Peggy Revell St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ defenceman Dakota Seymour (55) pinned Fort Frances Canadians’ blueliner Tarran Romyn against the boards as Saints’ teammate Matt Fafard came in for support. The Canadians won 5-0 in their opening game of the third-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial Midget ‘AA’ hockey tournament held here over […]
Photo Gallery
Peggy Revell Fort High students Melissa Fletcher (as Clarabell Little) and Robert Stevens (Sgt. Paprika) worked on a scene for the upcoming Muskie Theatre production of “The Beatles Slept Here.” The play, which tells of the comedic happenings at the Penny Lane Hotel, runs this Thursday-Saturday (Dec. 3-5) at 7 […]
Duane Hicks Christmas came early for Walter Laing of Fort Frances, who is heading to Hawaii after his ticket was drawn this morning for the Kiwanis “Trip of the Month” draw for December. Andrea Turgeon of International Travel Services, left, drew the ticket as Kiwanis president Angie Korzinski looked on. […]
Heather Latter Janelle Ball helped a blindfolded Ryann Scott through an obstacle course yesterday while students in Cynthia Donald’s Grade 4/5 class at Robert Moore School celebrated the birthday Louis Braille (inventor of braille) and experienced what it is like to be blind. Paired with a sighted person, the “blind” […]
Duane Hicks Tammy Crowe inspected Peyton Avis’ car seat Friday afternoon in the Canadian Tire parking lot during a safety blitz. Under supervision from a Transport Canada instructor, trainees from several agencies did the inspections. OPP Cst. Anne McCoy, a certified car seat inspector, organized the blitz and will be […]
Duane Hicks Jillian Calder and her cousin, Jake McKinnon, were among the children who decorated cookies at the Fort Frances Museum on Saturday afternoon. The museum will be the site of the BIA’s annual “Cookies and Cocoa with Santa” this Saturday (Dec. 5) from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Peggy Revell Fort Frances Canadians’ forward Chris Bobczynski corralled the puck during his team’s first game at the third-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial Midget ‘AA’ tournment held this weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. The Canadians opened with a 5-0 win against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints but then lost their […]
Duane Hicks Playing “Scotland the Brave,” pipe major Dr. Bruce Lidkea of the Fort Frances Highlanders piped in the haggis, carried by Jacob McIntosh, on Friday evening during the St. Andrew’s supper at St. John’s Anglican Church. Gord McTaggart addressed the haggis, after which those on hand enjoyed a traditional […]
Heather Latter Raegan Woodgate, nine, had her photo taken with Santa on Saturday at Wal-Mart during his first stop in Fort Frances. Money collected from the photos was going towards a local charity.
Submitted CN Railway locomotive engineers took to the picket line here Saturday morning, joining some 1,700 engineers who have gone on strike across the country after talks with the company came to an impasse just before midnight Friday. The company used qualified supervisors and managers to keep trains running over […]
Staff Drivers passing by Central Avenue yesterday may have seen this friendly “mattress man” mascot on the corner promoting a sale now going on at Lowes Furniture and Appliances, located just west of Fort Frances on Highway 11/71.
Heather Latter Jesse Moorhouse, Cassandra Spade, and Brooke Hammer, all members of the Big Green Committee at Fort Frances High School, organized clothing there this morning during the last day of their winter clothing drive. Period one classes were asked to bring in donations all week and a total of […]
