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Dan Falloon Muskie forward Nick Kaun made life difficult for Bears’ goalie Alex Lyons in Tuesday night’s 3-1 win here.

Work on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre is moving along ahead of schedule. A sneak peek at the interior, with its numerous windows and high ceiling made of Douglas fir glulam beams, gives a good taste of what the spacious single-storey facility will look like. This […]

Heather Latter Grade 4 students at J.W. Walker School demonstrated Monday afternoon how they, and fellow students, have been going about building an ice castle as part of their science lesson on structures. The students have spent the past week constructing the wall of about 275 “bricks,” which are made […]

Dave Ogilvie Former employees, friends, and customers from the area stopped by the Emo post office yesterday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. to help Dixie Kinnear celebrate her retirement from Canada Post. After 43 years of service, including several years of part-time work, Kinnear decided it was time to retire. Cake and […]

Peggy Revell Boston Pizza Royals team manager Sean Ossachuk, right, presented Knights of Columbus member Jim McLeod with a jersey signed by the team to say “thank you” for the club’s 73 years of sponsorship. The presentation was made early Friday afternoon during the opening ceremonies of the first-annual “Fire […]

Heather Latter Monica Armour’s Grade 4 class at J.W. Walker School yesterday showed off the ice castle they and fellow students have been building as part of their science lesson on structures. The students have spent the past week constructing the wall of about 275 “bricks,” which are made by […]

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 […]