Sarah Pruys Five-year-old Dakota Cooper, left, and brother Keaton, three, were ready to push off and slide down the hill at the overpass here yesterday afternoon. It was quite chilly out and the groups of youngsters who came to slide did not stay long.
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Sarah Pruys Julia Cawston, 13, laced up her skates for the first time this year and went skating with her family after dinner on Christmas Day. Although it was very cold, there still were people out enjoying the McIrvine rink.
courtesy of Ron Wolf People from all walks of life lined up to get a hot turkey lunch with all the fixings on Tuesday during the 25th-annual Community Christmas Dinner at Knox United Church. Organized by the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, the popular event once again exemplified the spirit of […]
Sarah Pruys Chad Faragher served in his match against Steve Krag during the 25th-annual men’s Boxing Day squash tournament yesterday. Ben Andrusco went on to capture the tournament, which featured a record 24 participants and ran for 10 hours.
Heather Latter Grade 6 students at J.W. Walker School did a Christmas dance to the Michael Jackson hit “Thriller” on Friday afternoon during the junior Christmas concert. The intermediate band also performed three Christmas tunes.
Heather Latter Four-year-old cousins Olivia, left, and Chloe Allen stopped by the Makabi Inn on Saturday to have their picture taken with Santa Claus before he headed back to the North Pole to get ready to make his annual Christmas Eve rounds.
Heather Latter With a renovation of both the interior and exterior now complete, the local McDonald’s restaurant re-opened for business Friday. An official opening is planned for Jan. 5.
Duane Hicks Participants of all ages declared they would be “Idle No More” on Friday, walking from Couchiching First Nation to Fort Frances and then through town, carrying signs in support of Chief Theresa Spence while opposing the Harper government and Bill C-45.
Heather Latter Former Fort Frances resident Joe Egan played one of the custom guitars he built. He started up his own business, called “Egan Custom Guitars,” at his home on Vancouver Island earlier this year.
Duane Hicks Lori Caron, left, was presented with $5,200 in Canada Safeway gift cards by Fort Frances Lions president Val Rose on Friday. Caron was the first-prize winner in the Lions’ groceries-for-a-year draw. Susan Allison won the second-place prize of $1,000. The Lions sold all 1,500 tickets for the draw. […]
Lucas Punkari Annalise Hayes, Mikel Ward, and Caleb Bruyere held up a sign supporting the Bauer “Own the Moment” campaign that last year’s Fort Frances ‘AA’ Atom Canadians currently are involved in. As of press time, the squad currently sits in second place in the voting, with a chance to […]
Duane Hicks Jace Alexa was somewhat in awe of Santa Claus yesterday afternoon during a Christmas party at the Fort Frances Day Care’s before- and after-school program at Robert Moore School. Jolly St. Nick has been a busy fellow, appearing at children’s parties across town all this week. He is […]
