Duane Hicks Nicole LePine served up wild rice soup yesterday at St. Mary’s Youth Group’s annual “Development and Peace” soup-and-bun fundraiser. The youth group made bread and buns, with advice from from Helen and Ray Cousineau, as well as served up hot soup donated by parishioners. They held a dinner […]
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Peggy Revell Ann Sandmoen counted points while Chuck Hanson moved his peg along the board during a cribbage tournament Saturday held in conjunction with the 28th-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival. The mild weather drew many participants out for the fun-filled weekend, which also included a hypnotist show, snow golf, fishing […]
Peggy Revell A handful of local residents turned out Friday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous for the open house on the just-released federal budget hosted by Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty. He also held similar sessions in Atikokan and Thunder Bay over the weekend, with plans to address Parliament […]
Peggy Revell Parishioners from various local churches gathered together Friday afternoon at the Fort Frances Covenant Church to celebrate the annual “World Day of Prayer.” Organized in Canada by the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada, the day sees Christians in more than 170 countries around the world gather at the […]
Dan Falloon Fort Frances Penguins’ forward Nathan Smith took off with the puck at the Timbits jamboree held here Saturday. A total of nine teams from here, Emo, International Falls, and Baudette each played four games as part of the season-ending tournament.
Duane Hicks Museum assistant Sherry George put up one of the 30 images that comprise the new exhibit, “Who We Are, How We Relate,” that just opened today at the Fort Frances Museum. The exhibit is a Photovoice project that began in the fall of 2008 by local First Nations, […]
Duane Hicks Dorese Harrison helped organize the boxes upon boxes of books in preparation for the “March Madness” book sale that will be held tomorrow and Saturday (March 5-6) at the Fort Frances Public Library. Everyone is welcome to buy a bag of books for $5.
Peggy Revell Local resident Anne Renaud, who carried the Olympic flame in Vermilion Bay back in January as part of its cross-country relay, visited the Fort Frances Nursery School on Thursday morning to give the little ones a chance to see the torch and share in the Olympic fever that […]
Duane Hicks Audiologist Jackie McCormick, right, demonstrated on an associate how an impedance bridge is used to check the status of the middle ear.
Hannah Myers tested out different types of rocks for electrical conductivity at the “Mining Matters” booth.
Dan Falloon Fort High’s Justin Anderson put up a jump shot against a pair of Trojan defenders in Friday afternoon’s 48-41 win to open the best-of-three NWOSSAA final here. But the Thunder Bay champs won both games Saturday—39-35 in Game 2 and then 50-49 in Game 3—to earn a trip […]
Peggy Revell In her Grade 10 Career Studies class, Sara Empey pulled up “Moodle”—one of the many computer programs which students and staff at Fort Frances High School are using to improve and expand learning. Some of the many other technological tools being used include board-wide video on demand, interactive […]
