Joey Payeur Muskie Cole Magill, left, and Connor Nelson, right, were giving a good case of claustrophobia to Aiden Bibeau of the Dryden Eagles during Fort High’s 4-0 shutout of the Eagles in the NorWOSSA boys’ soccer final yesteday in Kenora.

Duane Hicks It’s a good thing Fort Frances Public Library CEO Caroline Goulding loves books because she’s got an office full of them. The “Friends of the Library” have seen a generous outpouring of donations for its annual book sale there this Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Drop by, pick […]

Pictured above is a close-up of the 1915 penny held by Donald Young student Paige Seguin that she found recently while digging in the playground there during recess. At left, a fellow DYS student tried out the metal detector that teacher Kim Bolen brought in to allow the class to […]

RRFN Chief Jim Leonard had the duty of drawing the next “Catch the Ace” winner while organizer and local abattoir board member Steve Loshaw held the box of tickets during Friday’s fish fry. Connie Sinclair was the lucky winner of $432. She also chose envelope #15, which contained the king […]

Duane Hicks Summer students Alyssa Armstong, left, and Alyssa Chiasson showed off one of the info panels for the new exhibit, “Closing the Distance: 150 Years of ‘Getting from A to B,’” at the Fort Frances Museum. The exhibit, based on research done by museum staff and community volunteers, will […]

Duane Hicks Greta Fedorak was among the group of six students in Jody Bonner-Vickers’ Grade 8 class who took turns explaining to town council a binational watershed stewardship initiative they will be undertaking next Tuesday along the riverfront here.

Nicholas Donaldson The Muskie girls’ hockey team took advantage of the crowd at the RRFN fish fry to raise some money by selling cheesecake desserts to anyone with room left after eating their meal.

Duane Hicks This metal stencil, crafted by students in Robert Guertin’s high school shop class, will be used to paint an anti-pollution message at each storm drain along the waterfront here.

Duane Hicks David Sandoval, left, joined the sibling trio of Ian, Nathan, and Chantal Jodoin for an ice cream at the Sorting Gap Marina here Friday afternoon. The marina reported brisk ice cream sales starting as early as 9 a.m. The Sorting Gap Marina, as well as the “Hallett” and […]

Several tables were set end-to-end to hold the massive amounts of fish, bannock, salads, and wild rice casseroles at the Rainy River First Nations’ fish fry on Friday.

Duane Hicks Boise Paper and H2O Power LP have been continuing to refurbish the canal and dam sluice gates at the dam here. A very noticeable element of the project has been cranes–the taller one of which is used to hoist materials and equipment from mill property onto the barge, […]

Duane Hicks Wayne Kayne of Ed Kaun & Sons shared a few words about the construction of Tbaytel’s new regional office as John Barch, Tbaytel vice-president of operations and administration, looked on during a ground-breaking ceremony last Wednesday. The contractor should start working at the Sixth Street West site next […]