Heather Latter Volunteer Bobbi King was busy manning the Salvation Army kettle at Walmart following the official kick-off of the annual campaign there Monday afternoon. The kettles will be out at various locations around town from now until Dec. 24, with proceeds going to help district families this Christmas. To […]
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Heather Latter The Bargain Shop staff Donna Pattison, left, Dawn Gray, and Nancy Hanna showed off the bins of toys that already have been collected through the store’s toy drive. With the items all going to the local Salvation Army, so it can give the gifts to those in need, […]
Heather Latter Team Canada libero Janie Guimond taught Angelina Morris the finer points of the proper stance during a two-day volleyball clinic at Fort High over the weekend.
Heather Latter Students from Fort High’s Muskie Theatre rehearsed a scene from Jonathan Yukich’s “Alice@Wonderland” on Sunday afternoon in preparation for their upcoming performance. A modern re-telling of Lewis Carroll’s classic story, the play is set to hit the Townshend Theatre stage Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which […]
Heather Latter Walmart assistant manager Rosanne DeGagne, left, and Jodi Forbes, Walmart’s charity co-ordinator, along with volunteer Bobbi King, Mayor Roy Avis, and Lt. Ryan MacDonald kicked off the local Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle campaign there yesterday afternoon. The kettles will be out at various locations around town from now […]
Staff Bev McCoy, left, Patti DeGagne, Maurice DeGagne, and Cathy DeGagne socialized during the Christmas bazaar and luncheon Saturday at Knox United Church. The event, which saw McMillan Hall packed with people, also included a bake table and cookie walk.
Joey Payeur Reed Bodnar of the Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians weighed his options while facing a wall of Kenora Thistles’ defenders during the third period of the quarter-final game of their home tournament Saturday at the Couchiching Arena. The Thistles won 3-2 in overtime, then went on to capture […]
SubmittedSandra Brunetta Wanda Johnson, from the Emo Health Centre’s activation program, displayed a variety of items she and Hannah Nussbaumer donated to raise funds during the “Vendor Blender” sale Saturday at Rainycrest. The proceeds went to the activation program and to a local family in desperate need of a new […]
Staff Members of the student leadership council at Fort High dropped off the food collected through its “We Scare Hunger” campaign to the local Salvation Army this morning. Instead of collecting candy on Hallowe’en, the teens chose to collect non-perishable items to donate to the food bank. The group collected […]
Heather Latter Darcy Banman, left, Dawn Gray, and Sheri Payne of The Bargain Shop showed off the array of goodies available there this morning. Staff at the store were holding the bake sale to help raise some funds to “adopt-a-family” through the local Salvation Army’s annual Christmas hamper program. The […]
Duane Hicks Like many other Borderland residents, Rod Pattison was out shovelling snow before heading to work this morning. The area received about five cm (two inches) of the white stuff but blustery west winds continue to blow it around, reducing visibility. Shaw also confirmed a weather-related Internet outage early […]
Duane Hicks Andrea Avis, program director at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, showed off poles used for urban pole walking. A free urban poling workshop is scheduled for this Monday (Nov. 23) from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the library, which will be lending out poles for patrons to try. […]
