Lucas Punkari Janissa Judson of the Emo Express sped through the Lakewood Tire Eagles’ defence here on Friday as her team opened the annual FFGWHA’S PeeWee tournament with a 4-1 victory. The Express later battled it out with the International Falls Broncos for fifth-place honours Sunday but came up just […]

Heather Latter Caroline Spencer checked out some of the artwork on display at Robert Moore School yesterday while her daughter, Jamie, critiqued a piece by a fellow classmate. Students in Laurie Moxham’s Grade 5 class, with help from student teacher Jennifer Yerxa, hosted an art show in the atrium highlighting […]

Duane Hicks Dr. Dan Pierroz of the Nor-West Animal Clinic here received the Business of the Year Award from Deb Emes of 93.1 The Border, as Dave Bishop looked on, during the 17th-annual business awards gala last night at La Place Rendez-Vous.

Heather Latter St. Michael’s School JK students William Yerxa, left, Gracee Herod, Logan McCart, and Trent Derksen helped their teacher, Sue Vandenbrand, check on the chicken noodle soup this morning that would be offered to the staff as a “Share Lent” activity. Funds raised from the soup lunch will go […]

courtesy of Stacy Johnson Someone once said, if life throws you lemons, make lemonade. Well, Christie Avenue North resident Stacy Johnson said to herself, “If you’re tired of looking at the snow, make hamburgers out of it!” Having been cooped up all winter, watching the snow piling up in her […]

Lucas Punkari Betty Lambert checked out a paperback this morning at Revco Carpet during the annual book sale there. The sale, which supports both the local Alzheimer Society and Cyclone Swim Club, continues until 5:30 p.m. today, then runs again tomorrow from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 […]

Heather Latter Erin Campbell of Science North gave some tips this morning to Grade 1 students Aiden Jean and Jackson Tucker during their visit to St. Michael’s School. With their presentation “On the Lego Track,” students learned about sorting, patterning, and following directions. Science North also stopped at J.W. Walker […]

Duane Hicks These imaginative giraffe portraits created by students in Nicole Renberg’s Grade 1/2 class at Robert Moore School are now on display at the Fine Line Art Gallery here through March. The gallery (located at 529 Mowat Ave.) also features art made by Sonja Bodnarchuk’s Grade 8 class at […]

Heather Latter Khloe Morrison, left, and Emily Bouvier, JK students at St. Michael’s School here, gave their pink teddies a big hug on Valentine’s Day last Thursday as the class paraded through the school during their Teddy Bear March. A Teddy Bear Picnic and other activities followed.

Heather Latter Cassidy Bruyere participated in the candlelight memorial vigil at Couchiching last Thursday evening, as others did across Canada. Armed with signs and candles, about 30 people lined Highway 11 near the band office to support the call for a national inquiry into some 600 missing and murdered women […]

Duane Hicks Makenzie Kilgour, left, and her mom, Alicia, worked together to assemble a “spiral galaxy” made of interlocking pieces of paper Monday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The exercise was led by a representative from Science North, which also brought its “Indoor Planetarium” there for Family […]

Lucas Punkari Tirzah Keffer gave orders to front end Carley Busch and Taylor Hartlin as she watched Samantha Mueller’s rock travel down the ice Saturday night during the ‘A’ final of the annual ladies’ bonspiel at the Fort Frances Curling Club.