Kenna Robertson, left, Angel McCormack, and Madyson Weir dared to put their hands into “mysterious” substances as Girl Guide Susan Stewart looked on yesterday during Hallowe’en activities at the Fort Frances Museum. A steady stream of youngsters went to the museum on their day off from school to bob for […]
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Jorja Pope, dressed as a pirate, checked out a Hallowe’en storybook this morning during a Hallowe’en party at the Fort Frances Nursery School. Children had a chance to show off their costumes while playing with green slime, digging up bones in the sandbox, and helping to carve a pumpkin.
Runners and hikers headed out on the trail yesterday during the first-annual “Run for Recovery,” sponsored by Parents Against Illicit Narcotics and the Borderland Bicycle Club. Ten runners jogged through the 3.5-km course while 15 hikers took the long way, covering seven km through the bush to have fun while […]
Muskie centre Lindsey Roehrig battled for the puck with Simone Benoit of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints here Saturday afternoon. Roehrig contributed an assist to the Muskies’ onslaught as they dumped the Saints 9-1 en route to a first-place showing in their 10-team tournament.
Hannah Anderson put her tickets in the pumpkin raffle at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday. An assortment of beautifully-decorated pumpkins were up for grabs, with proceeds going to support the Riverside Foundation for Health Care. Saturday also marked the final farmers’ market for the season, with the Christmas […]
Robin McCormick was one of the actors who presented the skit “Live, Love, and Laugh” during the second-annual Seniors’ Lifestyle Expo on Saturday at the Fort Frances High School. The humerous skit touched on a lot of health-related topics for seniors. Meanwhile, a variety of booths were set up in […]
Dressed as pirates, students from St. Michael’s School presented Fort Frances Public Library board chairperson Joyce Cunningham with a “treasure” this morning. The students in Paulette Romaniuk’s Grade 3 class and Tina Gurski’s Grade 2 class collected a total of $48.75 in coins to donate to the “Building for the […]
Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ defenceman MacKenzie York read a Hallowe’en story to students in Heather Bridgeman’s Grade 1/2 class at J.W. Walker School yesterday as his teammate and brother, Matthew, looked on. Several of the team’s players stopped by the school to share in storytime with the youngsters.
Harry Steiner, originally from the U.S., was presented with his Canadian citizenship certificate from Citizenship Judge Arthur Miki during a ceremony at the Fort Frances Courthouse yesterday afternoon.
Contractors continued paving Central Avenue this morning. Crews started the work on Tuesday, and already have completed the 100 block of Church Street. The 100 block of Scott Street also will be paved, and a new brick sidewalk also is being installed on Central Avenue right now. Once the paving […]
Jack Fafard spoke to students at St. Francis School yesterday about his experiences and work with the Casa Amparo Orphanage in Reynosa, Mexico. Later that day, students also heard from Fr. Pat Martin, who talked about mission work.
Members of the “Boobettes” (Sue Jones, left, Ginette Anderson, and Shawne Crowe) acted out some of the more primitive means of getting a mammogram throughout history at the Rainy River Breast Health Network’s “Luncheon of Hope” on Saturday.
