Submitted Heather Whitmell (left) and Sherrill Tucker, both from Toronto, spoke with Onigaming First Nation Chief Kathy Kishiqueb after making their donation of supplies to the Mikinaak School there on Thursday. The donation was collected in southern Ontario and personally delivered by the two women to raise awareness around the […]

Duane Hicks Jamie Petrin, DSSAB community homeless liaison, is working with partner agencies to get a more accurate picture of homelessness in the district.

Duane Hicks JoAnne Formanek Gustafson, a local teacher and member of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, gave Jack Hedman advice on making his own “Orange Shirt Day” button Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. She also showed participants how to make a beaded “Orange Shirt” […]

Nicholas Donaldson Allen Raoul, a project geologist for NuVision Resources, gave on update on the Cat Key property to a group last Wednesday morning at the Rendez-Vous. The company has found a number of unique gold zones on the property, located about 60 km east of Fort Frances, and will […]

Nicholas Donaldson A group of steers wandered around the auction ring to be inspected by the group of potential buyers during Saturday’s cattle sale at the Stratton sales barn. During the sale, 1,322 head were sold for a total of $1,593,461.97.

Sydney, Georgia, and Emily Romyn posed for a silly photo with a pumpkin theme to remember their time at the Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday in Rainy River. The festival included something for everyone, with a number of children’s traditional games and activities put on by the Best Start Hub […]

The dedicated team of volunteers weighed the entries for the giant pumpkin contest using a scale hanging from a forklift. Some of the lighter entries could be loaded onto a pallet for weighing. But for the heavier ones that could not easily be moved by hand, a special harness was […]

Star Muskie running back Sekina Scheibler looked to get outside in first-quarter action against the Tec Voc Hornets here last Thursday afternoon. Scheibler wound up rushing for five touchdowns as Fort High won 39-32 to improve to 2-2 in the Andy Currie Division (‘A’).

Nicholas Donaldson Students at St. Michael’s here participated in the annual, cross-country Terry Fox School Run last Thursday. A number of schools in town, and across the district, held their own annual walks either on Sept. 28 or the week before in support of cancer research.

Staff The Muskie offensive line gave quarterback Brady Meeks enough protection to unload this deep pass attempt during the second quarter Thursday in the team’s annual Homecoming game. The black-and-gold will close out the regular season with three-straight road games.

Joey Payeur Junior Muskie Jevonte Philips went high to tip this ball during his team’s 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here last Tuesday afternoon.

Submitted Mike Richards and Jeff Gustafson held up their bass from the weekend at Whitefish Bay on Lake of the Woods.