Peggy Revell Firefighters battled a blaze into the night at a residence on Church Road in Devlin. Reported just before 4 p.m. yesterday, the La Vallee Fire Department responded to the call first, then called for mutual aid from the Alberton Fire Deptartment. Some firefighters remained on site today to […]
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Duane Hicks The refurbished lookout tower along the riverfront now is sporting festive lights, spreading Christmas cheer high into sky. These “snowflake” lights, which are on loan from the BIA, recently were put up by the Fort Frances Power Corp., and have since been supplemented by strings of more traditional […]
Heather Latter Grade 3 students from St. Michael’s School performed a song and choral reading entitled “The Road to Bethlehem” during their dress rehearsal there yesterday. The concert for the Grades 1-3 was staged last night while the JK/SK concert will go Monday night.
Dan Falloon Muskie Justin Anderson looked over all his options against the Baudette Bears last night. The black-and-gold won 48-39 in the first game of their senior boys’ basketball tournament at Fort High, with action continuing today and tomorrow.
Peggy Revell Senior kindergarten students in Dorothy Quibbell’s class at J.W. Walker yesterday rehearsed the song they will be singing at their Christmas concert on Tuesday (Dec. 15) at 6:30 p.m. The school also has two other concerts scheduled—Dec. 16 for Grades 1-3 and Dec. 17 for Grades 4-8.
Duane Hicks New street sign posts started appearing around Fort Frances last month—and now the new street signs themselves have been going up this week. The series of blue signs tie into Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project, which also included the re-location of the Hallett and lookout tower […]
Heather Latter Grade 2/3 students at F.H. Huffman School yesterday recited a poem on the Townshend Theatre stage during the dress rehearsal for their Christmas concert which will take place there tonight at 7 p.m.
Heather Latter Ten-month-old Erick Burns seemed to enjoy visiting with jolly St. Nick during the annual “Cookies and Cocoa with Santa” event Saturday at the Fort Frances Museum. Children not only were able to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus but also took part in stringing popcorn, decorating treats, and […]
Peggy Revell Heidi Parr, with the United Native Friendship Centre, lit four candles during the vigil held Sunday afternoon at Knox United Church to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. More than 40 people attended the ceremony—which also coincided with the 20th anniversary of […]
Brealyn Richards enjoyed having her picture taken with Santa at the Emo Legion on Saturday. For only $2 or a donation to the food bank, children lined up to have their picture taken and to let St. Nick know what they want for Christmas.
Dan Falloon Fort Frances Canadian Dylan Grinsell broke into the Shattuck-St. Mary’s zone Sunday morning during the third game of a weekend series between the two teams. The Canadians lost all three tilts but coach David Egan was encouraged his team made strides against the Faribault, Mn.-based prep school. See […]
Duane Hicks Check out at any neighbourhood in town and it’s clear from looking at the displays of festive lights, like the eye-catching one at this Portage Avenue home, that Christmas is just over two weeks away.
