Peggy Revell Taylor Clinker showed off the clay figurine of a snake she created during yesterday’s March Break drop-in activity at the Fort Frances Museum. Other activities scheduled for the week include leprechaun puppets, doorknob hangers, creating fantasy characters, and 3D labyrinth magnet games.

courtesy of Anthony C. Bombay This grain car was one of 13 that derailed yesterday at Rainy River First Nations.

Mitch Calvert Taylor Jorgenson of Sweet Caroline tried to rag the puck around his Muskie teammate, Ryan Shortreed, playing for Emo but wearing a Fort Frances Canadians’ jersey, in yesterday’s final of a men’s hockey tournament at the Ice for Kids Arena. Host Sweet Caroline took the tourney crown with […]

Peggy Revell Brennen Tashuk and Chase Korkola decorated cookies during the opening celebration of the Aboriginal “Best Start” hub in Fort Frances on Friday. Located at the Zaagi-idwin Aboriginal Head Start (308 Butler Ave.), the hub is a place where families with young children can participate in both drop-in and […]

Duane Hicks Navigator Al Fraser (front seat), pilot John Hall (background), and spotters Grace Shedler and Tom Park (rear seats), with the Winnipeg Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) team, got ready for take-off Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Airport. Two CASARA teams out of Thunder Bay and […]

Duane Hicks Karen Melanson, owner of new business Northern Frenchy’s Quality Used Clothing, checked over the dress rack Saturday morning shortly after opening the door at its 1533 King’s Highway location. Northern Frenchy’s sells children’s, men’s, and women’s clothing, and is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and […]

Peggy Revell Keiran Weir, Leslie White, Deylene Whitecrow, Connor Scholfield, and Rodney Green made candles the old-fashioned way yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. Gra de 3 students from Robert Moore School dropped by for an afternoon of crafts and activities, and to check out the new “Discover the History” […]

Peggy Revell St. Francis School students painted a mural in the snow this morning—one of the many activities at the school’s winter carnival that ran all day. The school was divided up into teams made up of children from all grades, which rotated through various activity stations such as “shmoosh” […]