Muskie veteran and assistant captain Mitch Green fired a shot against the top-ranked Mother Teresa Spartans during play at the all-Ontarios on Thursday night in Oshawa. Green was participating in his fourth-consecutive OFSAA tournament. —Alex Cruickshank photo
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Lucas Archie gave Trinidy George a shower with a watering can as they and their playmates at the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start participated in a beach party on Thursday. —Melanie Béchard photo
These girls from the Emo Figure Skating Club’s Canskate 3 group portrayed popcorn kernels during the ice show “Candyland” at the Emo-La Vallee Arena on Saturday. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Canada Safeway pharmacist David Schwartz accepted some old medication from Karl Tosberg last week as part of the ongoing “Medicine Cabinet Cleanout Contest.” The Fort Frances Seniors’ Coalition, in partnership with the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team and Northwestern Health Unit, is holding the second-annual contest until the […]
Mary Jane and Bill Gushulak got a good look at a conceptual drawing for the new Fort Frances Public Library during Friday afternoon’s kickoff celebration for the “Building for the Future” campaign. The fundraising campaign kicked off Friday in a big way—garnering a total of $134,130 in donations by the […]
Kenneth Kellar sang a solo as the Pirate King during rehearsal last night for Fort Frances High School’s production of “The Pirates of Penzance.” The show opens tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m. and runs through Saturday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors, which are available […]
Librarians Andrea Avis and Margaret Sedgwick, youth representatives Anna Schwartz and Annelise Hawrylak, and Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Christine Denby were among the group of more than a dozen people cutting the ribbon at the “Building for the Future” campaign kickoff Friday. The campaign to build a new […]
Kevin Nielson, pharmacist and owner of Shopper’s Drug Mart here, demonstrated how easy it is to drop off expired medications for the “Medicine Cabinet Cleanout Contest.” . —Duane Hicks
About 1,000 students from schools across the district participated in the second-annual Spring Pow-Wow at Robert Moore School yesterday. The day-long celebration included dancing and a meal of wild rice soup and bannock. —Melanie Béchard photo
These five lambs stuck close by their mother during feeding time last week on Mark Gerber’s farm. It was the first time the baby sheep, born on Mar. 10, ventured outdoors. It was also the first time Gerber has had five lambs born at once. Ewes typically give birth to […]
Lexi Caul, left, Chelsey Skirten, Shilo Beck, and Carly Steinke goofed around in the pool at the Memorial Sports Centre on Friday afternoon as they, like many other youngsters, enjoyed their last day of March Break. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Nine-year-old Shanleigh Fryer had her mother, Lorina, double check the information on her registration form as she signed up for Fort Frances Youth Soccer yesterday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre. FFYS registration will be held there again tomorrow (Thursday, March 22) from 6-8 p.m. The soccer season will run […]
