Lucas Punkari Trish Mainville kept her eye on the broom during a women’s league game last night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The club currently is looking for more teams for its annual ladies’ bonspiel, which is set to take place next Friday and Saturday. For more information or […]

Lucas Punkari Susan Bale of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre handed a special coat to Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis at the Ice For Kids Arena here Tuesday night as part of the “Colon Cancer Check” road tour that’s currently going across the province. The tour, which passed […]

Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Merritt Rysavy kept a close eye on Len Pelletier of the Dryden Ice Dogs as he looked to pass the puck to a teammate during Tuesday night’s 5-4 win for the Lakers at the Ice For Kids Arena. Rysavy later left the game with […]

Heather Latter Graeme Coats, left, Alexis Latter, Ashlee Homer, and Aubrey Eldridge were just a few of the Early Learning students at Robert Moore School who dressed up like they were 100 years old in celebration of the 100th day of school there yesterday. The celebration also included face-painting, balloons, […]

Heather Latter Joelle McKinnon, five, crawled out from one of the forts made with boxes and sheets yesterday during a “play date” at Robert Moore School. Presented by the Northwestern Health Unit’s North Words program and the Rainy River District School Board, the event was open to everyone, with activities […]

Heather Latter Presley Vader played “doctor” and gave this doll an “exam” yesterday as youngsters from the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Headstart Program visited the Family Support program at the Circle of Life Centre here for a fun play day. Children got to play with snow and coloured water in an indoor […]

Heather Latter Grade 1 student Ashton Veldhuisen of St. Michael’s School celebrated the 100th day of class yesterday by donning spiffy “100th day” glasses and taking part in a variety of classroom activities based around the number “100.”

Heather Latter Jeremy Hughes, the library’s computer program trainer, showed stroke clinic nurse Marilyn Erwin how to use the Scanning and Reading Appliance (SARA) machine last Thursday during a “Stroke Stories” Internet training session presented by the local Stroke Prevention Clinic at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The […]

Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Jordan Christianson reacted after he was brought down by Riley Daly of the Minnesota Iron Rangers in front of goalie Chase Hollander during the visitors’ 3-1 win Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Heather Latter Grade 5 students from Jean Bujold’s class at St. Francis School took part in a Zumba fitness session at Energy Fitness here yesterday as part of their physical education component. It was the first of five sessions for the students.

Heather Latter Three-year-old Max Hanson, second from right, joined in playing at the water centre with kindergarten students at St. Michael’s School yesterday as he toured the facility with his parents prior to registering for school this fall. St. Michael’s is holding an open house Thursday from 9:15-10:15 a.m. for […]

Lucas Punkari Tyler Fontana controlled the puck here Friday night as the Muskie boys’ hockey team cruised to a 15-0 drubbing of the Red Lake Rams. Fontana had two goals and two assists while teammate Tyler Mosbeck led the way offensively with four goals and two assists. Next up for […]