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Duane Hicks Larry and Josie Patrick, left, along with Kathi and Don Tucker, enjoyed a peroghy supper Friday at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. The supper, which was a fundraiser for the Fort Frances Lakers, saw more than 180 people attend and raised $1,100 for the team. The supper was […]

Duane Hicks Dan Morphy of the Toronto-based percussion quartet, “TorQ,” grooved away with basket shakers during a performance Friday night at the Townshend Theatre here. Part of the Tour de Fort concert series, “TorQ” offered a range of arranged and improvised music numbers for the audience to enjoy. The next […]

Staff Alexis Latter and Lyla Moen enjoyed a good splash yesterday morning as the Fort Frances Nursery School held its annual “beach day”—a perfect break from the mid-winter blues, especially with the bitter cold snap currently gripping Borderland.

Peggy Revell Caden Flinders checked out the magnetic board filled with letters during a tour of Robert Moore School’s kindergarten rooms yesterday afternoon while his mom filled out paperwork as part of the school’s kindergarten registration day. Robert Moore, along with St. Michael’s School under the Catholic board, will see […]

Peggy Revell Jacob Gustafson eagerly demonstrated how a science lesson on frogs can be implemented with a SmartBoard during the “Technology in the Classroom” evening at J.W. Walker School last night. Parents and students were invited out to see how new technology—such as SmartBoards, SmartTables, programs that convert text to […]

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 […]