Ken Kellar Mike Tkachyk, left, Troy Parks, Richard Ottertail, Karen Erwin and Joe Galbraith stand with some of the projects that the group worked on over the summer at Front Street Manor. Galbraith oversaw the group and lent his experience to helping residents plan their projects, as well as doing […]

Ken Kellar Rainy River Giant Pumpkin Festival organizer Val Moor noted the weight of the final pumpkin to be weighed as a crowd gathered around it during the festival on Saturday. The pumpkin, grown by Jim Mills, weighed in at 714 pounds, making it the grand-prize winner for the festival […]

Local author Jack Hedman spoke to district students yesterday morning about “Dire Needs-Dire Straits,” the book he wrote on residential school survivors, following the Orange Shirt Day Awareness Walk. Students cycled through eight workshops where they learned about different aspects of residential school and indigenous culture. -Sam Odrowski photo

Jamie Mountain Quarterback Brady Meeks had the moves like Jagger as he jumped to evade the oncoming tackle from his Churchill Bulldogs’ opponent during the second half of the Muskie football team’s 66-19 romp in their Winnipeg High School Football League home-opener on Friday afternoon here. Meeks was outstanding in […]

Jamie Mountain Sean Huziak was Johnny-on-the-spot as he kicked home one of his six extra-points on the day during the Muskie football team’s 66-19 thrashing of the Churchill Bulldogs on Friday afternoon here. Huziak went six of nine on extra-point attempts while the versatile athlete also rushed for 261 yards […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Michael Chapman skated the puck out from a crowd of bodies behind his own net during the third period of his team’s 4-3 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Chapman had a great game […]

Jamie Mountain Aaron Scheibler (99), Wyatt Richards (42), and Carson Noga (14) had their eyes set on the loose ball after their Churchill Bulldogs’ opponent fumbled during the first half of the Muskie football team’s 66-19 rout in their WHSFL home-opener on Friday afternoon here. The Muskie defence forced five […]

Submitted Dan Tucker, left, and Jason Cain of Fort Frances claimed their second straight Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic title together on Saturday at La Belle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay. Their three-fish total of 13.42 pounds topped the 46-team field this year.

Jamie Mountain Kade Oster got ready to bump the ball back towards the Sioux Lookout Warriors’ side of the court during the second set of the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team’s 2-1 loss in their NorWOSSA home-opener last Tuesday afternoon at Fort High.

Jamie Mountain Chandler Borger spiked the ball with great force past the attempted block of a pair of Sioux Lookout Warriors’ opponents during the first set of the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s 2-1 win in their NorWOSSA home-opener last Tuesday afternoon at Fort High.

Jamie Mountain Heaven States, right, Grace Smith, and Joyce Wu all teamed up to outnumber their Sioux Lookout Warriors’ opponent defensively during the first half of the Muskie girls’ basketball team’s 53-33 win in their home-opener last Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. Tatum Glowasky scored a team-high 18 points to […]

Ken Kellar Marcy Loveday, left, and D.J. McKay worked together on a pair of paintings during Community Living Fort Frances and District’s open air art studio held in the Shaw room at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday. This week’s project was wrapped yarn resist birch tree painting, where the […]