Mr. Brady gave a helping hand to some students in his Grade 5 French Immersion class as they learned about bridges and their structures before trying their hands at building one at the Fort Frances Library on Friday. The students used materials from the library’s Northern THINK Hub to test […]
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Jamie Mountain Muskie Mike Vanderaa looked to keep Ewan Menard of the St. Ignatius Falcons from advancing the ball up the court during the second half of Fort High’s 70-48 loss in Game 1 of the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday afternoon here. St. Ignatius then won Game 2 by […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky crashed the crease and looked to beat her opponents to a loose puck in front of Sioux Lookout Warriors’ goalie Anna Wesley during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 3-2 overtime win in the opener of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series last Tuesday […]
Ken Kellar Student doctor Ashley McMath of Lidkea Optometry and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club “Trip of the Month” draw for March this morning at International Travel Services. The winner of the March draw was Ellen Anderson, who won a trip to […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky tipped a puck down to the ice from out of midair in front of Sioux Lookout Warriors goalie Anna Wesley’s net during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 3-2 overtime win in the opener of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Tuesday night […]
It’s hard work keeping an ice shed stocked through to the end of August. Every year in the waning days of February, families from a handful of cabins along a small lake in northwestern Ontario work together to cut and pull blocks of ice from the lake’s frozen surface to […]
Megan Walchuk Mehgan Crampton and Jasmine Neault put the finishing touches on a their spring wreaths, during a craft workshop at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre last weekend. The museum has a wide variety or programs and events available to the public. On March 7, the facility will […]
Jamie Mountain photo Andros Bruyere ran the floor as he looked to set the offence in the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team’s 47-45 win over the Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final on Monday afternoon at Fort High.
Jamie Mountain photo Flynn Perry shielded the puck while teammate Jaden Wake looked on during the second period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Sam Odrowski New Gold’s trucks haul thousands of tonnes of ore to the mill each day, which are then processed to recover gold. It is estimated that New Gold will process nearly 250,000 ounces of gold this year.
Above, Lorna Cochrane, left, and Nancy Jones trade off telling the English and Anishinaabemowin language versions, respectively, of the tale of Nanabush and the Spirit of Winter during the “Come Listen to Them Tell Legends” storytelling event held at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre on Saturday, Feb. 15. Below, Dorothy Medicine, left, […]
Sam Odrowski New Gold’s open pit is expected to be depleted by early 2025. Currently they are stockpiling lower grade ore from the open pit that will be processed at the mill when underground operations begin in 2022.
