Duane Hicks Surrounded by equally emotional family and friends, Doug and Blair Anderson of Betty’s were elated to receive the Test of Time Award last Wednesday night.
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Duane Hicks RBC Royal Bank branch manager Pam MacKinnon, left, was all smiles as she received the Customer Service (Individual) from Robyn Racine of Good Impressions Printing. Three other RBC Royal Bank staff–Michelle Elias, Kory McEvoy, and Shelley Matias–also were nominated for the same award.
Duane Hicks Crystal Brown of Miller Environmental Corp. sorted through a box of items dropped off Saturday morning during the Hazardous and Special Waste Day at the Public Works yard here. The event, which gave residents the chance to properly dispose of hazardous waste, was even more popular than last […]
Duane Hicks The construction of new multi-residential units on the riverfront here has begun. The forms for foundations have been built at the corner of Front Street and Minnie Avenue, where two separate structures–a four-plex and a three-plex–will be built. The units (being built by local investors 1995031 Ontario Ltd.) […]
Duane Hicks Samantha Halliday (at left) ran to the finish line during Sunday afternoon’s Terry Fox Run here. She was the top fundraiser at this year’s event, bringing in $1,662.70 in pledges. She once again ran in memory of her late uncle, Robert McNay. While some participants took it easy […]
Duane Hicks Ted and Ruth Brockie of Brockie’s Jewellers were touched and honoured to be presented with the James Paul Award by Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Mark Caron during the Chamber’s 22nd-annual business awards Wednesday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. It is a rare award given to individuals […]
Jamie Mountain Local girls’ hockey players were in for a treat this week. Katie Weatherston, an Olympic gold-medallist and former world champion hockey player from Thunder Bay, helped lead the sessions Monday and Tuesday night during the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s development camp at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The […]
Jamie Mountain Merrick Cheetham and William Richards served up hotdogs to hungry patrons during the Muskie football team’s fundraising barbecue held Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in front of Safeway. Members of the black-and-gold also were selling discount cards to those interested, with the cost for those again being $20 […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Presten Bobyk tried his best to box out Red Lake Miners’ forward Aiden Gleisner from in front of goalie Matt Booth during the second period of his squad’s 3-2 overtime win in SIJHL pre-season action Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The […]
Jamie Mountain Getting up the ice quickly, and showing what you could do offensively, were just some of the things the new wave of Muskie boys’ hockey hopefuls were doing Monday afternoon during the first tryout session at the Ice For Kids Arena. The tryouts continue today before wrapping up […]
Jamie Mountain Ethan Knutsen finished off a feed from teammate Isaac Baron (16) as he tied the game at 2-2 during the third period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 3-2 overtime win against the Red Lake Miners on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers then fell […]
Jamie Mountain Katie Weatherston, an Olympic gold-medallist and former world champion hockey player from Thunder Bay, led some skating drills during the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s development camp yesterday evening at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The camp runs through Thursday, with Novice taking to the ice at 5 p.m., […]
