With less than a week to go, fewer than 100 tickets remain unsold for the Bill Andrusco concert at the Townshend Theatre next Thursday night (Oct. 11). “We want people to know that if they haven’t gotten their tickets yet, there’s still an opportunity,” concert organizer Bill Gushulak said this […]
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The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is still looking for more nominations for its 12th-annual business awards. “Things are going okay, but they’re not going fabulously,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth noted late yesterday. “We’ve got about 41 nominations, and I’ve talked to quite a few people in the last few […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres, “Project Porchlight,” and Fort Frances Power Corp. teamed up last night to deliver door-to-door 1,400 free energy-efficient light bulbs to local residents. But those who missed the giveaway need not fret—1,000 free compact fluorescent light bulbs also will be given away during the Sabres’ home […]
Daylin James performed his “Bits of Broadway . . . and More” show, as well as “The Comeback King,” last night at the Townshend Theatre before a small but enthusiastic crowd. Proceeds from the show are going to the local skate park. James will be back in town again in […]
Student council members at J.W. Walker School yesterday helped Capt. Angel Sandoval load up donations for the local Salvation Army’s food bank. Students at the school brought in plenty of food over three days to help fill the food bank in time for Thanksgiving.
With representatives from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, and Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association asking questions, the four candidates vying for the Kenora-Rainy River riding had a lot to say about education issues at Tuesday night’s forum. In response to Progressive Conservative leader John […]
After passing a resolution Sept. 25 to appoint a candidate to fill the vacancy left by Tannis Drysdale, town council changed its mind yesterday and instead will hold a byelection to let the people decide. Voting to reconsider the previous resolution, which had been unanimously approved, councillors then discussed why […]
Eight-year-old Morgan Haw, a Sturgeon Creek student, led the district’s Grade 4 girls in her cross-country race—the first of the day—at Crossroads School in Devlin yesterday. Schools from across the district sent students from Grades 4-8 to Crossroads to compete in races, broken down by age and gender.
Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong, left, Community Services manager George Bell, and town CAO Mark McCaig were three of the 115 walkers who joined in the “World Record Walk” here yesterday. They gathered at the Sorting Gap Marina at 11:30 a.m. and walked to Rainy Lake Sports and Tackle […]
The Muskies senior girls’ basketball team earned its first win of the young NorWOSSA season here yesterday afternoon while the junior squad remains winless. The seniors opened the action with a convincing 22-13 win over the visiting Kenora Broncos to improve to 1-1. The two teams spent most of the […]
The Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team participated in the Kenora Invitational tournament over the weekend between games in Dryden on Thursday and here at home yesterday. The squad finished round-robin action in second place with nine wins and three losses. In the quarter-finals, the Muskies beat the host Broncos in […]
Earlier settlers and First Nations inhabitants knew the secrets of the little edible tidbits and delights that grow throughout our natural habitat. This is a knowledge base that seems to be disappearing. But if you make the effort to talk to some wise elders and search the Internet, there are […]
