Duane Hicks While icicles normally aren’t a common sight until it gets warm enough for snow to melt or because of heat escaping from inside a building, this six-footer off an unheated shack must be the result of the sun reflecting off its metal roof.
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Staff The Rainy River below the dam was shrouded in mist this morning as winter continues to grasp Borderland in its icy clutches. But there should be some relief from the frigid temperatures in the next few days, with the mercury possibly rising to minus-two C by Tuesday.
Birds of a feather do, indeed, flock together, especially when it’s minus-30 C with a wind chill warning in effect, as these colourful ducks spotted locally this morning can attest to. Fortunately, a warming trend is in the forecast, with the mercury possibly rising close to zero C by Monday.
Peggy Revell It was a swinging Sunday night as “tour de Fort” welcomed the Bebop Cowboys’ Swing-a-billy Orchestra to the Townshend Theatre stage. With Steve Briggs (on guitar), Howard Willett (harmonica), and five other band members, the group specializes in western swing. Only two more shows are left in the […]
Peggy Revell Children attending St. John the Baptist Anglican Church here were called forward Sunday morning to help give a blessing as Fr. Wayne Stirling McIntosh was welcomed back and inducted as priest for the local ministry. Presiding over the ceremony was the Right Rev. David Ashdown, Bishop of Keewatin.
Duane Hicks Dan DeGagné, left, and Daryl Eyolfson fed another haul of trees into the wood chipper at Daryl’s Customs Landscapes on Sixth Street West on Saturday afternoon during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Firefighters reportedly had fewer trees to gather this year as more people […]
Peggy Revell Ashlee Homer, with a little help from her mom, Cindy, got to test out the water at the Memorial Sports Centre pool yesterday. The “Starfish” program, designed for infants who can lift their own head up to age 18 months, helps introduce children to water while also helping […]
Mitch Calvert Participants in the Winter Chill Invitational swim meet dove off the starting blocks during mixed heats of the 200m freestyle event Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. See story, results on B3.
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances Aquanaut Caitlin Sande came up for air Saturday during heats of the 200m freestyle at the Winter Chill Invitational swim meet at the Memorial Sports Centre here.
Mitch Calvert Holmlund Leafs’ goalie Avery Adrian was a busy guy Saturday against another Fort Frances team, the Canadian Tire Sabres, during medal-round play of the local Bantam ‘A’ tournament at the Ice for Kids Arena. Canadian Tire doubled the Leafs 6-3 in the ‘C’ final. The Westfort Rangers (Thunder […]
Mitch Calvert Kyle Herr converted on a centering pass from Matt DePiero during a six-goal first-period outburst in the Muskies’ 10-0 romp over Ely last Tuesday night in exhibition play at the Ice for Kids Arena. The Muskies scored a whopping 35 goals over three exhibition games this past week.
