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.
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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 […]
Peggy Revell To mark the start of Red Cross Month, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis joined Shana Hansson, district branch manager for the Dryden & District branch of the Canadian Red Cross, to raise the organization’s flag at the Civic Centre yesterday.
Peggy Revell Getting into character as the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivellow, Fort High student Reece Brown pushed Seymour Krelborn (David Loney) back into the dentist’s chair while rehearsing a scene from “Little Shop of Horrors” yesterday at the Townshend Theatre. Muskie Theatre will be presenting the dark comedy/musical on April […]
Duane Hicks Audiologist Jackie McCormick was at the controls of a sound booth this morning at the Fort Frances Enhanced Hearing Centre, which just opened its doors today. The business, located in the Senic River Mall (130 Second St. E., offers services such as hearing assessments as well as hearing […]
Dan Falloon Madisyn DeGagne of Super 8 whacked a backhand rebound towards the net in a 7-1 win over the Thunder Bay Sabres here Saturday afternoon. Super 8 finished the girls’ hockey tournament with a 2-2 record and didn’t advance to the playoff round. But the other local team, the […]
Duane Hicks Scott McGinnis, right, the newest addition to the Investors Group Financial Services team here, drew the ticket for the local Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” winner for March as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services. Alton Pollard of Fort Frances won a […]
Peggy Revell This group of Robert Moore students tried to hold their ground during a game of tug-of-war earlier today as the whole school headed outside to celebrate the Winter Olympic Games. With the Grade 8s leading the activities, the school split up into different “countries” to rotate through activities […]
