Dave Ashworth checked over the plans for the new Domino’s franchise being built at 283 Scott St., the site of the old M&S Bootery. The new business hopefully will be serving up pizzas by mid-April. —Duane Hicks photo
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Hoop dancer, Garnett Comegan demonstrated his skills to students from local schools who gathered in the Robert Moore gymnasium Wednesday for their 1st Annual Pow Wow. The First Nation and Metis Youth Council organized the event, which also featured the Golden Eagle Drummers from Couchiching First Nation and a lunch […]
Only a small portion of Alexander MacKenzie School still stood on King’s Highway here Monday afternoon as demolition of the building quickly wrapped up. The school was closed in 2004 and sold by the Rainy River District School Board to 501801 Ontario Ltd., o.p.a Crozier Warehouse, last June. No plans […]
Muskie curlers Brittany Czekaj, left, and Meaghan Moate were on the brooms during yesterday’s final round-robin game versus St. Patrick’s at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The Muskie rink went 3-2 overall and received a silver medal after beating the out the Port Arthur rink 7-0 in a tie-breaker. St. […]
Chloe Gate, two, of Fort Frances helped her dad, Darren, snag a crappie Saturday during the ice fishing derby held in conjunction with the annual winter carnival in Nestor Falls. –Heather Ogilvie photo
Paul Pirie, left, and Jennifer Greenhalgh, a.k.a “Marilyn Monroe,” were just a couple of those people who were dressed to the nines for Saturday’s fundraiser gala at La Place Rendez-Vous. —Duane Hicks photo.
Jolene Stahn took home the DeGagne Award on Friday from the Rainy River District 4-H Association Annual Awards Banquet held at the Stratton Millennium Hall. Stahn earned $100 plus the trophy for being the being the beef club member who accumulated the greatest number of points during the past three […]
Muskie lead Brittany Czekaj got ready to throw a stone in the first end of this morning’s draw at the NWOSSAA playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The black-and-gold ended up losing 7-6 against Port Arthur to sit tied for second heading into this afternoon”s final draw—with a berth […]
Marcel Horton and his dog “Banung” were out ice fishing for Crappies on Saturday in Nestor Falls during the annual Winter Carnival there. While the fishing tournament was one of the more popular events, the weekend’s highlights also included games and sleigh rides for the children, a poker derby, and […]
Librarians Margitta McLeod, left, and Andrea Avis told the story of “The Little Engine That Could” using felt cut-outs during “Tales for Two” program this morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. “Tales for Two” runs every Friday at 9:30 a.m.—Duane Hicks photo
Work began earlier this week on the demolition of Alexander MacKenzie School on King’s Highway. The school was closed in 2004 and was sold by the Rainy River District School Board to 501801 Ontario Ltd., o.p.a. Crozier Warehouse for $100,000 last June. —Melanie Béchard photo
The Muskie girls’ hockey team pulled out an exciting 5-4 win in double-overtime against the Eagles here Sunday to force a third-and-deciding game in their NorWOSSA semi-final series last night back in Dryden. Alas, the black-and-gold fell 4-0 to be eliminated from further playoff contention. Dryden now faces the Kenora […]
