Josie McLeod, left, Joanne Bliss, and Arlene Georgeson were among the participants who walked, ran, and biked in the local Terry Fox Run yesterday afternoon. The group left the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau at 2 p.m., made their way to Pither’s Point, and then turned around and made it back […]
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This interpretive panel is one of many that are part of the permanent exhibit detailing the history of Fort Frances on the upper floor of the renovated museum. Exhibit interpretive development intern Emily Carr, who spent the last 14 months working on the exhibit, has been putting the finishing touches […]
Voyageur Lions member Gaby Hanzuk and club president Bill Michl arranged some of the items that will be available to win at the annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” next Thursday at Tim Hortons, including a $300 Boliva watch donated by Brockie’s.
Helen Andrusco checked out some of the items in a living room display at Green’s Countrywide this morning during its grand re-opening to showcase the store’s new look. A number of sales are being offered throughout the three-day extravaganza, as well as draw prizes, cookies, and coffee.
Muskie quarterback Blake Wepruk got set to throw a bomb upfield during the second half of the team’s WHSFL season-opener Friday afternoon against the visiting Sturgeon Heights Huskies. Wepruk would score the black-and-gold’s lone touchdown on a quarterback sneak in their 20-6 loss.
Amy Norris, two, chowed down on a delicious pancake breakfast cooked up by local Air Cadets and their parents as her dad, Brian, looked on Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Airport.
A memorial to Bryce Devoe, a local youth killed by lightning in late May, was unveiled Friday afternoon outside the Memorial Sports Centre during a ceremony attended by the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres hockey team, its owners, and Devoe’s family. A tree was planted there, with a plaque commemorating the […]
Luis Valenzuela tended to a makeshift memorial dedicated to the late Ben Klyne, a starting linebacker with the Muskie football team who was killed in a car accident last month, during the team’s season-opener here Friday. Klyne was memorialized in a short ceremony before the game, and the team will […]
A truckload of OSB from Ainsworth-Barwick shifted as it was eastbound on King’s Highway just before Keating Avenue here around 11 a.m. today, forcing the wood against the cab. Traffic was reduced to one lane for a short period of time before noon. The cause of the accident has yet […]
Bill Michl made his way down the La Verendrye Parkway on Saturday morning during a 5K fun run/walk in support of his upcoming “Joints in Motion” marathon on the Great Wall of China. Ten others also participated, raising a total of $443. Michl, who needs to raise $6,300 to go […]
Muskie quarterback Blake Wepruk looked upfield for an open receiver while being pressured by the Sturgeon Heights Huskies defence in the second half of a 20-6 loss here Friday afternoon to open the WHSFL season. Wepruk eventually tossed the ball out of bounds, but earlier scored the Muskies’ only touchdown […]
Jay and Lori Flinders and Rachel Devoe looked on as Fort Frances Jr. Sabres vice-president Nancy Gardiman shared a few words during a memorial to Bryce Devoe, a local youth killed by lightning in late May, on Friday afternoon outside the Memorial Sports Centre. A plaque was unveiled in front […]
