Elisabeth Heslop Grade 12 student Kellianne Legg used teeth to demonstrate the process dental hygienists use to clean them as part of her Co-op Day display at Fort Frances High School yesterday. Legg, who is doing her co-op at the Fort Frances Dental Centre, plans to attend Fanshawe College in […]

Peggy Revell Khali DeGagne raced with a balloon between her knees as part of a Family Fun and Learning Night activities at St. Michael’s School. The event was one of many held to mark Catholic Education Week.

Mitch Calvert Anniss Seid went airborne after a free ball in the Muskie boys’ 3-2 loss to the Dryden Eagles in their NorWOSSA opener yesterday morning.

Elisabeth Heslop Keira Strickland, five, concentrated on hooking a big one Saturday in the Wii fishing tournament at the Gillons’ Insurance Brokers Ltd. booth at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 26th-annual home and leisure show at the Memorial Sports Centre. Co-organized by the “Relay for Life” committee, the tournament […]

Peggy Revell Kaylee Johnson-Luoma, Pierce Gouin, and Whitney Gouin looked over a full griddle of pancakes that were cooked up yesterday morning at J.W. Walker School as families dropped by for a big breakfast before classes started. The breakfast was held to celebrate Education Week, as well as the re-opening […]

Peggy Revell Stephen Dueck, with the help of Lindsey Westover, took aim at a target with a toy crossbow during the second-annual Barwick Gun & Hobby Show held Saturday at the community hall there. The day wasn’t just for adults, but included a kids’ corner featuring activities for the younger […]

Elisabeth Heslop Yvonne Calloway, Alyssa Spence, and Karleigh Ford (front), Ryley Pollard, Hailey Clendenning, Chelsey Skirten, Jaipal Binder, and Lexi Caul (middle), and Dexter Fichuk (rear), members of the Environmental Club at J.W. Walker School, showed their spirit prior to the start of the Environmental Film Festival yesterday at the […]

Mitch Calvert Participants in the Energy Fitness “5k in May” got off to a running start along the La Verendrye Parkway first thing on Saturday morning. Nearly 150 people took part in the full five-km run, with another 52 kids signed up for the one-km kiddie run which preluded the […]

Peggy Revell King Neptune (Marin Loncar), Aruba (Shanleigh Fryer), Annabelle (Mackenzie Wright) and Marlena (Alyssa Chiasson) performed a scene during St. Francis School Drama Club’s production of “The Little Mermaid” yesterday morning. Another performance was staged this morning, with the final show going tonight at 7 p.m. in the St. […]

Peggy Revell J.W. Walker School principal Bill Daley took the helm of the griddle during this morning’s pancake breakfast held in the school’s newly-finished gymnasium, which finally was rebuilt after being destroyed by a fire last year. Families were invited to drop in before the bell rang for the delicious […]

Peggy Revell Grade 3 student Gavyn DeBenetti stepped up to the microphone this morning during a spelling bee at St. Michael’s School. Different grade levels throughout the Northwest Catholic District School Board are holding spelling bees as part of the many activities in conjunction with “Catholic Education Week.”

Peggy Revell Mike and Kevin Marengere checked out the long guns on display during the second-annual Barwick Gun & Hobby Show on Saturday. A good crowd turned out for the event, which included tables set up with something of interest for everyone—from a wide range of firearms to crafts, wood-carving, […]