later this week. The wreaths will be at La Verendrye Hospital this Thursday and Friday […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres came away from their Dec. 1 roster deadline with forward Steven Sus joining the team from the Beausejour Blades. Sus was acquired in exchange for future considerations from the MJHL team, where the 20-year-old former Muskie and Borderland Thunder player compiled two goals and five […]
With the deadline for candidates to file their nomination papers to run in the Jan. 14 byelection for town council having elapsed on Friday, only two people—Todd Hamilton and Ken Perry—will be on the ballot. Perry finished seventh in last November’s municipal election while Hamilton, a former councillor, was eighth. […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has started a campaign using the motto “Keep your town in business, by keeping your business in town” to encourage area residents to keep their Christmas spending local. The Chamber has sent out posters to its members to hang in their store windows, staff […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team headed north while the boys headed south, but both teams came away with a pair of wins on the weekend. The boys took a pair of exhibition games—7-1 over the Lafayette Eagles in Red Lake Falls, Mn. on Friday and 5-0 over the Kittson Central […]
