Nicholas Donaldson Pre-loading has begun at the future site of the consolidated St. Francis and St. Michael’s Schools as an excavator from George Armstrong Co. Ltd. worked atop the massive pile of material there Tuesday. The site, located just north of the current St. Francis School, has undergone clearing, grubbing, […]
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Staff Kerri Dittaro (above) offered her dad, Doug Langtry, another finger sandwich during the annual Christmas tea, bake sale, and bazaar held Saturday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran Church here. It was a popular stop not only for people to socialize but also get some baked goods. Meanwhile, below, Rita […]
Duane Hicks The Al-Zeebaree family, including Julia, Michael, Fadi, Sarah, Philip, and Bashar, arrived here from Beirut, Lebanon on Friday and now are settling in thanks to the local “Families for Families” committee. The refugee family had to flee their home country of Iraq due to the ISIS threat.
Duane Hicks Lorine Ring admired the bountiful selection of poinsettias available at The Christmas Store, which opened for its 27th season on Saturday. Located at Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Garden on Highway 602 just west of Fort Frances, the store is open every day until Christmas, and will feature new […]
Here’s just one of the beautiful illustrations of the titular canine, “Jack,” and the writer-artist Shannon Carlson in the new book, “Jack the Husky Gets Rescued.” –Shannon Carlson illustration
Nicholas Donaldson All eyes were on Caitlin Anderson (far right) as she spoke about holding onto her country roots before she belted out the Gretchen Wilson hit “Redneck Woman” during Fort High’s annual musical revue last week. “Country meets City” ran for three nights at the Townshend Theatre, using popular […]
Staff Allegra Brockie enjoyed a dainty while sitting on the lap of her grandmother, Ruth Brockie, during Knox United Church’s Christmas bazaar and luncheon Saturday. McMillan Hall was packed with people of all ages, ready to eat, socialize, and do a little Christmas shopping.
Nicholas Donaldson Riverside Community Counselling Services community family violence counsellor Jacquee Loerzel, Curvy Chick owner Jennifer Horton, and Women’s Shelter of Hope outreach worker Heather Johnson posed with a few purple cupcakes last Wednesday at Curvy Chick on Scott Street. The treats were part of a fundraising effort in conjunction […]
Submitted Mackenzie McClain, left, and Sophia Black helped Russ Ling hang another “angel” tag on the tree that was put up at Taggs Source for Sports. The trees, which have tags bearing the names of children in need and what they’d like for Christmas, also are up at Walmart and […]
Jamie Mountain A Fort Frances Canadians’ forward looked to make a pass from behind the net during his team’s 7-1 win over the Norwest Stars in Sunday’s final of the Bantam ‘AA’ tournament held here. The Canadians went a perfect 5-0 in claiming the tourney title.
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Ian Tookenay looked to make a saucer-pass to linemate Carter Chorney during the team’s 5-4 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs here Saturday night. Tookenay scored twice and added an assist in a losing cause.
