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. […]
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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 […]
Sam Odrowski Dave Taggart of the Canadian Border Services laid a wreath during the annual Remembrance Day ceremony held yesterday morning at the Fort Frances cenotaph. About 150-200 people braved the chilly weather to attend the ceremony, which saw close to 30 wreathes and crosses being laid. Similar ceremonies were […]
Sam Odrowski Craig Miller, environmental superintendent for the Town of Fort Frances, yesterday gave a presentation on the process of treating raw lake water at the town’s treatment plant for a Grade 8 class at St. Francis School. The class then toured the plant this morning, led by Miller and […]
Sam Odrowski Crews managed to finish laying the first layer of asphalt for the overpass construction on Tuesday and Wednesday but line painting for the roadway likely will be delayed until next year due to the recent cold and wet conditions. Temporary reflective stickers will be put on the asphalt […]
Duane Hicks Volunteer Jorja Pope, top left, offered Ron Bridgeman some sandwiches while her friend, and Bridgeman’s granddaughter, Piper Cross, refilled his coffee Sunday afternoon during the annual Remembrance Day Tea hosted by the Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary at the Legion Hall. Below left, Logan Neurisnki and her brother, Brayden, got […]
Duane Hicks Laura Gosse, community engagement co-ordinator for the Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre, showed off a set of paddles made and donated by Friends of the Museum members Eric Fagerdahl during the live auction. One paddle has an image of the “Hallett” burned into it while the other […]
Duane Hicks Diane Clifford, left, Val Calder, and Min Crowe had a friendly chat as music played and festive laughter filled the air on the main floor of the museum Thursday evening during “Novemberfest.”
