Students of Emmanuel Christian Academy in Fort Frances earned several medals at the Regional Junior Convention hosted by Portage Christian Academy on Feb. 3-4 in Portage La Prairie. About 100 students aged seven to 12 from nine schools competed in a multitude of events in academic, athletic, art, musical, and […]
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The Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association welcomed everyone to its 2000 Initiation Jamboree held Saturday. The motto for the day was “Hockey for the fun of it.” About 125 players–along with their coaches, parents, and friends–enjoyed the games. No scores was kept and penalties were rare. “The jamboree is […]
To celebrate “Gymnastics Awareness Week,” the Fort Frances Visserettes & Boys are offering everyone the chance to attend one free gymnastics class to try out the sport and meet the coaches. Call 274-2966 to let us know your child will be coming and to set a time. A free T-shirt […]
Emo minor hockey teams had a good showing on the ice this past week, with only the Midgets singing the “blues.” In Atom action, the Emo Selects downed the visiting MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances) 5-1. Nathan Brigham and Eric Soucy led Emo with two goals apiece while Tyson Romyn notched […]
Nothing beats racing in front of the home crowd. And Johnny Lundon took full advantage of the familiar faces, coming through with a pair of first-place finishes–in the Sport Open and Sport 600 classes–in Sunday’s finals at the Mn North Snocross race here. Lundon also placed fifth in the Sport […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club was packed Saturday night for the fifth-annual Chamber of Commerce awards banquet–which Tony Beyak was quick to point out shortly after being sworn in as president for a second consecutive term. “I know we have 195 people here tonight. I can think back to events […]
Veronica Dejo is very much a city girl. Born in Lima, Peru, raised in Vancouver, and educated for a year in Hong Kong, the 27-year-old thought she had experienced it all until she signed on with Experience Canada and was introduced to Fort Frances. “When we arrived here, the first […]
Aimee Pelletier is all about leadership, service, and character. At least that’s what she proved to the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, which recently awarded her a four-year, $55,000 scholarship to help her through university after several months of interviews. “I was simply shocked,” the 18-year-old Fort High student said. “I […]
Cellular phone service made the connection in the west end of the district last Tuesday and Wednesday when the Barwick and Rainy River towers were turned on. And Sharon Hacio, general manager of Norwest Mobility, said were was traffic on the towers almost immediately. While the official turn-on date was […]
Town council was given an update on the Fort Frances Web site at Monday night’s regular meeting, as well as a demonstration of the first phase of the G.I.S. computer-mapping program. The G.I.S. (geographical information system) is a complex program that is based on a series of maps of the […]
Former resident Neil McQuarrie, who recently published a booklet entitled “Recollections of a Fort Frances Childhood,” will see proceeds from it donated to the Fort Frances Museum as a way of saying thank you for its help to do research for his writings. Stories in the booklet are copies of […]
Megan Hebert and Zachary Byrne will be taking flight to France this Friday as the two St. Francis students fulfill the second half of an exchange agreement that began last August. And the grade eight students in the grade seven/eight French Immersion class are ready to spend several months in […]
