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Duane Hicks Situated in the cozy surroundings of the fireplace lounge at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, Debbie Ballard, left, and Judy Kielczewski worked away at the local Community Arts and Heritage Education Project—“What Hooks You Here?”—yesterday afternoon. They will be at the library on the first three […]

FFHS teacher Keith Gilbert, student council co-president Hailey Swire, Legion members Noris Piccinato and Glen Westover, and student council co-president Jessica Allan showed off the recovered plaques listing names of Fort Frances High School alumni who served during Word War II. The plaques, which hung in the hall at the […]

Duane Hicks A customer for the new Rainy Lake First Nations Pharmacy, Harry Morrisseau, left, handed over his prescription to pharmacist Edwin Bruyere on Monday.

Duane Hicks Anton “Tony” Jacyk celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday at Rainycrest Long-Term Care. Jacyk came to the Fort Frances area from the part of Poland now known as Belarus when he was 15 and worked for the CNR until retiring in the 1970s. He said he isn’t sure what […]

Peggy Revell Red Lake Ram Leigh Jefferies (#16) charged towards Muskie defenceman Braedon Keast (#15) during Friday’s NorWOSSA showdown at the ‘52 Canadians Arena. Fort High won 7-1, then closed out the two-game series with a 9-1 victory Saturday afternoon.

Duane Hicks Couchiching Chief Chuck McPherson, left, Shanna Weir, executive director of the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, pharmacist Edwin Bruyere, pharmacy technician Laura Bruyere, RBC senior commercial account manager-aboriginal market Gord Steeves, and Richard Bruyere, executive director of Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services (not pictured) cut the ribbon yesterday during the […]

Peggy Revell Rick Sekulich, Linda Sekulich, and Dianne DeBenedet swept hard after Don DeBenedet sent a rock sailing down the ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday morning during the “Icebox Days” bonspiel. The 32-rink tournament, held in conjunction with International Fall’s annual winter celebration (which doesn’t have […]

Peggy Revell Muskie Colton Spicer (#9) charged up the ice with the puck flanked by Tyson McLean (#19) and Nick Jourdain (#7) during NorWOSSA action Friday against the Red Lake Rams at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The black-and-gold won 7-1, then closed out the two-game series with a 9-1 romp […]

Peggy Revell Thunder Bay North Stars’ defenceman Kevin Hamel (#11) tried to stop Lakers’ forward Jace Baldwin (#96) from passing out of the corner during Saturday night’s SIJHL showdown at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers ended up prevailing 3-2 in OT for their sixth-straight win.

Peggy Revell Mike Gerstner of the Armstrong Crushers took aim at the net while facing off against Skates & Blades’ goalie Colten Allen during yesterday evening’s Novice hockey game at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The Crushers skated away with a 7-3 victory.

Submitted Winter getting you down? Well, if it’s any consolation, other parts of the world are feeling it, too. Local resident Karl Tosberg recently was sent this photo from his niece, Konstance Tosberg, in Aachen, Germany, near the border with Belgium, who built a snowman indicating “sommer” (German for summer) […]

Duane Hicks A town plow removed a snowbank from Keating Avenue yesterday. For a 10-day period starting this past Sunday, the town has stepped up efforts to plow and haul away the massive piles of snow all over Fort Frances which had accumulated thanks to back-to-back blizzards just before New […]