Heather Latter Dave Ogilvie, left, Ralph Wolff, Pam Guild, and Ginette Anderson showed off this year’s Terry Fox T-shirts, which features the Canadian hero’s first journal entry on them. The shirts, along with the hat worn by Ogilvie, will be available Sunday at the local Terry Fox Run, which gets […]
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Heather Latter “Soldiers of Song,” a tribute to the “Dumbells,” a renowned comedy troupe that originally was made up of soldiers from the Canadian Army’s Third Division, who entertained troops during the First World War, was staged yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The show was hosted by the Royal […]
Heather Latter Bob Armit and his daughter, Wanda Botsford, at left, participated in a three-legged race as part of the voyageur games during a Métis fall celebration at the Point on Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile at right, Macy Forster, six, from Keewatin cooked up some bannock over the fire. The event […]
Duane Hicks OPSEU member Darrell Armstrong manned the grill yesterday during the Fort Frances Jail, Fort Frances Courthouse, and OPSEU fall charity barbecue here. The event was a fundraiser for the Fort Frances “Community Chest.” OPSEU raised $1,000 over two charity barbecues held this summer.
Heather Latter The calendar may say September but five-year-old Jack Reinhardt and his sister, Neala, eight, had fun splashing in Sand Bay at the Point on Sunday afternoon. The youngsters weren’t the only ones taking advantage of the warm, sunny weather this past weekend, which since has taken a turn. […]
Duane Hicks Tessah Labbe was at Fort Floral at 8 a.m. this morning to receive her free bouquet of roses from Nicole Schatull as part of FTD’s annual “Good Neighbour Day.” The Scott Street business had about 280 bouquets of a dozen roses to give away, with people urged to […]
Duane Hicks Noris Piccinato, left, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29, was handed a wreath by acting Sgt.-at-Arms Bob Boland as they approached the cenotaph here Sunday afternoon. Members of the local Legion, Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and the Fort Frances Royal Canadian Sea Cadets #144 gathered for a […]
Joey Payeur Aaron Wesley-Chisel decided hospitality could wait as he gave Elias Chaulk of the English River Miners a rough welcome to the Lakers’ defensive zone during the third period of Fort Frances’ 3-2 shootout victory in pre-season action Saturday night.
Heather Latter Kristen and Rayna Kelly enjoyed a pancake breakfast to mark International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day this morning at the Métis Hall here. In addition to breakfast, several booths offered information about FASD. Then at 9:09 a.m., bells were rung to raise awareness about the dangers of […]
Staff Signs urging voters to re-elect Dan Onichuk for mayor appeared around town overnight. But Onichuk, who served as mayor from 2003-06, had not filed nomination papers as of press time today to run against incumbent Roy Avis and Coun. Andrew Hallikas in the Oct. 27 municipal election. Onichuk could […]
Duane Hicks Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29, Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and the Fort Frances Royal Canadian Sea Cadets #144 gathered for a Day of Remembrance ceremony for merchant navy veterans yesterday morning at the local cenotaph. The ceremony, held to commemorate the Canadian merchant navy seamen who […]
Heather Latter Brandy Delorne, left, and Deanne Fillion, of Miller Environmental Corp. from Winnipeg, sorted through cans of paint that were dropped off during the annual Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday at the Public Works building on Fifth Street West.
