Duane Hicks Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Mark Caron, right, tempted his wife, Lori, with a selection of Valentine cookies made by Doubly Delicious last Thursday during “An Evening of Wine & Chocolate” at the Super 8 Motel. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce mix-and-mingle also featured treats by […]

Joey Payeur Janelle Allan of the Emo Express was one happy player after her second-period goal gave her team a 2-1 lead over the Fort Frances Calder Legal Eagles on Sunday in the Atom ‘B’ final of a tournament hosted by the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. Emo went on […]

Heather Latter OPP Traffic S/Sgt. Ken Mantey offered up some winter driving tips to a class of Grade 11/12 students at Fort High during a presentation of the Highway Safety and Education Committee’s Safe Winter Driving Campaign there yesterday. Although the campaign was launched in Thunder Bay last month, with […]

Heather Latter Warehouse One staff, including Wanda Pollard, left, Marie Hughes, Tanya Cunningham, Marissa Walton, Kayleen Richert, and Shara Wickstrom (not pictured), displayed 283 pairs of jeans donated during the “Be a Denim Donor” campaign, which ran Jan. 27-Feb. 9. Those who brought in gently-used jeans received 20 percent off […]

Heather Latter Dr. Brian Johnstone addressed a packed room at La Place Rendez-Vous on Friday during his retirement and 90th birthday celebration. Upon arriving in Fort Frances in 1966, Dr. Johnstone has spent almost 48 working as a physician in the community. Hundreds of people turned out to offer their […]

Joey Payeur Emma Bodnarchuk of the Fort Frances Timbits, right, used a little stick trickery to try and rein in Isabella Reynard of the Lake of the Woods Blue Sharks in the Fort Frances Girls/Women’s Hockey Association Novice ‘B’ final yesterday. Reynard was tough to stop, though, scoring four goals […]

Joey Payeur Sioux Lookout Warriors’ goalie Gabriel Fiddler got just enough of David Pryde’s point-blank chance to keep the puck out of the net Friday. But it was all Fort High as the first-place Muskies won 9-0 on Friday and then 11-3 on Saturday to improve to 13-1. Fort High […]

Heather Latter Early-learning students at Robert Moore School displayed their tall tower made of 100 cups—just one of the many activities the youngsters took part in while celebrating the 100th day of classes Monday.

Duane Hicks Curvy Chick owner Jennifer Horton-Chepil sampled one of Shelly Wepruk’s cupcakes during “An Evening of Wine & Chocolate” yesterday at the Super 8 Motel. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce mix-and-mingle (sponsored by Super 8, Curvy Chick, and Fort Floral) featured treats by Wepruk, Doubly Delicious, and Fifth […]

Devin Eldridge Kaylyn Levesque of the Border Skating Club soared through the air with the greatest of ease at the Sunset Country Interclub regional figure skating competition in this past weekend in Sioux Lookout. Levesque finished with one gold in the preliminary team event, as well as a silver, two […]

Duane Hicks Kayla Caul-Chartier, director of resident care at Rainycrest, admired a bulletin board decorated for Valentine’s Day with art made by residents there. The board is also where Rainycrest’s own monthly newsletter, written by resident David Fontana, is posted.

Heather Latter Three-year-old Robert Handberg put a sticker in his “passport” while stopping by the day care room during a tour of Robert Moore School yesterday. The youngster was registering for the early-learning program for the 2014-15 school year. While registration began this week at schools across the district, parents […]