Duane Hicks Sarah Marusyk showed off an afghan made and donated by fellow “Friend” Kimmy Daley while Kim Cornell solicited bids from the crowd during the live auction portion of Thursday night’s gala.
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Duane Hicks Coun. Ken Perry checked out the back-up power supply for the new Tbaytel fibre optic network Monday during a tour of the regional network centre on Sixth Street West. In addition to housing all of the network components that support the delivery of all five of Tbaytel’s “Fibre” […]
Submitted Kamryn Sandelovich, left, Tori Toriseva, Greta Fedoruk, Grace Kowal, Ashlyn Beck, Jaida Norris, Star Martin, and Alacea Yerxa posed by the sign proclaiming the 2017 OFSAA cross-country championships, which were held Saturday in Petawawa.
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Julian Uhryniuk battled with a Thunder Bay North Stars’ defender in trying to screen former teammate Brandon Bodnar as the puck went whizzing past the glass just above their heads during the first-period of Friday night’s 9-0 win by the visitors.
Staff Lakers’ forward Colton Yaremko looked to hem in the Thunder Bay North Stars’ captain while another Laker applied pressure from the back side during first-period action Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Former Lakers’ goalie Brandon Bodnar stood tall in goal as the visitors earned a 9-0 […]
Duane Hicks Tbaytel president and CEO Dan Topatigh, centre, did the honours as vice-president and chief information and technology officer, Simone Laatu and Coun. Ken Perry looked on yesterday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially launch the company’s new “Fibre” fibre optic services in Fort Frances. An announcement was made […]
Staff The annual Remembrance Day Tea once again drew a large crowd yesterday from 2-4 p.m. upstairs at the local Legion, where the walls were adorned with old photos primarily featuring wartime veterans. Meanwhile, the downstairs clubroom was filled with baking, a candy table, cookie walk, sales of cabbage rolls, […]
Duane Hicks When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When it gives you snow, make snowmen. As many residents were busy shovelling and using snow blowers over the weekend, some youngsters on Colonization Road West built this jolly fellow. The short-term forecast is for partly cloudy and cold conditions but […]
Duane Hicks Blues singer Samantha Martin, backed up by her band, “Delta Sugar,” blew away the “Tour de Fort” audience with a powerful performance Friday night at the Townshend Theatre. Next up in the 2017-18 enterainment series is Vancouver-based indie folk collective, “The Fugitives,” who will play here Jan. 18.
Staff After hovering around 109.9 cents/litre for most of the past several months, gas prices here have taken a big jump. Safeway, for instance, was advertising a price of 121.9 cents/litre for regular yesterday afternoon while the Husky station on King’s Highway was listed at 119.9 cents/litre.
Submitted Two Sunset Country whitetail bucks crossed paths in front of Jeff Gustafson’s trail camera.
