Sam Odrowski Ayanna Savage, left and Aiden Loerzel took a seat on Santa and Mrs. Claus’ laps to tell them what they would like for Christmas and get their picture taken by Studio Gibbous at The Christmas Store (located at Lowey’s Greenhouse & Market Gardens) on Saturday.

Duane Hicks Diane Maxey directed the Fort Frances Choraliers in a performance of “Good News from Home” yesterday afternoon at the Townshend Theatre here. A few hundred people enjoyed the upbeat Christmas cantata, which the Choraliers also performed the previous Sunday over in International Falls.

Work has begun to demolish the building located at 335 Scott St. in order to re-purpose the site into a parking lot for The Sleepy Owl motel located directly to the west. A motion to enter into a site plan control agreement with Good Day Wholesalers (Crozier) Ltd., which owns […]

Jamie Mountain Jordon Bazylewski looked to drive towards the hoop during the fourth quarter of the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team’s 46-42 loss to the Dryden Eagles here Tuesday afternoon. All four Muskie court teams resumed NorWOSSA action this afternoon when they hosted the Kenora Broncos at the “Fish Tank,” […]

Sam Odrowski Seven Generations Education Institute hair-styling program students Jasmine Bump, left, Jadia Nash, Larissa Derkson, and Cherish Gervais showed off the Christmas tree-styled mannequin heads they had decorated on Tuesday at the hair studio on King’s Highway. Students who take the program learn how to cut, style, and treat […]

Sam Odrowski Fort High student Janissa Judson was set up in the school’s cafeteria last Wednesday morning with her display that looked at heat therapy and her co-op placement at La Verendrye Hospital here. She found the physiotherapy aspects of her placement to be the most interesting.

Submitted Couchiching Chief Brian Perrault addressed a rally on Parliament Hill last Thursday about the mercury poisoning at the Grassy Narrow First Nation. About 50 years ago, a mill dumped mercury upstream from the Treaty #3 First Nation and the reserve’s children are showing signs that the neurotoxin is still […]

Staff Camie Gray of Iron Range Bus Lines (top left) accepted a case of Kraft Dinner from Jesse Csuzdi as he left Safeway on Saturday morning. Iron Range’s buses proved very useful for hauling away the large amount of non-perishable food items donated during this year’s “Stuff-a-Cruiser” campaign. Meanwhile, Riley […]

Sam Odrowski Rachel Anderson, left, and her friend, Jordan, sang during Thursday evening’s candlelight vigil ceremony at the Knox United Church.

“Boreal,” comprised of Katherine Wheatley, left, Tannis Slimmon, and Jude Vadala, delighted and charmed the audience Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre during the third “Tour de Fort” concert of the 2018-19 season. The trio of Guelph songstresses tour together as “Boreal” each November and December, performing a collection of […]

Submitted Rami Canoon, his wife, Fivyan Shamoon, and their two daughters, Fbaana, seven, and Oryana, three, bid farewell to Kathy Mueller at the Thunder Bay Airport on Dec. 1. The Iraqi family has moved to London, Ont. to be closer to extended family members.

Sam Odrowski The “Waabishkiibinesii Women Singers” drum group performed songs of healing during the annual candlelight vigil service held at Knox United Church here Thursday evening for the annual “National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.”