Heather Latter Students entering Grade 9 at Fort Frances High School lined up there this morning to register for the 2009-10 year. About 600 Grade 10-12 students registered in June, which allowed for a smooth registration week for staff. School begins for district students next Tuesday (Sept. 1).
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Heather Latter Mac Voison, right, founder of M&M Meats, posed with employees Jenna Novak, left, and Jamie Nelson after getting a “tattoo” on his cheek at the local store Monday. Voisin, along with company CEO James Petrozzi, were touring stores in the region since he hadn’t visited here in several […]
Peggy Revell Isabella Avis held on to her certificate and picked out her choice of colours from the miniature flashlights held by Fort Frances Public Library staffer Kaila Elders during the library’s summer reading program wrap-up party yesterday afternoon at the Lions Park. About 140 people in all turned out […]
Duane Hicks The “Hallett,” towed by the “Ward,” a tugboat now owned by George Armstrong Co. Ltd., made its final voyage yesterday evening from its former site at Seven Oaks to its new home as a tourist attraction along the La Verendrye Parkway just west of the Sorting Gap Marina. […]
Heather Latter Adrianna McCoy, left, and Kadynce Chabot got ready to ride the school bus last Thursday morning during the annual “First Rider” program held at Robert Moore. Two sessions were held, with more than 20 youngsters in each one, to teach school bus safety as well as prepare them […]
Peggy Revell As the sun began to set over Swell Bay on Saturday evening, Alexei Meegwan Bannon was one of many who joined in the inter-tribal dance following the grand entry at Nigigoonsiminikaaning’s sixth-annual pow-wow. The community welcomed people from far and wide as they celebrated their newly-built pow-wow grounds.
Peggy Revell Katherine Williams (“Tonya”) belted out the lyrics to the popular ABBA song “Dancing Queen” along with the rest of the cast from “True Up North Mamma Mia.” The show ran Thursday through Saturday at the Townshend Theatre to sold-out crowds.
Elisabeth Heslop Gerry Koslucher of International Falls took aim at a target launched from the high house at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club’s skeet range by Frog Creek last Tuesday evening. High house targets generally are considered to be the hardest ones to hit.
