Jamie Mountain Monica Walsh of the Dryden B&B Blazers looked to blast a shot on the Fort Frances PeeWee Venom’s net during her team’s 3-2 loss in Sunday’s gold-medal game of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam Showcase at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Venom won […]
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Jamie Mountain Muskie Eric Pitkanen looked to make a play towards the front of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints’ net while defenceman Andrew MacPherson tried to get his stick in the way to thwart it during Fort High’s 5-1 win here Tuesday night to improve to a league-best 9-0.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Coun. Wendy Brunetta, left, spoke about planning an election campaign as fellow councillor June Caul looked on yesterday evening during a “Women in Politics” symposium entitled “Do You Want to Run for Politics?” held at Confederation College here. The event featured a panel of speakers, including […]
Staff A tractor-trailer lost part of its log load late this morning at Central Avenue, which temporarily blocked southbound traffic there. A quick survey of the scene indicated no vehicles were damaged or individuals were hurt because of the spill.
Duane Hicks Sporting fancy “100” glasses, Cassandra Armstrong decorated a “100 Days” bag in which to bring home her crafts yesterday afternoon in Carla Harris’ Grade 1/2 class at St. Michael’s School. Students across the district were doing all sorts of creative activities tied to their 100th day of the […]
Duane Hicks Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd. donated 30 plush bears and moose to the Rainy River District EMS yesterday at the Causeway office in downtown Fort Frances. The stuffed animals will be kept on ambulances and used at emergency scenes, where they will be given to children to help […]
Duane Hicks Grade 1 student Abby Gosselin (top left) painted 100 dots–10 dots of 10 different colours–in a pattern during a “100 Days” activity yesterday morning in teacher Jennifer Burns’ class at Robert Moore School. Students across the district were doing all sorts of creative activities tied to their 100th […]
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Tourism, Culture and Sport minister Daiene Varnile, left, congratulated Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre CEO Caroline Goulding, Atikokan town councillor and library board member Mary Makarenko, local librarian Nadine Mutz, Atikokan Public Library CEO Tracey Sinclair, and Fort Frances Public Library board chair Andrew Hallikas on receiving the Minister’s […]
Duane Hicks Mary O’Connor, left, local Client Services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, and executive director Rossana Tomashowski enjoyed their meals during the annual “Forget Me Not” fundraiser dinner Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here. See story, more photos on page A5.
Duane Hicks They call it “Sunset Country” for a reason. Despite the recent cold spell, Borderland continues to offer up beautiful sights, like sunlight filtered through this prism-like lantern hanging from a tree near the lower river in the west end of Fort Frances. Even better news is that the […]
Submitted Portable shelters are great for making expeditions into back-country lakes.
The sister-brother duo of “Entyrely Mac” (Danette and Wayne McIntyre) entertained “Forget Me Not” dinner guests with some lovely, low-key music perfectly suited to the spirt of the event.
