Duane Hicks Irish Mythen kicked off Tour de Fort’s 2018-19 season last Tuesday evening with a concert at the Townshend Theatre. The engaging Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter brought the crowd on an incredible and emotional journey. There still are a few passports left for $135 each, which are available at www.tourdefort.com or […]

Duane Hicks “Party Girl Peggy,” played by Brittany Strachan, took a brief break from whooping it up to address the audience to dispense some words of wisdom.

Dave Ogilvie The Grade 4 girls were off and running at the junior/intermediate cross-country meet held Friday at Crossroads School in Devlin. Many district students from Grades 4-8 enjoyed themselves and put forth their best effort at the annual event.

Duane Hicks The “Piñata Posse” from Gillons’ Insurance were set to “Fiesta like there’s no mañana” on Saturday evening during the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual fundraiser gala at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. Pictured here were Christy Dowty, front row left, and Nancy Brown, along Michelle Sabbe, back […]

Jackson Arpin looked to set the ball for his power hitter during the second set of the Rainy River Owls’ senior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-0 win over the Ignace Falcons last Wednesaday afternoon in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS.

Jamie Mountain Caleb Allan (#1) and Ben Larson (#8) looked to combine for a block during the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-2 comeback win over the Dryden Eagles last Tuesday afternoon in NorWOSSA action at Fort High. The Muskies then fell in four sets to the Broncos in Kenora […]

Jamie Mountain Emily Heil of the Dryden Eagles tried to reach in and steal the ball from Alina Eldridge during the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team’s 57-55 loss last Tuesday afternoon in NorWOSSA action at Fort High. The Muskies rebounded later in the week, though, with a 59-24 rout of […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Jacob Gnidziejko had the daunting task of looking through the traffic in Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ captain Trey Palermo (#22), forward Cameron Coutre, and his own defenceman, Colton Bodnar, during the second period of his squad’s 6-4 win last Tuesday night at the Ice […]

Submitted Muskie Greta Fedoruk shone yet again, running to a first-place finish in the junior girls’ division to nab gold at the NWOSSAA championships held last Wednesday at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay. Fedoruk clocked in with a time of 24:03 to lead the junior squad, who all […]

Jamie Mountain Aynsley Williams had her back to her Igance Falcons’ opponent and was looking for an option to pass to during the second half of the Rainy River Owls’ senior girls’ basketball team’s 47-30 loss last Wednesday afternoon in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS.

Duane Hicks The Associates of Ste. Marguerite d’Youville volunteer Mildred Bedard found a place for this stylish coat yesterday at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (old CN station). The public is urged to drop off coats, hats, mitts, and boots again today from 1-4 p.m. (children’s coats are especially needed […]

Sam Odrowski Grade 5 student Garret Hanna cast a ballot during St. Francis’ mock municipal election yesterday morning. Students heard mayoral candidates June Caul and Ken Perry answer their questions in the gym on Friday to help them make an informed decision at the “mock” voter booth.