Duane Hicks Volunteer firefighter Mike Sudsbury picked up a tree from in front of a Third Street East home and piled it on a trailer Saturday afternoon during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Firefighters reportedly had fewer trees to gather this year as more people switch […]

Peggy Revell Local Boston Pizza franchisee Dale Fortes got ready to drop the puck between Boston Pizza Royals captain Jared Bethune and International Falls Broncos captain Jackson Vollom during opening ceremonies of the “Fire on Ice” PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament here Friday. The ceremony also paid tribute to the Knights of […]

Peggy Revell Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak, left, and MP Randy Hillier, the party’s critic for northern development, mines and forestry, visited Fort Frances yesterday to speak with community leaders and the local Chamber of Commerce at La Place Rendez-Vous. The pair currently are travelling across Northern Ontario to […]

Heather Latter Local curlers Jim Jackson, left, and Sandy Haney swept a rock into the house as skip Ken McKinnon looked on during the opening draw of the Northern Ontario Senior Men’s and Women’s Inter-region Playdowns (Region 1 & 2) last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The McKinnon […]

Heather Latter Britta Badour, along with Galen Kerrick (not pictured), were two motivational speakers from the “Me to We” group who offered an inspiring presentation to students at St. Francis School here yesterday. Grades 7/8 students from Our Lady of the Way and St. Patrick’s Schools also attended. A part […]

Heather Latter Four-month-old Ainsley Matheson gave a puppet (animated by Evelyn Norris) a wary look for the start of the “Mother Goose” program at the Fort Frances Public Library this morning. It’s not too late to register for the free program, which teaches rhymes and stories to babies up to […]