Sight & Sound (8-2) will look to maintain their share of first place when they face Stratton (5-5) at VanJura Stadium here tonight at 8 p.m. The Fort Frances-based squad currently is deadlocked with Rainy River (8-2) atop the Rainy River District Fastball League standings after both teams picked up […]
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With the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship coming up July 23-29, organizers are looking for more volunteers to sign up to help with this year’s event. “We can always use more volunteers. There’s no shortage of things for volunteers to do,” Tara Albanese, director of volunteers for the FFCBC board, […]
The mayors of Fort Frances and International Falls had their trip to Washington, D.C. scrubbed Wednesday morning due to mechanical problems with their flight out of the Falls. Mayor Onichuk said Thursday morning he was disappointed he and Falls Mayor Shawn Mason couldn’t make the trip in order to speak […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported one new fire in the region yesterday—Nipigon #25, located northwest of the community of Eabametoong. There are no problems anticipated with this fire, with two crews on site and heli-bucketing support. Meanwhile, Red Lake #14 was declared “under control” yesterday. Crews will use infrared […]
Students from JW Walker’s Builders club spent Wednesday building a garden in front of their school. This was the club’s first project and it was sponsored by Kiwanis. The Builders club was formed earlier this year for grade 6, 7 and 8 students to teach them community service and leadership […]
Lillie MacKinnon learned the finer points of playing the infield from coach Todd Hamilton last Thursday evening during a T-ball game on the St. Francis North diamond here. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Tina Armstrong, recipient of the Sandra Kakeeway Memorial Bursary, hugged Melanie Goodchild, a relative of Kakeeway’s, as she accepted her award during the graduation ceremonies for Seven Generations Education Institute at the Adventure Inn on Thursday. Armstrong is the inaugural recipient of the award named in honour of the Bachelor […]
Cassidy McKinnon couldn’t wait to hand over her coupons and receive a tasty strawberry ice cream cone on Thursday at the family barbecue held at Crossroads School. Games and activities were located across the school grounds for the youngsters, while several of the older students took part in a water […]
French senior kindergarten teacher Debbie Jean congratulated Scott Lewis on his graduation on Friday and handed him his egg-shaped piñata full of candy to celebrate. Lewis and his classmates are students in last French Immersion kindergarten class at St. Michael’s School, as the Northwest Catholic District School Board decided to […]
Carleigh Pawlikowski, left, and her friend Spider Man (secret identity unknown) carried the “Masters of the Point: Superheroes Fighting Cancer” banner at the “Relay for Life” at Pither’s Point Park on Friday. Several of the 25 teams participating dressed in costumes or carried banners to remember loved ones who were […]
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