Duane Hicks Recently-named 2018 “Citizen of the Year” Cynthia Donald waved to those lining Scott Street on Sunday afternoon during the annual community Christmas parade.
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Duane Hicks Lt. Ryan MacDonald of the local Salvation Army collected cash donations from parade-goers Sunday afternoon. The Salvation Army also teamed up with 93.1 The Border downtown on Saturday to collect toy donations from the public during the annual “Burst the Bus” drive.
Sam Odrowski Laura Gosse pointed out artifacts in the indigenous veterans’ exhibit during St. Francis School’s visit to the Fort Frances Museum on Friday morning. Students were given a history and shown the indigenous communities’ local connection to both world wars.
Duane Hicks Bodie Crowe got to sit on Santa’s knee and have his photo taken with the seasonal celebrity on Sunday morning at the Rainy Lake Square. Organizers estimate at least 100 children dropped by to visit with the jolly old elf and have some hot chocolate. Photos were taken […]
Sam Odrowski Rob Gleeson, school resource specialist from the Centre of Education in Mathematics and Computing, visited Fort High last Tuesday and Wednesday to run math workshops with students. He visited schools across the district to engage students in problem-solving strategies related to math.
Duane Hicks Community Living Fort Frances and District celebrated “A Charlie Brown Christmas” with their float in Sunday afternoon’s parade.
Jamie Mountain Team Canada’s Brett Piper (Thief River Falls Norskies) skated his way around Team U.S.A. defenceman Zach Ross (Norskies) and looked to get a scoring chance during his squad’s 8-6 loss in the SIJHL’s annual all-star game last Wednesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here.
Jamie Mountain Team Canada’s Cameron Coutre (Dryden GM Ice Dogs) skated with power and grace as he was deemed the fastest skater with a time of 13.57 seconds while Chase Robideau (Fort Frances Lakers) of Team U.S.A. looked to skillfully weave his way around a pylon during the puck relay […]
Jamie Mountain Team Canada’s Keighan Gerrie (Thunder Bay North Stars) looked to square up a shot towards the Team U.S.A. net while defenceman Jake Eischen (Thief River Falls Norskies) tried to get his stick in the shooting lane during his squad’s 8-6 loss in the SIJHL’s annual all-star game last […]
Jamie Mountain Makenna Henttonen fired a shot through the five-hole of International Falls Broncos’ goalie Grace Wegner to open the scoring in the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 2-1 overtime win in the opener of their annual two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series last Tuesday night at the […]
of Vic Pearson Lilly Pearson, 86, was all smiles after bagging this 11-point buck last Wednesday east of Fort Frances. Pearson was on her way to her favourite hunting spot when she spotted the deer. An avid hunter for decades, Pearson still gets excited about the activity–especially when she gets […]
