Ken Kellar Steve Boileau successfully defended his title from a year ago as he once again downed Jason Kabel in an exciting final to capture the ‘A’ Open title at the Sunset Country Squash Club’s annual Boxing Day tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre.

Ken Kellar It takes an army of volunteers to make a community event like the Christmas Dinner a success, and this year’s event at the Knox United Church saw a outswelling of support from both volunteers and the public. Above, the line of those willing to serve food was well […]

Submitted Rainycrest resident Alice Irvine, 107 years young, had a visit with Santa Claus during his stopover at the long term care facility on Dec. 3. Local photographer Shawna McRitchie volunteered her time for the Santa pictures for residents and kids in the Community. Any donations collected were given to […]

Submitted The Keomany and Luong families stopped by for one more hug before the long trek home.

Owner of Greg’s Recycling, Greg Stahn, stood next to a massive collection of compacted aluminum cans at his business, which closes down tomorrow (Jan. 1), as Stahn and wife retire. The business has always collected non-ferrous metals and provided a much needed service throughout the district for its 25 years […]

Submitted Get out on the ice and create some ice fishing memories over the holidays.

Josh Councillor serves up during one of his matches at the Sunset Country Squash club’s annual Boxing Day Tournament held at the Memorial Sports Centre. The tournament saw competitors from across the district take part in the fun, day-long event. -Ken Kellar photo

Volunteers served up plates with all the fixin’s to people who turned out to the Christmas Dinner held at Knox United Church from noon until 2 p.m. on Christmas Day. The event also continued the tradition of sending out meals on wheels to those who were unable to attend the […]

Fort Frances has seen a lot of snow over the last day, making it the perfect time to break out the snowblower if you haven’t already. Meteorologists were calling for between 10 and 20 centimetres yesterday, and with another two to five centimetres expected today, it might be a good […]

Submitted Aux. Captain of The Salvation Army Arthur Heathcote, left, Dawn Gray, store manager of the local Bargain Shop, and “Red,” The Bargain Shop/Red Apple Stores’ mascot, showed off some of the many toys donated by generous Bargain Shop customers during “Fill A Sleigh Day” on Dec. 7. The local […]

of Riverside Health Care On behalf of the La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH) Auxiliary, Judy Webster, right, presented the first “Palliative Comfort Care Bag” donation to Joelle Buist, Riverside’s patient experience and flo coordinator, on Monday. The bags are now available for hospital patients who are receiving comfort care support. […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Cooper Witherspoon did his best to win a faceoff against his Wisconsin Lumberjacks’ opponent during the first period of his squad’s 4-3 overtime loss in SIJHL action on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.