Mary Kearney, Janet Wolanicki, and Lucia Salvador got into the spirit of the Mother’s Day Victorian tea held Friday night and Saturday afternoon at Knox United Church in Emo.
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Harvey Jordan and his mother, Helen, entertained Fort Frances High School students yesterday during Aboriginal Week. The students played the game “Pagesaanag,” which involved hitting a bowl with coloured pieces inside of it against a pillow to see how many sticks each person would receive.
Players had to brave a cold rain yesterday afternoon as the Muskie football program kicked off its annual spring camp on the field outside of Fort Frances High School. The camp will run every day after school for the rest of this week, then resume again for the week of […]
Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis helped out at M & M Meat Shops charity barbecue on Saturday. Despite the rain, many people came out to support the cause. There also was a 20-ft. climbing wall set up for anyone brave enough to scale it. All the money raised went to […]
Jo-Ann Waytowich showed off the feather boa she made as she portrayed “Ivanka” during her skit at the third-annual Women’s Health Symposium, which ran Saturday at Fort Frances High School. It featured a number of guest speakers and booths on a variety of topics, and drew more than 450 people.
Jade Whitefield and her 17-month-old son, Jackson, admired flowers yesterday afternoon at the annual Mother’s Day plant sale at the Community Activity Centre (old RCMP building). The sale continues today until 7 p.m. and again tomorrow from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Don’t forget Sunday is Mother’s Day.
Sharla MacKinnon’s Grade 5 class, along with Rick Huisman, Bill Mueller, and Mike Gurski of Hydro One, posed with the tree that was donated to J.W. Walker School by Hydro One in celebration of Arbour Week.
A temporary detour was set up at Scott Street and Bulter Avenue this morning as a crew from Bay City Contracting tore up the road to replace a water valve. Motorists can expect to see temporary road closures through next week as crews will be working to replace a total […]
Wednesday Galusha put the finishing touches on a bouquet at Fort Floral here yesterday. She has noticed many people are purchasing flowers this week, although she thinks there will be a big rush on Saturday—the day before Mother’s Day.
Kim Redford sat with her daughter, Angeline, on Thursday afternoon for a bite to eat and to hear her read her best stories and poems. This was part of J.W. Walker’s program, “Lunch with and author.” Parents and grandparents flocked to classrooms for a lunch date with their favourite author—and […]
James Krahn from Barwick displayed his hand-made gun stock. He was taking orders for custom-made gun stocks, and other fine woodworking items, at the first-annual gun and hobby show in Barwick on Saturday.
Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong looked over the new Emergency Preparedness Guide that Fort Frances residents will be receiving next Monday (May 12). This week is “Emergency Preparedness Week” in the Town of Fort Frances, and the fire chief is encouraging local residents to take the time to make an emergency […]
