Heather Latter Clora McEvoy and her daughter, Yvonne Armstrong, who was visiting from Florida, enjoyed the annual Remembrance Day Tea yesterday afternoon at the local Legion. Hosted by the Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary, the popular event featured a baking and candy table, a cookie walk, as well as a variety of […]
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Joey Payeur Captain Carter Brown (18), Tyler VanUden (6) and Connor Tibbs (15) tried to dig Muskie goalie Dylan Ossachuk out from under a pile of Thunder Bay Minor Midget Kings during the third period of yesterday’s final contest in the three-game exhbition series between the two teams over the […]
Heather Latter Local OPP Cst. Anne McCoy offered advice on ways to safeguard your home, with help from members of the Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.), during a presentation at the Sister Kennedy Centre yesterday. The event, also being held in Atikokan today, was part of Crime Prevention Week.
Heather Latter Gary Lipinski, president of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), addressed those on hand at the Métis Hall here yesterday morning during an agreement-signing between New Gold and the MNO. Robert Gallagher, president, CEO, and director of New Gold, along with Theresa Stenlund, Region 1 councillor of the […]
Heather Latter Andrea Avis put a bid on a silent auction item yesterday evening during the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s third-annual fall fundraiser gala there. Called “An Evening at the Officers’ Club,” the wine-and-cheese fundraiser drew a packed house, who enjoyed live music, socializing, and taking in the […]
Heather Latter Students from Jean Bujold’s class at St. Francis School didn’t change clothes in a phone booth on Hallowe’en but were superheroes in their own right as they proudly showed off what they collected as the class that collected the most food for the “We Scare Hunger” campaign supported […]
Heather Latter With November being Woman Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, Jacquee Loerzel of Riverside Community Counselling Services is inviting local businesses to participate in a contest by decorating their windows and stores in purple to support the campaign. Here, she invited Neila Booth of Northwoods Gallery & Gifts to […]
Duane Hicks Just in time for Remembrance Day, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre has put together a display to highlight books about military history—from ancient times to recent conflicts, including World War I and II. The display, which includes several brand new books recently donated to the library, […]
Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis cheerfully waved good-bye as he boarded a Dash 8 behind RRFDC consultant Tannis Drysdale at the Fort France Airport on Monday afternoon. The town chartered the plane to fly 30 delegates from area municipalities and First Nations to Queen’s Park to voice their pleas on […]
Duane Hicks Eleazar Andrusco, left, got some candy from Cristal Kinsman at the Confederation College “trunk” full of treats Friday afternoon during the inaugural “Trunk or Treat” event at Fort Frances Public Library parking lot. Twenty individuals, businesses, and agencies decorated vehicles and gave out treats to hundreds of costumed […]
Duane Hicks Riverside Foundation for Health Care director Bill Gushulak learned first-hand how a new lift and track for Rainycrest residents works last Wednesday as Kayla Caul-Chartier, director of resident care at Rainycrest, and Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 Poppy Fund committee member Wendy Derendorf gave him a hand. The […]
Joey Payeur Bryson Jasper (left) deposited a feed from linemate Lucas DeBenedet on a 2-on-0 breakaway behind Minnesota Iron Rangers’ goalie Kyle Carignan to give the Fort Frances Lakers a 4-3 lead in a game they wound up winning 5-4 in overtime here Saturday night.
