Duane Hicks Elaine Medicine read through the names of veterans from area First Nations listed on the honour wall that is part of the new exhibit, “Indigenous Veterans of Treaty No. 3,” during its opening reception Thursday at the Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre. The list started out with […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Nick Lucas looked to fire a shot from a sharp angle upstairs on Thief River Falls Norskies’ goalie Fletcher Bolda during his squad’s 6-4 win here Saturday night. Lucas ended up registering a goal and an assist in that one after having notched a […]

Jamie Mountain Joe Hardy (#6) and Jaxon Gartzke (#17) looked to combine to form a stellar wall on a block during the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final last Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. That good defence was key after the […]

Jamie Mountain Kobi Ward and Caleb Allan were prepared to do whatever it took to keep the ball from creeping over the net during the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-2 loss to the top-ranked Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA final last Tuesday at Fort High.

Jamie Mountain Aiden Knapaysweet of the West End Bruins looked to clear the puck out of his own end while Ryan Brown (#15) of the Emo Express Green had his sights set on him during Emo’s 4-1 win Sunday in the gold-medal game of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s […]

Submitted Jeff Gustafson is moving from the FLW Tour to the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament circuit in 2019.

Jamie Mountain Alina Eldridge looked to stand her ground defensively while Brynn Montgomery of the Dryden Eagles tried to blow past her and cut to the hoop during the first half of the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team’s 46-35 win in the NorWOSSA final last Tuesday night at Fort High. […]

Duane Hicks Kali Tessier, left, showed her best friend, Olivia Allen, her colourful creation during Community Living Fort Frances and District’s garland-making open art studio yesterday afternoon in the Shaw Room at the Fort Frances Public Library. Participants used fabric, burlap, and ribbon to make unique garland–just in time for […]

Duane Hicks It’s a sure sign the holiday season is alive and well in downtown Fort Frances. Brian White from the Fort Frances Power Corp. hung a Christmas basket and metal snowflake decoration on a lamppost on the 300 block of Scott Street this morning. As reported last week, the […]

Jamie Mountain The return of colder weather to Borderland also has brought with it the return of minor hockey tournaments. It was a tight battle on the ice between the Emo Express Green and the Westend Bruins during Emo’s 4-1 win yesterday in the gold-medal game of the Fort Frances […]

Sam Odrowski Fort High student Brianna Eldridge belted out “House of the Rising Sun” by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin during the school’s annual fall musical revue that ran from Thursday to Saturday. With the theme being “Shade of Yellow and Sunshine,” the show featured a series of songs and […]

Duane Hicks 54•40 frontman Neil Osborne sang his heart out while performing yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The show, entitled “Unplugged: Songs & Stories,” featured all of 54•40’s hits reimagined and was the second in the 2018-19 “Tour de Fort” passport season. The next show is “Boreal,” a showcase […]