Duane Hicks “Piston” cooled off his paws while quenching his thirst Sunday afternoon during the annual dog walk here. The water station was set up by his owner, Pam Williams, of local business 4 Your Pets.

Duane Hicks Olivia Allen, left, and her friend, Sydney Kellar, proudly showed off Allen’s Shar-Pei puppy, “Mr. Ripples” (or “Rippley” for short), before embarking on the “Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides” here Sunday afternoon.

Submitted The Lenten project at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton this year was sewing touch quilts for the local Alzheimer Society. The students, cut, sewed, and embellished these quilts to donate them to people struggling with dementia in our area. The Alzheimer Society is absolutely delighted to […]

Duane Hicks Fort Frances High School First Responder Judy Wu received a 2017 Volunteer Service Award for youth from ministry rep Colleen Moran on Friday evening. Wu was one of three First Responders honoured.

Former mill workers Larry Armstrong, Nick Kawulia Sr., Paul Neurinski, Nick Kawulia Jr., and Les Baker took time before the Mill Alumni dinner last Thursday to pose for a group photo. Armstrong noted the elder Kawulia is his father-in-law while the younger one is his brother-in-law, meaning it was special […]

Gibbons showed off the catch of the day Saturday–a 7.22-pound lunker that easily was the biggest fish of this year’s tournament.

Joey Payeur Members of the Muskie boys’ soccer team were unrestrained in their jubilation over capturing a seventh-straight NorWOSSA crown with a 4-0 victory against the Dryden Eagles in the league final last Wednesday in Kenora. The squad now is in North Bay for the 20-team OFSAA ‘AA’ tournament that […]

Joey Payeur Dryden veteran Sarah Benson, left, had to deal with both the ball and oncoming Muskie defender Pasquel Shortreed during the Eagles’ 2-1 victory in the NorWOSSA girls’ soccer final last Wednesday in Kenora.

Joey Payeur Fort Frances Mud Dogs’ pitcher Jodie Hood was a second too late applying the tag on Hanna LeDrew of the Fort Frances Angels after a wild pitch in the seventh inning of their Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League game last Wednesday at the St. Francis Sports Field. […]

Joey Payeur Muskie football head coach Mike Cuzzolino delivered his opening address to the roughly 20 players taking part in the first day of the team’s spring camp Monday evening at Fort High. The camp will run weekdays from 6-8 p.m. through June 9 as the squad begins preparations for […]

Joey Payeur The first strides towards success for the Muskie football season this fall were taken yesterday as the team began its spring camp at Fort High. About 20 players took part on opening day of the camp, which runs weekdays from 6-8 p.m. until June 9.

Kiera Kowalski The Tweens Club that meets weekly at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre chose to stay indoors yesterday due to the inclement weather. But Hailey Joyce, Mikka Slack, Liz Cousineau, Marie-Mai Langevin, Izzy Meeks, and MacKenzie McClain still enjoyed playing games such as “Hedbanz” and “Life” while […]