Jamie Mountain Muskie forward Jon Busch fired home Fort High’s 11th goal of the game during the third period of Saturday night’s 17-2 rout of the Red Lake Rams at the Ice For Kids Arena. The black-and-gold will conclude their regular season with back-to-back games in Red Lake this Friday […]
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Duane Hicks Jaxon Cassidy, left, and Bella Hunter were among the students in Rae-Ann Wood’s Grade 2 class who enjoyed pancakes this morning at St. Michael’s School to mark “Shrove Tuesday”–the last day before Lent begins. Teachers were up early making pancakes to feed all of the students there. St. […]
Submitted A free lunch for all community volunteers, hosted by the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau and Judy Kielczewski, was held Saturday at the old CN station. More than 80 volunteers dropped by from noon-2 p.m. to have a meal consisting of sloppy joes, coleslaw, potato chips, and dessert.
Jamie Mountain Muskie Cole Magill poured some coffee for those on hand for the team’s annual tea and bake sale Saturday afternoon in the Fort High cafeteria. Admission to the event was $5, which included tea, coffee, sandwiches, and array of desserts. There also were bake and penny tables, along […]
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 […]
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 […]
