Jamie Mountain Muskie forward Ashlyn Beck showed her face-off prowess as she won a draw at centre ice during the second period of Fort High’s 16-0 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors in their NorWOSSA regular-season finale last Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Beck scored a goal […]
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Jamie Mountain Nash Dolyny of the Fort Frances DC Giants looked take the puck to the Fort Frances Armstrong Crushers’ net en route to scoring a goal during the first period of his squad’s 6-4 win in the final Sunday morning of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Novice […]
Sam Odrowski Diane Maxey of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club assisted members of the Builders Club at Robert Moore School in cooking and selling mini-doughnuts on Thursday to raise funds for those who are homeless in the community. To facilitate the event, the student-run organization used the Kiwanis Club’s doughnut-making […]
Duane Hicks Sheri De Gagne, left, and Josie Miller socialized during a tea yesterday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the new “Fibre Content” exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre. The travelling exhibit, which features a wide variety of fibre art from across Ontario, and the local […]
Duane Hicks Allison Cox, left, director for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and Jan Beazley, chair of the Riverside Health Care board of directors, looked over one of several scrapbooks of newspaper clippings marking the 20-plus years of the Foundation’s history during an open house yesterday to mark the […]
Duane Hicks Jim Curtis taught youngsters the basics of playing ukulele last Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library. This was the first session of the new “Music Lessons in the Library” series there. The five-week ukulele program is for kids aged nine-12. Registration is now closed but if […]
Duane Hicks Sue Ball checked out the baked goodies for sale yesterday during the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary’s Valentine’s lobby sale and staff appreciation coffee break. Tasty treats and crafts were on sale for the fundraiser.
Submitted Tyrus Smith, left, Connor Sandelovich, and Kenton Yerxa, Grade 6 students at Robert Moore School, worked on building a birdhouse on Friday under the direction of Fort Frances resident Henry Miller.
Duane Hicks “Elusive Cat” by local artist John Walraad is just the kind of painting the Fine Line Art Gallery here would like to see entered into its spring art show. The theme this year is “Woodland,” with the deadline for entries being the end of April. The “Woodland” exhibit […]
The Rainy River District Stewardship has made a map showing where 12 different species of trees can be found within town. These trees have been tagged with small signs identifying their species. The RRDS also has developed an interactive map, both of which can be found at www.rrds.ca –Submitted image
Submitted Riverside Health Care hosted local MPP Greg Rickford at La Verendrye General Hospital for a public press conference on Thursday. Rickford announced the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care would be providing Riverside with $62,000 in one-time funding for the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF).
Staff Local poet Judith Johanson, left, signed a copy of her newly-released first collection, “Intersections,” for Rooksana Randeree yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library. Johanson performed readings from the book for about 20 audience members.
