A town crew repaired a broken sewer service line on the 100 block of Third Street West yesterday morning. The scheduled work temporarily closed one lane of traffic on that stretch of the road until the early afternoon.
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Members of the Emo Figure Skating Club showed off their skills during their annual ice show Saturday night at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. This year’s show’s was entitled “Viva Las Vegas.”
Muskie goalie David Moen swallowed up a shot from the Thunder Bay ‘AAA’ Midget Kings in exhibition action here Saturday afternoon. Matt McLellan netted a second-period goal while Moen made every save as the black-and-gold earned a 1-0 win as a tune-up for their fifth-straight trip to the all-Ontarios in […]
Brooklyn Hayes, a member of the Border Skating Club, navigated pylons last night at the Ice for Kids Arena.
In anticipation of the “Think Green” spring art show starting in April, Jean Richards eyed up a spot on the wall for this entry by Terril Pentney yesterday at the Fine Line Art Gallery here. Also pictured is a green glass dish by Sheila Shaw. The deadline for artists to […]
Jolene Quast, left, her son, Liam, and family friend, Cassidy Fryer, searched for clues in a book during a sports scavenger hunt yesterday evening at St. Francis School here. Dozens of students and their parents came out for the event, which featured a spaghetti supper, followed by a scavenger hunt, […]
The all-Canadian cast of “ABBAmania” performed the band’s popular hits in front of a full house at the Townshend Theatre on Saturday night. Opening acts were Rod Stweart (Dave Battah) and Tina Tuner (Sonia Ndongmo).
Grade 2/3 students from J.W. Walker School posed with “Hammy” the hamster on Monday after he survived the gas leak and fire there last week. In the meantime, “Hammy” will be with the students at Huffman School, who clearly were very relieved their furry friend survived the ordeal.
The Fort Frances Lions (dark uniform) took on the Kenora McDonald’s Bruins in the PeeWee tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Arena on Saturday. Fort Frances won this game 2-0.
Firefighters were out in full force in the bitter cold early Thursday morning to battle the blaze at J.W. Walker School.
Museum assistant Katie Urban was among the museum staff setting up the new”Passions Threadworks 2007: A Juried Exhibition of Needle Arts” exhibit yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. The travelling exhibition, which will be there until April 12, features award-winning pieces in a variety of categories, including traditioanl embroidery, hand […]
Gilbert Smith spoke to those gathered at a healing ceremony at the multi-use facility on Couchiching this morning. The event, hosted by Couchiching First Nation, allowed native and non-native residents from the area to join together and learn from one another. Teachings about some of the aboriginal traditionals were to […]








