Peggy Revell The chocolate was piled high yesterday afternoon during the fifth-annual “Chocolate Affair” fundraiser held at the Backus Community Center in International Falls. Thomas A. Smith, one of the event’s volunteers, showed off some of the many delicious chocolate cakes, pies, and other creations that filled up the raffle […]
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Mitch Calvert Pinewood Blades’ forward Joedy Morrisseau carried the puck during yesterday’s final of the Bantam girls’ hockey tournament here. The local squad captured its third-straight tourney title with a narrow 3-2 victory over the Kenora Barbarians while the Thunder Bay Tigers blanked the local Energy Fitness Wild 1-0 in […]
Duane Hicks Austin Morrison, left, Everett Bannon, and Austin Fowler looked on as Eric Matthews showed off his stick-handling skills and moved in for a breakaway yesterday afternoon at the north end rink here. Taking advantage of the balmy weather, many residents could be seen out snowmobiling and walking their […]
Duane Hicks Helping customers beat the winter “blahs,” Skylar Odahl and Chris McKinnon donned red noses this morning for M&M Meat Shops’ 18th-annual Red Nose Day. Staff at more than 465 M&M Meat Shops locations across Canada, including here in Fort Frances, are wearing red noses today to entertain customers.
Duane Hicks Lori Cain, cost and regulatory analyst for the Fort Frances Power Corp., spoke with Richard Boileau of McTaggarts about the benefits of the “Power Savings Blitz” program yesterday evening during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” upstairs at La Place Rendez-Vous. About 30 local businesses […]
Submitted Nicole Blakeney (left) and Kari Brigham hammed it up during the annual ladies’ bonspiel in Rainy River on the weekend. The theme this year was “Mexican Fiesta,” with 10 teams participating in a fun-filled weekend. The winners in the ‘A’ event were Donna Ivall, Janet Schaaf, Janet Wolanicki, and […]
Peggy Revell Chief librarian Margaret Sedgewick held up the box where people can drop off their favourite recipes at the Fort Frances Public Library. Organized by the “Friends of the Library,” these recipes will be typed up and compiled into a cookbook, then sold as a fundraising effort. In related […]
Peggy Revell Visitors to Northland Distributing’s open house this coming Saturday (Feb. 7) will get to check out the many fireplace displays like this one in the newly-renovated showroom. The International Falls business has continued to grow and expand, with a football field-sized warehouse now in the works.
