By Robin McCormick Devlin Correspondent Sylvia Beadle Will turn 90 this Friday, November 5. Notice I didn’t say 90 year old as old is the farthest thing you would use to describe Sylvia. Ninety years young is more appropriate. Sylvia was honoured with a nineteenth birthday party at the Devlin […]
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By Best for Kitty
As we begin our second year of operation, we want to take a moment to thank all those who have supported Best for Kitty. Whether you have donated financially, given such items as food or litter, adopted one of our cats or kittens, or just spread the word about our […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the October Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Thomas Nachuk of Thunder Bay, ON with the winning ticket number M-7012799. Nachuk takes home $14,430, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Friday, October […]
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If you’ve checked your mail box lately, you may have noticed an envelope from Picture This. Riverside Foundation for Health Care and the Picture This cabinet committee launched the direct mailing campaign for Picture This in late September and it has been hitting residential and business mailboxes across the district […]
Allan Bradbury
On October 26, Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (Manitou Mounds) hosted a deer skinning workshop. Pictured is Haley Broadbent (Blue sweater) and Cheryl Morrison (Red jacket). Instructor Pat Hyatt says it is important to do these kinds workshops so that traditional indigenous ways of life can be remembered and stay in use. The deer […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
After not playing for a full year girls’ basketball and boys’ volleyball are wrapping up for the year. The teams were bubbled with Atikokan and Rainy River this year and there will not be any playoffs. In Volleyball the Junior Boys are coached by Tyson Grinsell. The boys currently have […]
Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
On Friday the Fort Frances High Muskies bested the Beaver Brae Broncos from Kenora 37-18. The Muskies will go on to face the Dryden Eagles this Friday in Dryden at 2:30 p.m.. The Muskies marched down the field on the opening drive and didn’t look back. “Our guys practiced hard […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Following a successful first outing, the team at Lake of the Woods Brewery are at it again, sinking thousands of bottles of beer beneath Lake of the Woods to provide beer drinkers with another one-of-a-kind experience. In 2020 the Kenora-based brewery came up with their Deep 6 line of beer, […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
On October 21, the Fort Frances sports community lost a strong supporter of local hockey and a longtime volunteer. ‘Lant’ Lanny Freeman passed away after experiencing a medical emergency at the Lakers game on Oct. 20. The Lakers game was delayed briefly while he was attended to by paramedics, according […]
Five generations of the Angus family gathered together earlier this summer for a keepsake photo. Fred and Grace Angus of Emo, front, are joined by their Son Ralph Angus, grand daughter Laurie Shields, great granddaughter Taylor Pyykkonen and great great granddaughter Evelyn Pyykkonen.
All the good little boils and ghouls were out and about on Halloween night, making the most of the chilly fall weather. Scores of trick-or-treaters descended upon the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre for the Trunk-or-Treat festivities that took place from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Individuals, businesses and […]
Kathy Loney, below, helps a local resident to find winter gear for her family during the annual Coat Drive and Giveaway, being held all this week at the Volunteer Bureau. The Centre, located at 140 4th Street West in Fort Frances, will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 […]
