Pharmacist Edwin Bruyere of the Fort Frances Clinic Dispensary showed John Pohanka how the new emergency information vials now available at the clinic dispensary work Saturday at the Fort Frances Seniors’ Coalition’s inaugural lifestyle expo. Well over 200 local seniors’ were at Fort Frances High School that day to check […]
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A group of people played Texas Hold ’Em poker at Plaza Lanes this past Monday night. The players are part of a newly-formed league who each week compete for gift certificates and earn points towards the overall standings. The points will be used to seed the players come the tournament […]
Youngsters were strutting their stuff during the “Mother Goose” program at the Fort Frances Public Library this morning. The kids—from newborns up to 18 months old, were decked out in Hallowe’en costumes to sing songs and learn lap rhymes with their caregivers. —Melanie Béchard photo
St. Francis students Stacey Cridland (Grade 6) and Taylor DeGagne (Grade 4) read “Wait and See” by acclaimed Canadian author Robert Munsch together during the “Reading Buddy” program at the school on Thursday. The program pairs older students with younger ones to help each other with their reading skills. —Melanie […]
“Just Imagine” campaign chair Deane Cunningham, right, thanked Emo centenarian Maurice MacMillan for his $500 donation towards a CT scanner for the district—$5 for every year of his life. The donation was announced at a luncheon at the Emo Legion on Friday during the campaign’s kick-off, where local runner Bill […]
Irene Vanderplaats, left, received a copy of the new seniors’ safety calendar from Gerri Yerxa, a geriatric mental health therapist with the local District Mental Health Services Older Adults Program, last Wednesday at Canada Safeway. Yerxa ended up giving out 200 of the calendars that day. The free calendar, which […]
Bill Michl, third from right, got some help from local runners Kimberly Chorney, right, Dan Loney, Vince Sheppard, Gaydonna Baker, and Lincoln Dunn (hidden) as they neared Emo on Friday afternoon. Michl ran the 60 miles from Rainy River to Fort Frances to kick off the “Just Imagine” campaign. —Heather […]
Junior Muskie basketball player Taylor Meyers wrestled for the ball with two Beaver Brae Bronco players yesterday at Fort High. The play resulted in a jump ball. The junior Muskie hoopsters trounced the Broncos 25-13 to improve their NorWOSSA league record to 5-1. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Betty-Anne MacKintosh of Family and Children’s Services and Grace Silander, right, chair of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, visited a Grade 1 class at J.W. Walker School yesterday to show the students the free glow sticks they will be receiving next week to wear around their necks while trick-or-treating […]
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Bill Michl, second from left, was greeted with cheers just moments after completing his 60-mile “Run for the Scan” from Rainy River to Fort Frances on Friday. It was aimed to help jumpstart the “Just Imagine” campaign to raise $1.5 million for a CT scan at La Verendrye Hospital. With […]
