Submitted Winter is slowly making way for spring and new life as calving season arrives for farmers across the district. This little one was the second calf delivered this past week at Peter Boon’s farm in Miscampbell.
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Dan Falloon Members of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team clutched the championship trophy after trouncing Kenora 66-36 in the NorWOSSA final on Friday in Dryden. The Muskies now move on to the best-of-three NWOSSAA playoffs against the Thunder Bay champs, which will begin here Friday afternoon at 2:15 p.m..
Dave Ogilvie The “Wardrobe” (Lorianne Dueck) frightened “Belle” (Maggie Gauthier) at the Beast’s castle during a dress rehearsal of Donald Young School’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” yesterday evening. Performances will take place tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday starting at 7 p.m. Tickets, which will be available at the door, cost $10 […]
Duane Hicks Taking advantage of the mild weather on the weekend, Patrick Langevin and Celine Cardinal, with their children, Marie-Mai and Yannick Langevin, in tow, were out for a family stroll Sunday afternoon.
Peggy Revell Huffman student Isabella Hyatt jumped from hoop to hoop as part of the relay race in the “Shape Olympics” held Friday afternoon by Karen Peltomaki’s SK/Grade 1 class there. The class participated in a bundle of fun outside winter activities—while learning about different shapes—and were rewarded with their […]
Dan Falloon Muskie senior boys’ player Jake Smith tried to in-bound the ball against a tenacious Kenora defender Friday afternoon at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden. Fort High pummelled the Broncos 66-36 to capture the league crown while their junior counterparts also were victorious, pounding Dryden 71-34. Both Muskie girls’ […]
Dan Falloon Lynn Windigo put her broom to the ice as part of the annual ladies’ bonspiel held at the Fort Frances Curling Club over the weekend. Jodi Judd successfully defended her ‘A’ title, fending off a challenge from Mary Beth Tkachuk with a 7-4 win. Flo Chartrand won the […]
Staff Deborah Smart, director of sales for ESPN, dropped by the Fort Frances/Rainy Lake booth in Birmingham, Ala. during set-up late yesterday and spoke with Chamber of Commerce manager Anthony Mason about the Fort Frances area. The local booth is the sole one from Canada at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic. […]
Peggy Revell Julianna Rousseau and her grandmother, Marg Rousseau, got ready to dig in at yesterday evening’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser held in the Fort Frances High School cafeteria. Organized by Fort High students, the event raised more than $4,000 for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by the Red Cross.
Dave Ogilvie An enthusiastic audience was treated to an evening of music with Rodney Brown and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday at the Townshend Theatre here. Brown performed several songs, accompanied by the TBSO, from his latest CD entitled “The Big Lonely.” The orchestra also played several of its […]
Peggy Revell Anne and Rachel McCoy took a bumpy ride down the big tobogganing hill in Alberton on Family Day (Monday) during the township’s ninth-annual winter fun day. There was a big turnout for the afternoon as families came out to skate on the Millennium Rink, toboggan, and roast marshamallows […]
Peggy Revell Bev Rinke and Marie Anderson manned the booth set up by the Fort Frances Horticultural Society during “Seedy Saturday” at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here. The seed exchange gave residents a chance to select from favourite and useful seeds other gardeners and growers use, as well as […]
