Heather Latter Staff from the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association posed for a photo before getting the “Steps Against Stigma” event going Saturday morning at the Sorting Gap Marina here. They were thrilled with the pleasant weather and the turnout, which saw more than 100 people take […]
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Joey Payeur Andy Crook, left, and Ron Silver smoothed over the path of this stone during the first day of the “Stick & Stones” event Friday night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The 12 participating teams headed to Kitchen Creek on Saturday morning for nine holes of golf, then […]
Joey Payeur Junior Muskie point guard Abby Sanders (40) pushed the ball up the floor against Kenora Broncos’ defender Gracie Kantola during Fort High’s 25-20 victory Saturday morning in its annual home tournament. The Muskies lost their opening game 34-25 to the St. Patrick Saints (Thunder Bay), then beat the […]
Joey Payeur Muskie quarterback Brandon Whitecrow (1) had no time to spare to get this pass off with Junell Altasi (20) of the Daniel McIntyre Maroons bearing down on him in the second quarter of Friday’s annual Homecoming game. Fort High went on to a 27-25 victory.
Duane Hicks Bill Michl, Governor of Lions International District 5M-10, tested his skill at “Tic-Tac-Throw” as volunteer Michelle Beck looked on during the Riverside Foundation Special Events Committee’s 17th-annual fundraiser dinner, “Under the Big Top,” on Saturday night at the Copper River Inn. The fun event, which featured a circus/carnival […]
Joey Payeur Sometimes one must get by with a little help from their friends—or their hockey coaches—as seen here during evaluation sessions for the IP1 division of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association at the ’52 Canadians Arena last night. The sessions are being conducted at various age levels to […]
Staff With work on King’s Highway to continue for about two more weeks, motorists are reminded to obey all of the stop signs along the detour route, including this one for eastbound traffic near the cemetery. On Monday, one new stop sign will be added at the Holmes Avenue intersection […]
Staff FFHS Grade 12 co-op student Scott Cottam, left, who is doing his placement at Investors Group, drew the winner of the Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for October yesterday at International Travel Services as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on. Joanne and Shawn Spence of Fort Frances will […]
Heather Latter Students, teachers, and even parents walked around the field at St. Michael’s School on Wednesday as part of the Terry Fox National School Run Day. Students were asked to bring in a dollar to contribute to cancer research.
Duane Hicks Demolition work is set to begin on the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel. JMX Contracting has set up an office and parked some equipment behind the structure, and is expected to get into full swing after the weekend.
Joey Payeur Tyson Morrisseau made the most of life in the sand by blasting out of this bunker to within two feet of the hole on the par-four seventh during the NWOSSAA championship yesterday at Heron Landing.
Heather Latter Reo Walton, with the United Native Friendship Centre, flipped burgers at Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services yesterday to mark “Orange Shirt Day”—an annual recognition of the harm the residential school system did to children’s sense of self-esteem and well-being. The FFTAHS Behavioural Health Services partnered with UNFC […]
