Kenna Robertson, left, Angel McCormack, and Madyson Weir dared to put their hands into “mysterious” substances as Girl Guide Susan Stewart looked on yesterday during Hallowe’en activities at the Fort Frances Museum. A steady stream of youngsters went to the museum on their day off from school to bob for […]
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Jorja Pope, dressed as a pirate, checked out a Hallowe’en storybook this morning during a Hallowe’en party at the Fort Frances Nursery School. Children had a chance to show off their costumes while playing with green slime, digging up bones in the sandbox, and helping to carve a pumpkin.
The Muskie girls’ hockey team skated away as champs of their third-annual tournament over the weekend, culminating in an 8-3 win over the Kenora Broncos in the gold-medal game yesterday. “I knew we’d do good, but this is better than I expected for our first games,” said forward Miranda Kellar, […]
A judicial recount Friday of votes cast in the Oct. 10 election ended up showing Liberal incumbent Bill Mauro defeating NDP candidate John Rafferty in the Thunder Bay-Atikokan riding. The recount put Mauro ahead of Rafferty by 50 votes, according to the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, although the official tally isn’t […]
The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs earned silver in their home tournament over the weekend, backed by the scoring of Emo native Sarah O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan netted five goals and an assist over three games at the 2007 Minnesota RRCC-ACHA Can/Am Showcase, but admitted she didn’t know what to attribute her […]
Runners and hikers headed out on the trail yesterday during the first-annual “Run for Recovery,” sponsored by Parents Against Illicit Narcotics and the Borderland Bicycle Club. Ten runners jogged through the 3.5-km course while 15 hikers took the long way, covering seven km through the bush to have fun while […]
Muskie centre Lindsey Roehrig battled for the puck with Simone Benoit of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints here Saturday afternoon. Roehrig contributed an assist to the Muskies’ onslaught as they dumped the Saints 9-1 en route to a first-place showing in their 10-team tournament.
Hannah Anderson put her tickets in the pumpkin raffle at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday. An assortment of beautifully-decorated pumpkins were up for grabs, with proceeds going to support the Riverside Foundation for Health Care. Saturday also marked the final farmers’ market for the season, with the Christmas […]
Robin McCormick was one of the actors who presented the skit “Live, Love, and Laugh” during the second-annual Seniors’ Lifestyle Expo on Saturday at the Fort Frances High School. The humerous skit touched on a lot of health-related topics for seniors. Meanwhile, a variety of booths were set up in […]
Dressed as pirates, students from St. Michael’s School presented Fort Frances Public Library board chairperson Joyce Cunningham with a “treasure” this morning. The students in Paulette Romaniuk’s Grade 3 class and Tina Gurski’s Grade 2 class collected a total of $48.75 in coins to donate to the “Building for the […]
Local competitive swimmers will be back in action tomorrow afternoon with their first meet in Dryden. “I’m excited,” said Dawnn Taylor, a coach with the Fort Frances Aquanauts. “It’s exciting to see what everybody’s going to put out there, what kind of bar they’re going to set out for themselves […]
The Muskie football team’s season came to an end yesterday afternoon with a 37-0 loss to the Kelvin Clippers in the WHSFL quarter-finals. Because the Muskies (0-7) finished last in the Kas Vidruk Division during the regular season, they had to face the first-place Clippers (6-1) in the opening round […]
