Captains Quinn Amiel, left, and Brad Pawlowski, right, battled for the puck at centre ice Saturday night in the first of a pair of games between the Sabres and Thunder Bay Bearcats. While each notched a goal during that game, Amiel proved the better of the two yesterday, netting two […]
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Honourary chef Jennie Condon of B93•FM, right, served up cream of broccoli and cheese soup to Ted and Annie Fitzgerald during the local Alzheimer Society’s “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” last night at the Adventure Inn. Some 73 people came out for the third-annual event, which featured a variety of […]
Mary Hickling, left, and Linda Reed, part of Dave Hickling’s rink, played against Tom Wherley’s squad Saturday afternoon during the annual “Icebox of the Nation” bonspiel at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Neither team made it much further, but Bryan Bonot’s rink from Stratton took the ‘A’ final over Tom […]
Fort Frances Jr. Sabres players took time away from the ice yesterday to visit Rainycrest, where they joined in playing TV Bingo with some of the residents.
While it may have been cold outside, Juno Award-winning singer Connie Kaldor heated up the stage last night at the Townshend Theatre during the first “tour de Fort” concert of 2008. Embracing elements of gospel, rock, country and western, folk, bluegrass, and adult contemporary, Kaldor not only entertained the crowd […]
Making a stop on the NDP’s “Stand Up for Northern Ontario” campaign, Sault Ste. Marie MP Tony Martin chatted with curator Pam Hawley and NDP candidate John Rafferty as he toured the Fort Frances Museum yesterday. The NDP critic for federal economic development in Northern Ontario, Martin is gathering input […]
Csts. Pete Drouin, left, and Paul Davis of the OPP Traffic Unit, along with Cst. Anne McCoy and Cst. Greg Johnson, rear, showed off the two brand new sleds—Ski-Doo 550s—they just got last week to supplement the force’s fleet. The traffic unit and other trained officers have been dedicated to […]
Newly-elected councillor Ken Perry, left, signed his declaration of office as Mayor Roy Avis looked on last night in the committee room at the Civic Centre. Perry, who handily won Monday’s byelection over Todd Hamilton, was sworn in as the first item of business on the committee of the whole […]
Lloyd Wheatly and Marcine James, skips for the respective teams, looked on as their team members prepared to bowl. Twenty-four members took part in this past week’s carpet bowling at the Emo Legion.
Cheryl Behan, foreground, Kerry Zucchiatti, and Kris Krag were among those who turned out for the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s candlelight ski Saturday night at the Rocky Inlet trails. Afterwards, everyone gathered at the club’s chalet to enjoy some food and music by the Mud Lake City Boys.
The Dryden Eagles proved to be far too much for the Muskie girls’ volleyball program as both the seniors and juniors found themselves on the wrong ends of their matches here last Thursday. The juniors saw their NorWOSSA record fall to 3-2 after taking their match against Dryden to the […]
Dan DeGagne of the Fort Frances Fire Brigade piled another Christmas tree onto the trailer as Leo Arrigo looked during the bridge’s annual pick-up on Saturday afternoon. Residents who had their trees collected are encouraged to give a donation to the brigade. If they didn’t already, they still can make […]
